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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 141

    Caption: "Harbin Springs -- Lake Co," c. 1920. Resort buildings at Harbin Springs, home of the Harbin Hot Springs.

    Date: 1920

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0248

    Egyptian Cement

    Date: 1873

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 172

    Caption: "Retracting 6 inch Gun.," c. 1909. View of crew installing coastal defense weaponry. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 272

    Caption: "Sugar Factory -- Chino," c. 1915. View of Chino's sugar beet factory, established in 1891 by Robert and Henry Oxnard. Henry later established a larger factory in the town that now bears his name (Oxnard, in Ventura County). The factory operated for more than twenty-five years before closing in October 1917.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 194

    Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a coastal defense gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 037

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb05-018 with caption: "Italian Refugee Hut S.F. 1906." Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 057

    Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Tenaya Lake." Meadow with surrounding rocks and mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.

    Date: 1927

  • Memo on Number of Cases

    Office Memorandum from Bernice G. Copland to Margaret S. Watkins and Lois Craig regarding report on operations in Los Angeles County

    Date: April 27, 1942

  • "Types and Sources of Funds for Assistance Expenditures from Federal Funds"

    Defines groups eligible for various types of public assistance

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 027

    Caption: "Union Pacific Bridge -- Portland," c. 1912. Built in 1912, this through-truss, double-deck, vertical lift bridge crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.

    Date: 1912