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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 323

    Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge, Opening Day, May 28, 1937." Dozens of automobiles are visible crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in this photograph, taken on the bridge's Opening Day, the first day that vehicular traffic was allowed over the bridge. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay (called the Golden Gate), connecting San Francisco with Marin County to the north. It is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world, and was named in 1994 as one of the Modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

    Date: 5/28/1937

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3031

    Whiting Manufacturing Co.

    Date: 1897

  • Arroyo de San Antonio Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Arroyo de San Antonio boundaries. Volume 2, page 150.

    Date: 1844

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 104

    Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, view from Sunset Point," c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • Arroya del Rodeo Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Arroya del Rodeo boundaries. Volume 1, page 226.

    Date: 1834

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 010

    Caption: "Steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA at Vancouver dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Empress of India, built by England's Naval Construction & Armaments Co. in 1890 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships company. The Empress of India could accommodate up to 700 passengers, and was also used to carry mail between Hong Kong and Great Britain. She was sold in 1914 and refitted as a hospital ship for Indian soldiers. She was sold a final time in 1923, for scrap in Bombay.

    Date: 1908

  • Pescadero Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Pescadero boundaries. Volume 2, page 63-A.

    Date: 1843

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 203

    Caption: "Bathers at Monte Rio," c. 1910-1913. Crowd of people on the Monte Rio beach along the Russian River, many wearing bathing suits while others are in suits and dresses. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 388

    Caption: "Maguey, a most useful plant from which is made paper, rope, twine, cloth, vinegar, molases [sic], medicine and native drinks, pulque, mezcal & tequila."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 036

    Caption: "Seattle Street Scene." Street view in Seattle, with Smith Tower in background. See also 96-07-08-alb05-178.

    Date: 1914