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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 226

    Caption: "Congressional Library Interior," c. 1925. View of part of the book stacks within the Library of Congress. The building, originally called the Library of Congress Building, opened to the public in 1897. Its name was changed in 1980 to honor Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third President of the U.S.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 235

    Caption: "The Walsh Home, Brooklyn, New York. Sept. 2, 1934." View of a three-story brick house or apartment building, with a park or empty lot on one side. See also 96-07-08-alb09-202.

    Date: 9/2/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 309

    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

  • Memo on Fear of Deportation

    Office Memorandum from Alice B. Guess to Bertha S. Underhill regarding assistance and deportation; for response, see Correspondence on Fear of Deportation (F3729_109_001a)

    Date: March 30, 1945