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Caption: "San Diego Mission," c. 1915-1916. William and Grace McCarthy standing in front of ruins of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Alum Rock", c. 1910. Grace McCarthy standing in front of the gazebo of Alum Rock Park. The park, founded in 1872, is one of California's oldest municipal parks. The gazebo, the park's oldest standing structure (built in about 1890), features a fountain that used to supply water from the mineral springs in the area. Today, the fountain's water comes from the City of San Jose's municipal supply. See also 96-07-08-alb05-116.
Date: 1910
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No caption, c. 1920. Four unidentified women, with Grace McCarthy (second from the right) in what appears to be a park, in front of bushes and ornamental grass.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Seattle totem pole. Seattle Population 375,000," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "School for Deaf Berkeley. Clocktower - Admin. Bldg." Design and color drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1944
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Caption: "California - Living Giant - Mariposa Grove," c. 1917. William and Grace McCarthy, with an unidentified friend, pose with their vehicle in the tunnel through the California Tree, a Giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tunnel was cut through the tree in 1895 to facilitate travel on the road into the grove, and also as a tourist attraction. It is now the only living Giant Sequoia with a tunnel cut through it (so-called "tunnel trees"), the others having all fallen.
Date: 1917
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Office Memorandum from Bernice G. Copland to Margaret S. Watkins regarding evacuation process in Los Angeles County; Sections: State Department of Social Welfare Staff; Housing Facilities of WCCA Stations; Clientele; Animals; Relief; Time Involved by Supervising Agents; Reports
Date: May 9, 1942