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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 138

    Caption: "Adams Springs -- Lake Co.," c. 1920. Buildings in Adams Springs, likely part of the resort that operated there in the first half of the twentieth century.

    Date: 1920

  • Jimeno, or Salsipuedes, or Santa Paula y Saticoy Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Jimeno, or Salsipuedes, or Santa Paula y Saticoy boundaries. Volume 2, page 97.

    Date: 1844

  • Trabuco Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Trabuco boundaries. Volume 1, page 662.

    Date: 1840

  • Military Areas

    Map of California indicating boundaries for military areas prepared from Proclamation No. 1, issued by Lt. General John L. DeWitt to the California Highway Patrol

    Date: Issued March 2, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 075

    Caption: "Palace Hotel Court," c. 1906. (Handwritten on photograph: "copyright 1906 by W.E Worden."). The Palace Hotel was originally built in 1875, rebuilt in 1909, and was one of the first premier luxury hotels in San Francisco.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 014

    Caption: "Broadway, San Diego, Calif, May 19, 1934." Bird's eye view of Broadway, a main street in San Diego.

    Date: 5/19/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 059

    Unidentified African-American woman, several children, and a dog, posing on and around the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.

    Date: 6/17/1934

  • Memo on residents of Japanese descent

    Memorandum from O. J. Jahnsen regarding various residents and domestic workers of Japanese descent in a San Francisco apartment

    Date: February 16, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 012

    Caption: "Breaking of Ground Celebration," Oct 14, 1911, held in San Francisco for the planned Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was slated to open in 1915. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1911

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 144

    Caption: "Columbia River Jetty, Or.," c. 1910. View of a jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River, carrying a railroad trestle. A train and its operators, hauling cars loaded with large rocks, dominates the photograph. This is likely the so-called South Jetty, extending more than six miles into the ocean from Point Adams on the Oregon side of the river mouth. The jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River was constructed between 1885 and 1917. Designed to funnel water from the Columbia River in a more concentrated fashion into the Pacific Ocean, the jetty system helped create a deeper, more stable shipping channel.

    Date: 1910