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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 127

    Caption: "Upper Falls -Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 271

    Caption: "Sugar Factory -- Chino Calif," c. 1915. Chino's sugar beet factory, shown in this photograph, was established in 1891 by Robert and Henry Oxnard. Henry later established a larger factory in the town that now bears his name (Oxnard, in Ventura County). The Chino factory operated for more than twenty-five years before closing in October 1917.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 334a

    Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. This postcard, sent to William and Grace McCarthy in May 1937, commemorates the coronation of George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. The front of the postcard features both an American flag and the Union Jack of Great Britain.

    Date: 5/12/1937

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 050

    Caption: "Fort Stevens, Oregon," c. 1905. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 124

    Caption: "President Roosevelt in Vallejo," c. 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt came to California in 1903, visiting several cities and towns, including Vallejo, where he laid the cornerstone of the Navy YMCA. Thousands traveled to Vallejo to greet the president, most by steam railroad.

    Date: 1903

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 040

    Caption: "Carson Valley Scene." Valley surrounded by mountains.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 139

    Caption: "Benicia Wharf Disaster," c. 1906, shows a collapsed building on the Benicia wharf, likely due to the April 1906 earthquake that devastated the city of San Francisco.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 134

    Caption: "Pinole Baseball Team," c. 1908.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 233

    Caption: "Fort Rosecrans Battery." View of several coastal defense batteries equipped with heavy artillery guns, at Fort Rosecrans near San Diego.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 313

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls," c. 1917. Both Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls can be seen in this photograph, taken at a location near the base of Lower Yosemite Fall. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917