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The Cantino Planisphere is the earliest known European cartographic representation depicting the Americas. Several details merit note, including the Tordesillas line - which divided control over the Americas between Spain and Portugal.

Women cannery workers in the highly mechanized cannery of the 1930s. Workers take the fruit from the line, fill cans, and then put lids on the cans. Notice that the women wear white caps and uniforms, resembling nursing uniforms – part of the…

Program for the dedication of Campisi and Sanfilippo Halls for women

Campell soup advertisement

Women in a military camp.

Exterior view of the remains of Simon's Camera, located at 720 N. Vermont, as seen after it burned down during the 1992 riots.

California Shipbuilding in 1944, looking south across Terminal Island

An image of "Californian" newspaper: Vol.2, No. 1, May 22nd, 1847.
This is the first printed "Californian" newspaper printed on the Zamorano Press in it's new location Yerba Buena (San Francisco)