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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 053

    Caption: "New Orleans Iron Fence Made to Represent Corn. June 16, 34." The iron pickets and vertical rails of the fence in this photograph have been shaped to look like stalks of corn, complete with ears and leaves.

    Date: 6/16/1934

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 081

    Caption: "Stockton Asylum." Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 043

    Caption: "Louisiana Negro Bungalows, June 14, 34." An unidentified African-American family sits on the front porch of a small home sided with wood planks. A row of similar structures can be seen to the right.

    Date: 6/14/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 148

    Caption: "Big Trees. Sana [sic] Cruz," c. 1905. View of the base of "Gen. Grant," located in the Big Tree Grove near Santa Cruz. See also 96-07-08-alb03-078.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 136

    Caption: "Hobergs Resort -- Lake Co.," c. 1920. Resort buildings nestled in grove of trees. Built in 1885, the resort stood until 2015, when it was destroyed by the Valley Fire.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 340

    No caption, c. 1917. William McCarthy in the driver's seat of a small, camouflaged tank or other military transport, with a caterpillar-style propulsion system. The photograph was likely taken at Camp Kearney.

    Date: 1917

  • Schedule I Volume II

    The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.

    Date: 1852

  • eichler_f3274_226

    Caption: "Future Farmers & 4H Club Groups - State Agricultural Park Sacramento - State Department of Public Works - Division of Architecture - Sacramento." State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler. Design by W. K. Barteges, 1939 - Built. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1939

  • Memo on Manzanar Incarceration Camp

    Office Memorandum from Gladys C. Johns (by Kathryn M. Larmore) to Margaret S. Watkins regarding completion and population of Manzanar

    Date: April 3, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 063

    Caption: "Fort Worden, Wash." Washington, c. 1908.Construction of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound began in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire", three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the state of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.

    Date: 1908