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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 335

    No caption, c. 1910. Humorous photograph of two unidentified men, one in a suit and bowler hat, the other in a dress with feather-plumed hat.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 042

    Caption: "Crockett Park," c. 1905-1906. Scene in a park in Crockett, California, showing a landscaped hill with flowers or rocks arranged to depict the California State Flag.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 302

    Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]," c. 1917. Closeup view of Vernal Fall, a 317-foot waterfall on the Merced River, downstream of Nevada Fall.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 167

    No Caption: c. 1910. Side view of a heavy coastal defense disappearing 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: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 151

    Caption: "Pine Trees Yielding Turpentine, Rosin [sic], Etc. Florida, July 13, 1934." A group of pine trees with bark removed in a "V"-shaped, or "catface" pattern to encourage production of resin, from which turpentine is made. Small buckets hang at the end of each "V" to catch the resin. This turpentine farm may actually be in Georgia, rather than Florida.

    Date: 7/13/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 207

    Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 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

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 297

    Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near Evanston, Wyoming. Near Wyoming and Utah State Line. Oct. 2, 1934." A narrow road twists into the distance, flanked on one side by bottomland along a river or stream, and on the other by dramatic, steep, rocky bluffs.

    Date: 10/2/1934

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 071

    No caption. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing beside large bird bath or fountain, in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island. See also 96-07-08-alb09-208 and 96-07-08-alb11-230.

    Date: 8/27/1934

  • Bolsa de las Salinas Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Bolsa de las Salinas boundaries. Volume 1, page 184.

    Date: 1833

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003a

    No Caption: c. 1900. Canadian 25-cent bill inserted into binding of photograph album.

    Date: 1900