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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 049

    Caption: "New Orleans Ferry to Angiers [sic] June 15, 34." Ferry New Orleans getting ready for a trip to Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (now one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans). Ferries were critical to the movement of people and freight between the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for more than a century. There are still several that serve the New Orleans area.

    Date: 6/15/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 033

    Caption: "Carlsbad Caverns -- New Mexico, May 30, 34." View looking into dark cave mouth of Carlsbad Cavern, a series of natural underground chambers including the "Big Room," the fifth-largest such chamber in North America with a length of 1,000 feet, a width of 625 feet, and a maximum height of 255 feet. The site was named Carlsbad Cave National Monument in 1923, and declared Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 1930.

    Date: 5/30/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 229

    Caption: "Desdamona [sic] Lighthouse.," c. 1905-1909. View of the Desdemona Lighthouse, constructed in 1901 or 1902 on wood pilings over a group of shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River. The shoals carry the same name as the lighthouse, both of which are named for the boat Desdemona which ran aground and was destroyed by the shoals in 1857. The lighthouse was automated in 1934, and its light eventually removed in 1965.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 117

    Caption: "Sutro Baths S.F.," c. 1910. Interior shot of the Sutro Baths, north of the Cliff House. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. See also 96-07-08-alb02-023.

    Date: 1910

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1166

    Medicated Phenyle Soap

    Date: 1884

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1648

    Y. M. I. Cigar

    Date: 1888

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0429

    Oriental Baking Powder

    Date: 1878

  • Melijo Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Melijo boundaries. Volume 1, Page 130.

    Date: 1833

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1438a

    Signal Light

    Date: 1886

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 283

    Caption: "Street Scene -- Los Angeles," c. 1910. Street-level view of an unidentified busy street in Los Angeles.

    Date: 1910