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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 320a

    No caption. Obverse of a souvenir ticket for the "Official Pedestrian Day" on May 27, 1937, held as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. The celebrations occupied an entire week, kicked off by Pedestrian Day, when more 200,000 people were allowed to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on foot or on roller skates, the day before the bridge opened for vehicular traffic.

    Date: 5/27/1937

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 049

    Caption: "New Orleans Ferry to Angiers [sic] June 15, 34." Ferry New Orleans getting ready for a trip to Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (now one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans). Ferries were critical to the movement of people and freight between the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for more than a century. There are still several that serve the New Orleans area.

    Date: 6/15/1934

  • eichler_f3274_209

    Preliminary design and drawing of state office building on N Street, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Built to later design. Project for Department of Finance - Buildings and Grounds - Office Buildings.

    Date: 1937

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 135

    Caption: "France" French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 000

    Caption: "Tours to the East." Two National Park decals for Yellowstone Park (with handwritten date of Aug. 14, 23, featuring a bear) and Yosemite National Park in 1920 (with handwritten date of July 4, featuring a mountain lion).

    Date: 1920

  • eichler_f3274_129

    Caption: "State Dept. of Public Works Div. of Architecture - Gymnasium - San Diego State Teachers College." Drawing of Women's Gymnasium by Alfred Eichler. Design by H. S. Hazen, 1932. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1932

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 037

    Caption: "Bobs Service Station - Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows Bob Spencer's Mobil gas service station, which was built around a grounded Fokker F32, whose wings served as a canopy for the fueling stations.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 424

    No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Teotihuacan, an area northeast of Mexico City and famous for some of the most important archaeological discoveries on the North American Continent.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 023

    Caption: "Old Dutch Windmill, G.G. Park," c. 1910. Image of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.

    Date: 1910

  • eichler_f3274_151_5

    Caption: "East Column of Main Entrance." Drawing of Science Building Addition, Downtown Campus, San Francisco State College; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1935