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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 185
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 185

    Caption: "Agricultural Building, Washington, D.C. July 24, 1934." The Administration Building for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Jamie L. Whitten Building, sprawls across this photograph. The enormous Beaux-Arts style building, designed by Rankin, Kellogg, and Crane, was constructed between 1903 and 1930.

    Date: 7/24/1934

  • Cuyama or Cuyoma Rancho
    Cuyama or Cuyoma Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cuyama or Cuyoma boundaries. Volume 2, page 202.

    Date: 1846

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 197
    McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 197

    Caption: "Casino Santa Cruz," c. 1910-1915, on the Santa Cruz boardwalk, opened in 1907, replacing the original 1904 casino that had burned down in 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb03-007.

    Date: 1915

  • Aguajito Rancho
    Aguajito Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Aguajito boundaries. Volume 1, page 250.

    Date: 1834

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 047
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 047

    Caption: "Fort Flagler before Barracks were Built.," c. 1899-1906. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.

    Date: 1899