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Mechanic's Store

Date: 1876

King of the Forest, Bear Leaf , Young Hyson, The Bamboo Grove

Date: 1885

Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg to Beulah L. Lewis regarding eligibility for CWA

Date: September 20, 1946

Caption: "Jefferson Davis Highway. U.S. No. 1. Virginia. July 20, 34." Grace McCarthy is standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a highway in Virginia. The Jefferson Davis Highway project was begun by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). As auto tourism increased across the U.S., so to did the need for roads on which to drive. Private interests such as the UDC began to develop routes across the country, but with no central administrating organization the routes were haphazard and confusing. The UDC planned a route that was to stretch from Virginia across the southern U.S. to San Diego, but the entire route never materialized. The federal government stepped in to impose a numbering system on various routes across the nation. That portion of the planned Jefferson Davis Highway through Virginia was numbered as U.S. Route 1.

Date: 7/20/1934

Caption: "Ringling Museum -- Sarasota -- Florida, June 28 1934." Entrance to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida's state art museum established by John and Mable Ringling in 1927. John was a promoter and part-owner of the famous Ringling Brothers Circus, along with four of his brothers. When John and Mable built a winter home in Sarasota in 1926, they also explored the possibility of establishing an art gallery on the same property. Architect John H. Phillips designed the building, which opened to the public in 1931. John Ringling willed the facility and the art collection to the state of Florida upon his death in 1936. The museum, now known simply as "The Ringling," is under the jurisdiction of the University of Florida.

Date: 6/28/1934

Office Memorandum from Bernice G. Copland to Margaret S. Watkins regarding evacuation process in Los Angeles County; Sections: State Department of Social Welfare Staff; Housing Facilities of WCCA Stations; Clientele; Animals; Relief; Time Involved by Supervising Agents; Reports

Date: May 9, 1942

Cross on Crescent design

Date: 1886

Correspondence from Alice B. Guess to Bertha Underhill regarding difficulties in indexing public assistance recipients in Los Angeles County

Date: May 1, 1945

Daniel Brown's Paper Advertiser

Date: 1871

Correspondence from Edw. L. Fountain to Earl Warren regarding support for constitutional amendment to bar aliens from State employment

Date: February 4, 1944