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Caption: "Blue Rock Springs -- Solano Co.," c. 1915. Grace McCarthy (far left) and two unidentified friends or relatives at what is now known as Blue Rock Springs. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
Date: 1915
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Office Memorandum from Gladys C. Johns to Margaret S. Watkins regarding report on WCCA in the counties; Attachment: "Counties in Area IV From Which Personnel was Provided for WCCA Offices"
Date: March 30, 1942
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Drawing of typical physicians' residence for California state institutions. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.
Date: 1928
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Caption: "Tally Ho Ride, San Diego.," c. 1905. Group of unidentified people in a horse-drawn wagon, with fringed cover. The wagon has "Kelly's Tally-Ho, Cor. 3rd & F Sts." written on one corner.
Date: 1905
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No caption. Grace McCarthy poses for photograph, wearing a man's hat, at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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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
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Caption: "Presidio Main Avenue," c. 1906, shows a tree lined dirt road in the Presidio. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
