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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 316

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls - View From Ledge Trail," c. 1917. Yosemite Falls in the distance, as seen from across the valley on the Ledge Trail above Half Dome Village. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 004

    Caption: "Work of Mounting Big Guns, Point Benito [sic]," c. 1906. This may actually be Point Bonita in the San Francisco Bay.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 200

    Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1915. View of the gateway to Benicia Arsenal, where William McCarthy worked (starting in 1903). Established in 1851, the Benicia Arsenal was the primary ordnance facility of the U.S. Army on the West Coast. The facility was deactivated in 1963, and closed completely the following year. The area now serves a vastly different function, providing work and retail space for artists and artisans.

    Date: 1915

  • "Salvation Army Children's Home, Japanese Division"

    Summary of discussion regarding the need for a comprehensive written plan for evacuation, including plan for equipment and staffing

    Date: March 20, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 134

    Caption: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake with rolling hills/mountains in the distance.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 080

    Caption: "One of the Main Barracks, March Field, Calif.," c. 1935. Today known as March Air Reserve Base, March Field was one of several airfields established in April 1917, just after the United State's entry in World War 1. The airfield was named for Peyton C. March Jr., son of then Army Chief of Staff, Peyton C. March, who had been killed in an air crash just fifteen days after being commissioned.

    Date: 1935

  • Cotate Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cotate boundaries. Volume 2, page 116.

    Date: 1844

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 107

    Caption: "Mortar Target Practice," c. 1910. Large-caliber mortars with associated gun crews at target practice. At least one gun has just been, or is about to be, fired, given that the men are all holding their hands against their ears. See also 96-07-08-alb05-105 and 107.

    Date: 1910

  • eichler_f3274_269

    Caption: "Boiler plant Agnews State Hospital." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Not built from this design; instead, a sheet metal building was constructed. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: 1942

  • eichler_f3274_286a_14

    Caption: "Front Elevation - Power House - Mendocino." Drawing of Power House, Mendocino State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: undated