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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 048

    Caption: "Trestle in Northern California," c. 1906, shows a railroad trestle nestled among trees and hills.

    Date: 1906

  • eichler_f3274_443_4

    Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler of Veterans Home, Yountville. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 111

    Caption: "State St. Chicago.," c. 1925. A busy street scene with people, cars and trollies.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 104

    No Caption: Building and reflecting pool at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

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    Caption: "Windows of Employees Dining Room - Pacific Colony." Pacific State Hospital. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals. The hospital was initially named Pacific Colony (1927-1953), followed by Pacific State Hospital (1953-1979); Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center; and finally Lanterman Developmental Center, which closed in 2015.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 182

    Caption: "Capitol Building, Washington, D. C. July 23, 1934." View of the domed United States Capitol, housing both the Senate and House of Representatives. Constructed between 1793 and 1800 and designed by architect William Thornton, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.

    Date: 7/23/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 121

    Caption: "Brothers Light House" and "Scenes on the Sacramento River.," c. 1920. Shows the island and structures associated with the East Brother Island Lighthouse, lit in 1874 in San Rafael Bay near Richmond, California. The light was automated in 1969. After restoration in the early 1980s, the lighthouse now operates as a bed-and-breakfast.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 036

    Caption: "Wreck on the Vallejo Napa Line." Photograph showing some of the train cars involved in a June 19, 1913 accident in which two trains of the San Francisco, Napa Valley and Calistoga Railroad collided head-on approximately 2.4 miles north of Vallejo. Ten passengers and three railroad employees were killed, and twenty-eight others injured.

    Date: 1913-06-19

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 181

    Caption: "George Washingions [sic] Home, Rear View, Mt. Vernon, Va. July 22, 1934." Rear view of Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Built between 1758 and 1778, the Palladian-style mansion is now owned in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and open to the public.

    Date: 7/22/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 272

    Caption: "General Motors Building, Chicago Fair. Sept. 17, 1934." Grace McCarthy stands at a railing with the General Motors Building in the background. The building was part of the Century of Progress Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.

    Date: 9/17/1934