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  • 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

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Puablo [sic] Indian Mother and Child, Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows a Pueblo Indian mother with three children.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 094

    Caption: "Miami Beach -- Florida, June 30." Crowded beach scene with palm trees at the right and the water in the distance to the left.

    Date: 6/30/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 227

    Caption: "Field Piece in Action." Unidentified location, c. 1905-1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.

    Date: 1915

  • Correspondence on Review of War Services Cases

    Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to Charles M. Wollenberg regarding case reviews

    Date: July 23, 1945