Bookmarks

Showing Bookmarks 1 to 6 of 6

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 271

    Caption: "Sugar Factory -- Chino Calif," c. 1915. Chino's sugar beet factory, shown in this photograph, was established in 1891 by Robert and Henry Oxnard. Henry later established a larger factory in the town that now bears his name (Oxnard, in Ventura County). The Chino factory operated for more than twenty-five years before closing in October 1917.

    Date: 1915

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3008

    Golden Gate

    Date: 1897

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 040

    Caption: "Carson Valley Scene." Valley surrounded by mountains.

    Date: 1927

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3523

    True Blue Serge

    Date: 1899

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2128

    Two Stars

    Date: 1892

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 313

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls," c. 1917. Both Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls can be seen in this photograph, taken at a location near the base of Lower Yosemite Fall. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917