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  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 115

    Caption: "Festival Hall - Night Reflections," at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 010

    Caption: "Sierra Summit -- Truckee Highway." Mountain scene, showing roadway with car in center of photograph. Likely along what is now Interstate 80.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 424a

    No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, sometimes called the Mexican Venice, for its canals and floating gardens.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 096

    Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-078

    Date: 1915

  • Rincon de la Ballena Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Rincon de la Ballena boundaries. Volume 1, page 538.

    Date: 1839

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 179

    Caption: "Potomac River, View from Mt. Vernon. July 22, 1934." Trees obscure much of the photograph, but the Potomac River can be glimpsed in the distance.

    Date: 7/22/1934

  • Cañadas, or San Julian Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañadas, or San Julian boundaries. Volume 1, page 356.

    Date: 1837

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 089

    Caption: "Sutters [sic] Fort - Sacramento," c. 1920, shows a gun tower at Sutter's Fort, and a gate bracketed by two cannons. John Sutter established the fort in 1839, calling it New Helvetia. After the discovery of gold at one of Sutter's mills (at Coloma, on the American River), almost all of the fort's inhabitants left for the gold fields in the foothills. The fort deteriorated until being restored from 1891-1893. The Native Sons of the Golden West were influential in the restoration. The fort is now the site of a State Historic Park. See also 96-07-08-alb05-117 and 118.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 320

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls - View From Glacier Point," c. 1917. Yosemite Falls in the distance, as seen from Glacier Point. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917

  • Conejo Rancho, or Nuesta Senora de Altagracia Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Conejo Rancho, or Nuesta Senora de Altagracia boundaries. Volume 1, page 324.

    Date: 1834