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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de las Uvas boundaries. Volume 1, page 746.
Date: 1842
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No caption, c. 1906. Photographic portrait of Grace McCarthy.
Date: 1906
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Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to S. H. Thompson regarding Federal government responsibility for cost of public assistance; see Correspondence on County Responsibility for Enemy Alien Program (F3729_49_002b)
Date: March 9, 1942
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Caption: "Officers Quarters -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1912. Shows a row of multi-story homes along a landscaped street. Fort Winfield Scott was a coastal artillery post at the San Francisco Presidio. Originally named Fort Point, it was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, until 1886 when the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.
Date: 1912
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Caption: "Hopland-Clear Lake Highway," c. 1925. Birdseye view of the Hopland Grade (also called the Hopland Pass), now part of California State Route 175 connecting Hopland (Mendocino County) with Lakeport on Clear Lake, in Lake County. The road, built in the early 1920s, is sometimes called the "crookedest road in California."
Date: 1925
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Nacion or Rancho Nacional boundaries. Volume 2, page 153.
Date: 1843
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Caption: "8" Gun," c. 1909. Shows the barrel and carriage of an 8" heavy artillery gun, likely used in coastal defense.
Date: 1909
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No Caption: William and Grace McCarthy (in white dress) are seen standing before the entrance to the California Building at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-159.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "6" Howitzer," c. 1906. A piece of artillery characterized by a relatively short barrel, used for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Turtle Pens -- Key West. July 2, 1934." View of turtle kraals, or turtle corrals, used in the turtle fishing industry in Key West. Green turtles were kept in these pens prior to slaughter or transport. Turtle meat and eggs were popular food items in the early-to-mid twentieth century; turtle fat was especially prized for making turtle soup. However, the turtle population plummeted in the Florida Keys and surrounding areas as the twentieth century progressed and demand increased. The turtle kraals and nearby canneries closed when the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1971. Populations have since started to recover. The cannery near the kraals shown in this photograph now serves as the Key West Turtle Museum.
Date: 7/2/1934
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night Scene," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-116, with caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View."
Date: 1915