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  McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 255

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  Caption: "Sloat Monument. Monument, Cal," c. 1915, shows the Commodore John Drake Sloat monument in Monterey, California. The monument was constructed in 1910 and commemorates the taking possession of California from Mexico in 1846 by Sloat and his men at Monterey, which was the capital city of Alta California during the Mexican era.

  Date: 1915

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  McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 091

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  Caption: "Colorado River Spillway From Boulder Dam," c. 1935.

  Date: 1935

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  Santa Ana Rancho

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  Hand-drawn sketch map of Santa Ana boundaries. Volume 1, page 414.

  Date: 1836

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  McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 012

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  Caption: "The Alameda of Presidio," c. 1906, shows the entryway to the Presidio, lined with cannonballs. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

  Date: 1906