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Caption: "Jefferson Davis Highway. U.S. No. 1. Virginia. July 20, 34." Grace McCarthy is standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a highway in Virginia. The Jefferson Davis Highway project was begun by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). As auto tourism increased across the U.S., so to did the need for roads on which to drive. Private interests such as the UDC began to develop routes across the country, but with no central administrating organization the routes were haphazard and confusing. The UDC planned a route that was to stretch from Virginia across the southern U.S. to San Diego, but the entire route never materialized. The federal government stepped in to impose a numbering system on various routes across the nation. That portion of the planned Jefferson Davis Highway through Virginia was numbered as U.S. Route 1.
Date: 7/20/1934
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Ink drawing of Poultry Building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. This is now the Art Building, 1963. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "Design No. 7." Pencil drawing of Tower Bridge concrete towers by Alfred Eichler. Note on drawing: "Tower subject to modification." Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Harrold and Buff," c. 1906. A young child with a dog is seen standing near a fence at the McCarthy home in Watsonville.
Date: 1906
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The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.
Date: 1852
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