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  • State Employee Questionnaire

    Questionnaire given to State Employees of Japanese descent

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 212

    Caption: "Washington Monument. Wash. D.C," c. 1920. c. 1920. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet. See also 96-07-08-alb04-075.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 031

    Caption: "Court House -- El Paso Tex. Population of El Paso 100,000, 80% Mexicans. 4000 ft. alt. May 28, 34." View of the El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1917 and designed by Henry Charles Trost. It is not known where William McCarthy got the statistics he quotes in the caption.

    Date: 5/28/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 047

    Caption: " Grand Canyon - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The 308-foot tall cascade of Lower Yellowstone Falls can be seen at the top of the photograph, flowing into the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 181

    Caption: "George Washingions [sic] Home, Rear View, Mt. Vernon, Va. July 22, 1934." Rear view of Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Built between 1758 and 1778, the Palladian-style mansion is now owned in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and open to the public.

    Date: 7/22/1934

  • Memo on Alien Land Laws

    Memorandum from Mr. Henderson to Mr. Mattoon regarding California Tree Fruit Agreement, Grower Exemption Certificate and Alien Land Law violations; attached list of Japanese growers

    Date: February 10, 1942

  • Pertinent Facts About Relocation Centers and Japanese-Americans

    Informational pamphlet distributed by the War Relocation Authority containing statements about relocation centers and Japanese-Americans

    Date: Undated

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0301

    Golden

    Date: 1875

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 001

    Caption: "Battery Spencer. Highest 12" Battery in the World." With construction begun in 1893, Battery Spencer, located at Fort Baker in Marin County on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge, was one of the main protection points for the San Francisco harbor from 1897 until it was deactivated in 1942. It was named for Major General Joseph Spencer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 320a

    No caption. Obverse of a souvenir ticket for the "Official Pedestrian Day" on May 27, 1937, held as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. The celebrations occupied an entire week, kicked off by Pedestrian Day, when more 200,000 people were allowed to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on foot or on roller skates, the day before the bridge opened for vehicular traffic.

    Date: 5/27/1937