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Caption: "A Wooded Garden -- Pasadena, Calif.," c. 1910. William and Grace McCarthy seated in chairs beneath a tree in a garden.
Date: 1910
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Defines groups eligible for various types of public assistance
Date: Undated
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Caption: "California," c, 1917. The McCarthy's vehicle is squeezed into the tunnel carved through the California Tree, a Giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tunnel was cut through the tree in 1895 to facilitate travel on the road into the grove, and also as a tourist attraction. It is now the only living Giant Sequoia with a tunnel cut through it (so-called "tunnel trees"), the others having all fallen.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "French 75 Millimeter Gun Model of 1897." c. 1912-1915. William McCarthy posing with a French 75mm field gun, with an unidentified man. Commonly called the French 75, or simply the 75, this heavy, rapid-fire artillery gun was developed in 1897. During World War I it was adapted to fire shells full of toxic gas, and was also modified for mounting on an armored vehicle. See also 96-07-08-alb05-061.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: Seven adult lions perform at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Drawing of Headquarters Office Building, Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler; drawing is in black pencil and pen and ink. Building is on N Street between 12th and 13th Streets. Design by H. S. Hazen and W. K. Bartges (interior). Built. Project for Department of Motor Vehicles.
Date: 1936