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  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 075
    McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 075

    Caption: "St. Francis Hotel," c. 1905. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square and the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904 and fortunately suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.

    Date: 1905

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1285
    Old Series Trademark No. 1285

    The Hastings

    Date: 1885

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3191
    Old Series Trademark No. 3191

    Clear Lake String Beans

    Date: 1898

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 259
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 259

    Caption: "Sidestepping the Bull." In this photograph, a bull attempts to gore a matador holding a cape, observed by dozens of people in the surrounding stands.

    Date: 1905