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  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 013

    No Caption: Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 256

    Caption: "Padre Junipero Sierra [sic] Monument. Monterey," c. 1915, shows a monument commemorating the Spanish Franciscan priest, Father Junipero Serra, who led the founding and construction of the Spanish Mission system in Alta California during the Spanish era. The monument was commissioned and erected in 1891 by Jane Stanford of Stanford University and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 029

    No Caption: Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 021

    Caption: "Alligator said to be over 500 years old. Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large alligator at the animal-themed park, which was a major city tourist attraction from 1907 to 1953.

    Date: 1935

  • Correspondence on Resettlement Aid

    Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Ruth E. Rogers) to Beulah L. Lewis regarding resettlement aid

    Date: September 10, 1946

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 221

    Caption: "Del Monte.," c. 1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing with an automobile in front of the Hotel Del Monte. The second of three hotels built on the site, near Monterey, California, the building in this photograph was destroyed by fire in 1924. The property surrounding the hotel became known as Pebble Beach, now a world-renowned resort and golf course.

    Date: 1920

  • Cañada de Habra Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de Habra boundaries. Volume 1, page 482.

    Date: 1839

  • Nuestra Senora del Refugio Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Nuestra Senora del Refugio boundaries. Volume 1, page 18.

    Date: 1834

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 260

    Caption: "Cleveland. View from Terminal Building. Ohio. Sept. 12, 34." Bird's eye view of a portion of Cleveland's downtown, as seen from the Terminal Tower.

    Date: 9/12/1934

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 033

    No Caption: The Dutch Windmill at the western edge of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, c. 1906.

    Date: 1906