Black and white photograph of construction site
Black and white photograph showing rail carriage being transported on cables in a mountainous area.
Group photograph of passengers on the Mount Lowe Railway, a rail car that ascended Echo Mountain. A sign reads 'Echo Mountain, 3,500 feet above sea level'. A streetcar is to the right of the cablecar. The Mount Lowe observatory can be seen in the background of the photograph.
Black and white photograph of M M O'Shaughnessy and a group of four men standing on a railroad construction site.
Black and white photograph showing men on a railroad construction site.
Black and white photograph of construction site
Black and white photograph showing rail carriage being transported on cables in a mountainous area.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 -->Other --> 006. Passport for Mary O'Shaughnessy, issued 1929 when she was aged 61. Stamps for Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, UK, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 -->Other --> 007. United States passport for Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy, issued in 1925 when O'Shaughnessy was 61 years old. Includes his minor daughter Elizabeth, which photograph of same. Immigration stamps for Ireland, the UK and Italy.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 -->Other --> 008-9. Blessing of St Francis and a prayer for confidence.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 -->Other --> 010. Card from Dominican Convent for Miss H[elen] O'Shaughnessy, 1915 (related to valedictory speech in 1915).
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 -->Other --> 011-020. Blank postcards featuring photographs from Philsbury, artwork from Honolulu, and photographs from Assisi, Italy.
A newspaper obituary for Helen O'Shaughnessy who died in a motor accident in 1975. It is attached to a Memoir for M M O'Shaughnessy from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Diary kept by Mary O'Shaughnessy from 1956. Describes the weather, and talks about daily life with her daughters. The 2nd entry describes one of their tenants having shot himself in the chest, and survived.
A Christmas card for Mary from her mother, with $10.
A guest book from the house.
An almanack for 1884.
A photocopied profile of O'Shaughnessy from a newspaper (digitise).
A newspaper cutting on what breed of dogs have the best sense of humour.
Newspaper clipping on the Waldo plan (1953).
Invitation to Mr Tootsie O'Shaughnessy to a birthday party of Beatrix Kelly. (1893).
Newspaper clipping with photograph of the Ithacans, and a baseball match.
A copy of the Illustrated Daily Herald from 13 Jun 1925, with a cover story on the high price of the Hetch Hetchy scheme.
A small pocket book, "The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith" with book plate of Captain John King.
Newspaper clippings on M M and Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy. Includes useful biographical information. May digitise.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 4 --> Photographs --> 080. Photograph album put together by one of the O'Shaughnessy daughters, featuring photographs of them as young women.
Photographs from holidays, taken in Muir Woods, featuring family pets, clergy members, photographs of the wildlife in Hetch Hetchy are all featured.