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Exhibits

McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 392

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 392
Description
Caption: "Pan-American Highway monument marking the highway completion, July 1, 1936 Altitude 8209 feet. Highest point on route - 15 miles south of Octopan [sic], Mexico." Pictured is William McCarthy standing before the "Monument of Good Friendship (El Monumento de Buena Amistad), near Actopan, Mexico.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Mexico
Date
1938
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb10-392
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Pan-American Highway Monument
Type
Still Image