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  • Old Series Trademark No. 2417

    The New England Bakery

    Date: 1894

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 403

    Caption: "Avenida del Ayuntamiento - principal street of Puebla, Mexico. This is an attractive street - note the arcades on the right."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 168

    Caption: "Mission Street After the Quake," 1906. A view of the severe damage to Mission Street after the earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 286

    Caption: "Performing Elephants. Chicago Fair. Sept 23 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

    Date: 9/23/1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 124

    Caption: "Fountain of Winter," shows the Fountain of Winter (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-102 and 96-07-08-alb03-033.

    Date: 1915

  • Monterey County, Placer Times and Transcript: Census of 1852, State of California

    Closeup on Monterey County from image of a page from the newspaper Placer Times reporting the Census of 1852 returns.

    Date: 1853

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    Caption: "Chapel - San Quentin. Sectional View Looking Northeast." Preliminary design by Alfred Eichler, with view encompassing lower and upper yards, March 19, 1935. The chapel was ultimately built in 1960, but not as depicted here. Project for Department of Corrections.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 042

    Caption: "The Olympic Snow-capped Mountains.," c. 1908-1912. View of a coastal inlet or tideland with raised roads, a large building (probably a resort hotel) in the middle distance, and the white-capped Olympic Mountains in the far distance.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 096

    Caption: "Steamers DAKOTA and MINNESOTA at the Great Northern Docks, Length each 670 feet and Tonnage Each 30,000. The Largest steamers in the World. Also the Japanese Steamer IYO Maru, length 460 feet Tonnage 7000. Seattle Wash.," c. 1905. This postcard shows a view of wharf facilities at Seattle, with three steamships and a train.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 237

    Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.

    Date: 1915