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No Caption: shows a beachhead at San Francisco, c. 1918.

Date: 1918

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

Caption: "Camp Life -- Chino Calif." William and Grace McCarthy laughing as they remove their shoes in preparation for getting into a bed situated under a tree in a yard or garden.

Date: 1915

Correspondence from H. C. Pratt to Earl Warren regarding the threat of sabotage and a termination of mass incarceration

Date: December 17, 1944

Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to Martha A. Chickering regarding various funding sources for public assistance and eligibility requirements

Date: November 27, 1942

Caption: "A DAY ON THE GORGE, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (center, with moustache) posing with four unidentified men and two horse-and-buggies. The Gorge is a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The inlet became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Sept. 20, 1934, The Big Studebaker Theatre. Capacity 80 People. Chicago Fair." This giant replica of a 1934 Studebaker Land Cruiser at the Century of Progress Exposition, made of plaster over a wood frame, sat above a small theater capable of sitting eighty people. 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: 9/20/1934

Caption: "Serpentine Drive - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A bird's eye view of Serpentine Drive, a twisty mountain road near Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Sugar Cane and Cotton Fields -- Florida, June 23, 34." A sugar cane field (at left) borders a cotton field (at right) in this photograph.

Date: 6/23/1934

No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing on a snow covered landscape next to a series of snow sculptures with "1932" written in rocks below.

Date: 1932