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Caption: "New Prison for Segregation of San Quentin Prisoners. View Showing New Dormitory and Prison Yard with Relation to Existing Prison. Mt. Tamalpais in Background." Pen and ink drawing by Alfred Eichler, September 27, 1934, in response to request by Board of Prison Directors. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Arched Rock- Merced River Drive - Yosemite.," c. 1917. Grace and William McCarthy (to right of the car) pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman underneath the arched rock on what is now Highway 140, the El Portal Road. The area is now known as the Arched Rock Entrance to Yosemite Valley.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "St. Francis Hotel," c. 1905. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square and the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904 and fortunately suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Balance Rock - Yosemite," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing near a precariously balanced rock at Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Bruin stands for a bite," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding a bear, while another man looks on.
Date: 1935