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  • Letter from Dayle Betterton to California Governor Goodwin Knight about school integration

    This item has no description.

    Date: 1957

  • Chichiguas, or San Justo el Viejo and San Bernarbe Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Chichiguas, or San Justo el Viejo and San Bernarbe boundaries. Volume 1, page 306.

    Date: 1836

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003a

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

    Date: 1900

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 208

    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-alb04-071 and 96-07-08-alb11-230.

    Date: 8/27/1934

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 102

    Caption: "U. S. 10" Gun, Firing Position.," c. 1905. William McCarthy standing next to a 10" disappearing gun, raised to its firing position. 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: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. 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 05, Photograph 204

    Caption: "Camp Grounds -- Marysville, Calif," c. 1910-1913. Shows two rows of open-sided shelters, designed so that sheets could be mounted for walls if desired. Each shelter has an accompanying space for an automobile. Small auto camps like this sprang up across the U.S. as the automobile gained popularity as tourist transportation.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 067

    Caption: "Third and Kearney S.F.," c. 1912-1915. Street scene at the intersection of Third Street and Kearney Street in San Francisco.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 035

    Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," with reflecting pool at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-025.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 325

    Caption: "8" Gun," c. 1909. Shows the barrel and carriage of an 8" heavy artillery gun, likely used in coastal defense.

    Date: 1909