A big tree
Galen Clark first came upon a grove of some 200 giant sequoias in 1857 in what is now the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. He named it Mariposa Grove and...
A bride in Tule
This bride, photographed by Francis Stewart a few days before her wedding on September 10, 1942, was interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center, outside Newell,...
An internment wedding
This bride and groom, photographed a few days before their wedding by Francis Stewart on September 10, 1942, were interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Tule Lake,...
Anaheim, after a mouse…
German immigrants founded Anaheim, California, in 1857 on just 200 acres of land. This 1956 aerial photograph was taken one year after the grand opening of Disneyland...
Birdman in segregation
This 1940 architectural plan for improvements to the U.S. Penitentiary at Alcatraz shows details of the first floor and second and third tiers of Cell Block D....
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco
This aerial photograph shows a section of San Francisco, California, and its waterfront along the bay. By the time the picture was taken on January 30, 1951, the...
Boarding pass for Chin Shee
This ship’s boarding pass, for Chin Shee of China, shows she was headed to San Francisco, California. She was 21 years old when she sailed in September 1911. The...