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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 016

    Caption: "In Muir Woods.," c. 1906. Grace McCarthy (in hat with white feather) and an unidentified woman standing at a small platform along a railroad in Muir Woods, being passed by a train car. This was likely part of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County. See also 96-07-08-alb05-017.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 059

    Caption: "Palace Hotel Court," c. 1906. (Handwritten on photograph: "copyright 1906 by W._ Wod_n."). The Palace Hotel was originally built in 1875, rebuilt in 1909, and was one of the first premier luxury hotels in San Francisco.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 237

    Caption: "State Armory -- Seattle.," c. 1910. View of castle-like armory building for the Washington National Guard, built in 1909 near Seattle's Pike Place Market. It was demolished in 1968.

    Date: 1910

  • "Tulare County"

    Review of War Services in Tulare County; Sections: Civilian War Assistance, Resettlement Assistance

    Date: January 15, 1946

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 247

    Caption: "Capitol Building of New York State, Albany, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1934." New York State's Capitol Building was constructed between 1867 and 1899. The initial architect, Thomas Fuller, designed the first floor in a Classical or Romanesque style. He was replaced by Leopold Eidlitz and Henry Hobson Richardson, who designed the next two floors in a Renaissance style. The final architect to preside over the project was Isaac G. Perry, who completed the building in a Victorian-Romanesque style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1979.

    Date: 9/7/1934

  • Western Union Telegram

    Telegram from T. G. Ishimaru to Elizabeth B. MacLatchie regarding evacuation of children's institutions to Manzanar

    Date: April 20, 1942

  • San Jose Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of San Jose boundaries. Volume 1, page 338.

    Date: 1837

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 009

    Caption: "U.S.S. California," c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives.

    Date: 1906

  • Salinas y Visitacion Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Salinas y Visitacion boundaries. Volume 1, Page 2.

    Date: 1834

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 259

    No caption. See also 96-07-08-alb05-320, with caption: "Damaged German Submarine.," c. 1917. Shows the above-water portions of a German U-boat, or submarine, likely docked in either Petaluma or San Francisco, given the presence of a Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway ferry in the background. Unidentified group of men standing on what appears to be a submarine.

    Date: 1917