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Caption: "El Portal," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses with two unidentified people in front of the Hotel del Portal (or Del Portal Hotel) in El Portal, California. The resort hotel was constructed in 1908 by the Yosemite Terminal Company, a subsidiary of the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company, to provide accommodations for visitors to the park who arrived by train. The hotel burned to the ground in late October of 1917.
Date: 1917
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No Caption: A Bryce Canyon National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, orange and white, with an image of unique rock formations, trees, and clouds.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: c. 1935. Fannette Island is located in Emerald Bay, on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. In 1928, Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight purchased the property encompassing the head of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island. Knight had a summer home built in Scandinavian architectural style and called it Vikingsholm. The stone structure at the top of Fannette island is the "Tea House," built in 1928-1929, at the same time Vikingsholm was built.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Posa de las Ositos boundaries. Volume 1, page 536.
Date: 1839
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Sutter Canning and Packing Co. Yuba City, California U.S.A.
Date: 1897
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Land- Monterey county, or Lomas del Carmelo or Meadows Tract boundaries. Volume 2, page 29.
Date: 1833
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Correspondence from Gordon Williams to Earl Warren regarding resolution passed by the American Veterans Committee on violence against returning Japanese-Americans
Date: September 28, 1945
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Caption: "Boulder Dam. View Taken From Launch on Boulder Lake," c. 1935, shows Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, providing water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Turpentine Still, Darien, Georgia. July 13, 1934." Two unidentified men standing in front of a large barn or shed, with numerous barrels surrounding them, presumably for turpentine and other resin products. After being harvested from pine trees, resin is then subjected to steam distillation to evaporate off the turpentine.
Date: 7/13/1934
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No caption. Grace McCarthy siting in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the McCarthy home in Watsonville, c. 1906.
Date: 1906