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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 301

    No Caption: A birds-eye view of Yosemite Valley with the Merced River running through it, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 411

    Caption: "You can drive your car into the lobby of the Hotel American. Note the ornamental ceiling and colonnades - Puebla, Mex."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 070

    Caption: "Port Townsend Bicycle Club.," c. 1910. Seven unidentified men and women posing with bicycles. The bicycle made its first appearance in the Puget Sound area in the late 1870s. Within twenty years, thousands of enthusiasts had adapted the new mode of transportation. Such enthusiasts often formed clubs, such as the Queen City Good Roads Club, based in Seattle (south of Port Townsend). These clubs advocated, constructed, and helped to maintain pathways dedicated specifically to bicycle traffic. Ironically, the efforts made by the bicyclists to generally improve roadways contributed to the rise of another new mode of transportation -- the automobile.

    Date: 1910

  • Flores Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Flores boundaries. Volume 2, page 102.

    Date: 1844

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 162

    Caption: "Government exhibits of stuffed animals." Various mammals stuffed for display, including a tiger, moose, deer, and antelope, exhibited in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. The exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.

    Date: 1905

  • Correspondence on Return of Japanese to California

    Correspondence from individual to Earl Warren regarding employment of Japanese and return of Japanese to California

    Date: Received April 24, 1943

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215

    Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 067

    Caption: "Palofax [sic] St. Pensacola, Florida, June 21, 34." Street scene on Palafox Street in Pensacola. In the foreground the street is lined with trees, while a city center is visible in the distance.

    Date: 6/21/1934

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 237

    Caption: "250th C.A.N.G. at Glenwood," c. 1926. The California National Guard established its 250th Coast Artillery in 1926, in Santa Cruz County. This photograph shows several caterpillar-type vehicles alongside a rural road near Glenwood.

    Date: 1926

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 022

    Caption: "The Casino -- Agua Caliente, Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the exterior of the casino at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.

    Date: 5/20/1934