Detail of a drawing by Edwin A. Sherman depicting the raising of an American flag in Yerba Buena, (later known as San Francisco), 1846 

Drawing of the capture of Mexican-held Monterey by the American Navy, July 4, 1846 

Exterior view of California's first custom house, Monterey, ca.1887-1890 

Monterey Harbor, California, from the Presidio, ca.1887-1890 

Detail of a lithograph by an unknown artist depicting General John C. Fremont's entrance into Monterey, ca.1846 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932 

British cruiser HMS Vindictive sunk in the entrance to Ostend harbor to prevent transit by German submarines, ca.1914 

Washoe Indian woman carrying her papoose on her back, ca.1900 

View of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa State, Mexico, [s.d.] 

Lithograph from Norton's 1913 book "Story of California" depicting Monterey from the bay, [s.d.] 

Wooden statue of Saint Buenaventura at the Convent of Domican Sisters at Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, ca.1906 

View of Hollywood looking northeast from the corner of Rossmore Avenue and Rosewood Avenue, 1924 

Illustration showing the raising of the Bear Flag over Sonoma, June 14, 1846 

Adobe ranch house near two palm trees in Pole Canyon near Fillmore, ca.1900 

Mexican Custom House at Yerba Buena, San Francisco, July 1846 

Aerial view of Venice, looking northwest over the canals, 1918 

Front of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1895 

Exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, ca.1925 

A stagecoach passing under a tunnel cut through a large sequoias tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 

Exterior view of Mission Purisima Concepcion from the east end, ca.1898