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  McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 264

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  Caption: "Potato Race," c. 1917. Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish around a bucket in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.

  Date: 7/4/1917

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  Old Series Trademark No. 2817

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  Gold Seal

  Date: 1896

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  Old Series Trademark No. 2666

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  Ralston

  Date: 1895

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 011

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  Caption: "Old State Capitol, Benicia," c. 1906. California's State Capitol moved several times in the first decade of statehood. This photograph shows the third building to serve as the Capitol building, in Benicia. The California State Legislature occupied the building from 1853-1854, until lack of accommodations for the legislators prompted the moving of the Capitol to Sacramento, in February 1854.

  Date: 1906

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  Old Series Trademark No. 3730

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  Golden State Middles

  Date: 1900

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 073

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  Caption: "Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," c. 1912-1915. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.

  Date: 1915