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Caption: "Driveway Through the Dead Giant - Tuolumne Grove - Yosemite," c. 1917. Grace (next to automobile) and William (far right) McCarthy pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman in the tunnel of "The Dead Giant," the remains of a giant sequoia in the Tuolumne Grove. The tunnel was cut into the trunk in 1878.
Date: 1917
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Color rendering of exhibit building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. One of two steel-frame tilt-up precast concrete wall buildings along main entrance from Stockton Blvd. Design by Alfred Eichler and V. I. Osborn. Built. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: 1952
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Caption: "Sign for California State Parks." Blueline of drawing by Alfred Eichler of sign for hacienda of Governor Pio Pico, California State Parks, after design by Colonel Wing, Chief Division of Parks. Includes handwritten note attached to drawing and additional annotations. Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.
Date: 1929
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Caption: "Old Spanish Fort -- Petaluma," c. 1920. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo began construction on the Petaluma Adobe in 1836, as a ranch house and defensive structure. It is now the centerpiece of Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, having been reconstructed after deterioration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is the largest existing, privately-built adobe in the state.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Ferry Boat Contra Costa," c. 1920. Built in 1914, the Contra Costa ferried locomotives and train cars across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa. The largest rail ferry ever built, the Contra Costa operated until the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge opened in 1930. She made the crossing as many as 52 times in 24 hours.
Date: 1920
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Unidentified African-American woman, several children, and a dog, posing on and around the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
Date: 6/17/1934
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Caption: "City Hall - St. Louis," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy poses in front of the St. Louis City Hall, while a man mows the lawn and an adult and child stroll on the sidewalk. The French Renaissance Revival style building, designed by George Richard Mann, has been home to the city's governmental offices since 1898.
Date: 1923
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Correspondence from Tsuyako (Yamashiro) Miyakawa to Patrick Johnston in support of AB2710
Date: March 16, 1982
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Correspondence from Ronald H. Born (by Irene L. Goudey) to Martha A. Chickering regarding responsibility for medical aid
Date: March 10, 1943
