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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 015

    Caption: "Salt Air - Great Salt Lake," c.1923. Grace McCarthy poses in front of the Saltair resort complex on Utah's Great Salt Lake. Constructed in 1893 and designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the Saltair set out to be the Western counterpart of Coney Island. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the building in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925, but a second pavilion was quickly built.

    Date: 1923

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3299

    The F. Thomas Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works

    Date: 1898

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 049

    Caption: "New Orleans Ferry to Angiers [sic] June 15, 34." Ferry New Orleans getting ready for a trip to Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (now one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans). Ferries were critical to the movement of people and freight between the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for more than a century. There are still several that serve the New Orleans area.

    Date: 6/15/1934

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2405

    J. J. Harshman Full Cream, Compton California

    Date: 1894

  • "Statistical Data Children in Children's Village"

    Statistics on number and ages of children in the Manzanar Children's Village

    Date: February 15, 1945