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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 051

    Caption: "Devils Gate -- Nevada -- Elevation 7540 Feet." Devil's Gate is a rock formation near Silver City, Nevada. In the nineteenth century a portion of the formation was blasted away to create enough space for a wagon road, which became a toll road serving as an entryway to the Nevada silver fields.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 093

    No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • Santa Anita Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Santa Anita boundaries. Volume 2, page 118.

    Date: 1843

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 142

    Caption: "Columbia River Jetty, Or.," c. 1910. View of a jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River, carrying a railroad trestle. Train cars loaded with large rocks are visible at the left side of the photograph. This is likely the so-called South Jetty, extending more than six miles into the ocean from Point Adams on the Oregon side of the river mouth. The jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River was constructed between 1885 and 1917. Designed to funnel water from the Columbia River in a more concentrated fashion into the Pacific Ocean, the jetty system helped create a deeper, more stable shipping channel.

    Date: 1910