Figure 1. This $250 California Indian war bond issued in 1854 was sold to help defray the costs of state militia expeditions. Contrary to popular myth, Indian war bond revenues were not used to pay for Native American scalps, heads, or other body parts. Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, Universi... More about this image found in This $250 California Indian war bond issued in 1854 was sold to help defray...

Figure 2. Benjamin Wright, captain of the Siskiyou Rangers, undated photograph. As volunteer militia, Wright and his men drew state government compensation for wages and expenses incurred during their campaign against the Modoc in 1852. They did not, however, receive any cash rewards for the scalp... More about this image found in Benjamin Wright, captain of the Siskiyou Rangers, undated photograph. As vo...

Figure 3. Harmon “Hi” Good (seated, center, ca. 1869) once had as many as forty Indian scalps hanging from a tree outside his Tehama County home. He is pictured here with (standing, left to right) his longtime companion and fellow scalp taker Sandy Young; Tehama County deputy sheriff Jay Salisbury... More about this image found in Harmon “Hi” Good (seated, center, ca. 1869) once had as many as forty India...

Figure 4. Andrew Jackson “Uncle Jack” Farley (year unknown, probably late 1890s). As captain of a volunteer company of settlers in Long Valley during the Mendocino War in 1859, Farley played a central role in the ruthless effort to exterminate the Yuki. Courtesy of the Colusi County Historical S... More about this image found in Andrew Jackson “Uncle Jack” Farley (year unknown, probably late 1890s). As ...

Figure 5. Lynx Scalp Bounty Affidavit, Yuba County, 1888. A state law enacted in 1883 allowed California counties to offer cash rewards for the killing of wild animals that preyed upon livestock. Under the terms of this law, Yuba County offered five dollars apiece for the scalps of coyotes, lynx, ... More about this image found in Lynx Scalp Bounty Affidavit, Yuba County, 1888. A state law enacted in 1883...

Figure 6. Coyote Scalp Bounty Affidavit, Colusa County, 1894. In an unsuccessful and costly effort to protect the livestock industry by promoting the statewide eradication of coyotes, California paid a five-dollar bounty for every coyote scalp submitted to local county clerks between 1891 and 1895... More about this image found in Coyote Scalp Bounty Affidavit, Colusa County, 1894. In an unsuccessful and ...

Figure 1. The UC Berkeley faculty/officials’ wives whose campaign to save San Francisco Bay from urban pollution and environmental degradation drew attention nationally and internationally. Catherine (Kay) Kerr at top of photo, Esther Gulick in the middle, and Sylvia McLaughlin at bottom. Photo by... More about this image found in The UC Berkeley faculty/officials’ wives whose campaign to save San Francis...

Figure 2. This map, prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and printed in the Oakland Tribune , showed how little would be left of San Francisco Bay by 2020 given development plans in the 1950s. The map was used with great effect by the Save the Bay organizers, who reproduced it for their f... More about this image found in This map, prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and printed in the ...

More about this image found in Untitled image

More about this image found in Untitled image

Figure 1. Elizabeth Haywood Ashe’s American Red Cross application, from the National Archives Catalog, Collection ANRS: Records of the American National Red Cross, Series: Historical Nurse Files, NAID: 2661057. Courtesy of National Archives More about this image found in Elizabeth Haywood Ashe’s American Red Cross application, from the National ...

Figure 2. June 1918, photographer unknown: “Miss Elizabeth Ashe, Chief of the Nursing Service of the Children’s Bureau of the American Red Cross visiting the American Red Cross pouponniere or nursing home at [or] near Paris. Miss Beaule holding the child is in charge of the home.” American Natio... More about this image found in June 1918, photographer unknown: “Miss Elizabeth Ashe, Chief of the Nursing...

Figure 3. Photograph of Verna Louise Rademacher, date and photographer unknown, from the National Archives Catalog, Collection ANRS: Records of the American National Red Cross, Series: Historical Nurse Files, NAID: 2662139. Courtesy of National Archives More about this image found in Photograph of Verna Louise Rademacher, date and photographer unknown, from ...