Map shows early twentieth century San Luis Obispo County, California township grid, grants, roads, railroads, national forests, ranches, and telephone lines. Includes legend. Scale [1:253,440].

Santa Fe's oldest name train - the California Limited stand in the Los Angeles California depot. This de Luxe passenger train headed by a beautiful ten wheeler, type 4-6-0 engine No. 53, with a consist of six superb passenger cars, all handcrafted wood - having open platforms and under body truss rods - has consummated its long journey - approximately 2,267 miles - requiring about 68 hours - from Chicago.

Photograph of one Irene and Byrd Williams, Jr.'s children staring at the ocean and the Point Fermin cliff from the shore, with his back to the camera.

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to George C. Husmann discussing the "Pearl of Casaba" grape and describing the characteristics of the variety.

Photograph of the ocean, with the side of the Cliff House in view, also known as the "Gingerbread Palace."

Photograph of the Half Dome mountain in Yosemite National Park.

Photograph of construction on a road in downtown Truckee, California. Advertisements for the American Hotel and children's clothing can be seen on one of the buildings.

Photograph of Byrd III and brother John Williams with the family dog, Brownie, near Point Fermin in San Pedro, California.

Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams with her sons John, Charles, and Byrd III at Donner Lake in California. The members of the family are all wearing dark coats with hats and they are standing on the shore in front of the lake. There are three tall trees to their right and there are mountains covered by trees in the background of the image on the opposite shore of the lake.

Photograph of Byrd Williams III standing on the shore in Los Angeles with his brother John. Both of the boys are wearing long dark coats and hats and Byrd is holding onto family's dog Brownie's leash. The boys are standing on top of a hill which is on the shore of the ocean, and there are stairs and pathways leading down from the top of the mountain to the water below. On top of the mountain, there are multiple small structures that are made of a trellis like material, and in the background there is another small building visible. There are people gathered around these buildings and there is a treeline behind them. Directly behind the boys, there is a small patch of very thick grass and plants.

Photograph of an oil derrick in a port in Los Angeles. The derrick is in the middle of the water, and there is a tall tower and some other structures on the platform where it is located. There are some ships and boats in the water around the derrick and along the shore of the water there are buildings, power lines, and factories.

Photograph of the cliffs of Point Fermin with the lighthouse in view.

Picture hat of black velvet with domed crown and wide brim edged in black satin. Hatband of pleated black satin. Bright green ostrich feathers on left side of crown. Lined in pink fabric. Designer's label: "Mae Kelley / Exclusive Hand Made Hats / Whittier, Calif." Retailer's label: "Yvonne / Hats / California"

Postcard from L. H. Woods to George Pendexter wishing for more cards to be sent showing "auto fire apparatus." The photograph on the reverse side of the card shows a large cloud of smoke coming off of a large building that has been burned. The building on the left has had its roof destroyed and some portions of its wall collapsed; the building in the foreground has had its walls damaged and roof destroyed as well.

"Within the semiarid region there are millions of acres of rich, fertile land, now barren, some of which will be reclaimed through irrigation, but most of which can not be irrigated on account of the limited water supply, and must be farmed, if at all, without irrigation.... This land is now attracting eastern farmers who are prone to risk failure in view of the possibilities in years of favorable precipitation. There have been many deplorable failures during the recent years which could have been averted had the unfortunate settlers fortified themselves against periods of drought by irrigating small parts of their land holdings. It is realized that to accomplish this requires an outlay of capital and if this outlay is great it precludes the possibility of such procedure. With a view to helping these settlers, this Office has investigated the use of windmills as a means of pumping water for the irrigation of small areas in connection with the farming of more extensive areas without irrigation. It is the purpose of this bulletin to set forth in a simple, comprehensive way the possibilities of irrigation, using windmills only as means of power." -- p. 5

Report discussing methods for irrigating orchards, including ditches, flumes, pipes and standpipes, and furrows.

"A practical manual, giving methods pursued throughout the irrigated beet-growing sections and thereby furnishing information to new settlers in irrigated districts, as well as suggestions to beet growers as to the practices in States other than their own, should be of value in introducing the growing of beets and improving the methods of handling this important crop. As the matter now stands, each community where this industry has found favor is proceeding along lines suggested by local conditions which are more or less peculiar, and this bulletin is designed to be a compilation of the practices throughout the West, to which are added the results of experiments conducted by this Office in irrigation of sugar beets during the past four years." -- p. 9

Photograph of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

An advertisement for the Victor Safe and Lock Company's No. 4 fireproof safe, which won a grand prize at the 1904 World's Fair. Included is a testimonial from W. A. Bolton of the Bolton Investment Company.

Photograph of the Merrill family posing for a group portrait. The back of the photograph identifies the subjects as Richard, George, Mrs. J. W., and Alice.