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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 117

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun Dismounted.," c. 1905. View from the side of a 10" disappearing gun, a heavy coastal artillery weapon. It has been dismounted from its carriage, with one end held up by timbers. An unidentified man is seated near the barrel of the gun.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 038

    Caption: "Benicia-Martinez Ferry," c. 1913. View of the City of Seattle, a steam-powered ferry built in 1888. Purchased in 1913 by the Martinez and Benicia Ferry and Transportation Company, the City of Seattle served as a ferry between Benicia and Martinez until being requisitioned by the U.S. Navy in 1944.

    Date: 1913

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 079

    Caption: "Parlor interior at home," c. 1905. A view of the parlor at the McCarthy family residence in Watsonville, with a piano in foreground and framed portraits and landscapes adorning the walls.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 012

    Caption: "Main Street Ogden," c. 1923. Street scene in Ogden, showing a broad roadway used by pedestrians and automobiles, flanked by trees on the left and businesses on the right.

    Date: 1923

  • eichler_f3274_088_015

    Color drawing of postwar building, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Drawing includes numerous sketches and calculations. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1944

  • eichler_f3274_243

    Drawing of Assembly Building, Governor's Hall, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. The building was called Merriam Hall when Frank Merriam was governor (1934-1939). Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1937

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 174

    Caption: "City Hall Ruins." An expanded view of the destroyed City Hall after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Stacks and piles of bricks are lined up at the curb of the street, likely to be used for reconstruction.

    Date: 1906

  • Governor Hiram W. Johnson, 1911-1917, at work in Governor's Office

    The Progressive Movement transformed California politics in the early twentieth century by promoting government reform, greater public participation, and limits on the influence of powerful corporations and political machines. Women’s suffrage became part of this broader reform agenda. Governor Hiram Johnson (1866–1945) served as California’s 23rd governor from 1911 to 1917 and was a leading figure in the Progressive Movement. Johnson became tied to the suffrage cause through the 1910 California Republican platform, which endorsed women’s right to vote as part of a larger slate of progressive reforms. Motivated by Johnson’s promise to support their political rights, women in California quickly mobilized for him in his bid for governor, organizing grassroots efforts in support of his campaign in multiple counties. As the new governor, he insisted that the Legislature honor his pledge by submitting a women’s suffrage amendment before the Senate on January 6, 1911, only 3 days after he took office.

    Date: 1911/1917

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 023

    No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy standing alongside fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 267

    No caption, c. 1935. Rock formation and cliff in Yosemite National Park.

    Date: 1935