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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 100

    Caption: "Rescue of Life Raft from Wrecked Steamer Valencia." Photograph showing a boat crew about to rescue 18 people on a life raft. On Monday, January 22, 1906, the passenger liner Valencia ran aground on a reef during a storm off the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island (an area notorious for ship wrecks). Although the shore was only about fifty yards away, heavy seas and rock cliffs prevented the passengers and crew from making their way safely to land. Circumstances prevented rescue vessels from coming to the stricken ship's aid until Wednesday January 24th. The steamship City of Topeka rescued 18 men on a life raft, shown in this photograph. The official death toll was 136: seven officers, 33 crewmen, and 96 passengers (including seventeen women and eleven children -- all of the women and children on board perished). Only 37 people survived the wreck.

    Date: 1/24/1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 292

    Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1910. William McCarthy standing on a bridge in Los Angeles' Echo Lake Park. The park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.

    Date: 1910

  • Correspondence on Absentee Voting

    Correspondence from Earl Warren (by Robert W. Harrison) to Smith Troy regarding written opinion on voting rights of incarcerated Japanese

    Date: April 17, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 117

    Caption: "South Gardens -Night," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 066

    Caption: "Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, June 21, 34." The photograph provides a view of Mobile Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama. The City of Mobile sits at its northwestern shore. Harbor facilities are evident in the photograph, and several small boats are docked at a wharf, including the tugboat Harry G. Lytle.

    Date: 6/19/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 426

    Caption: "Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Mexico."

    Date: 1938

  • eichler_f3274_151_4

    Caption: "West Column of Main Entrance - Reversed." Drawing of Science Building Addition, Downtown Campus, San Francisco State College; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 238

    Caption: "Railroad Yards -- Seattle.," c. 1905-1909. View of busy rail yard in Seattle, with a series of trains loaded with what appears to be gravel or rubble, as well as sheds, a water tower, and several other outbuildings.

    Date: 1905

  • Valle de San Rafael Rancho

    Han-drawn sketch map of Valle de San Rafael boundaries. Volume 2, page 154.

    Date: 1845

  • Correspondence on Civilian War Assistance

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

    Date: September 20, 1946