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  • eichler_f3274_420

    Caption: "Mess Hall - Veterans Home. Dept. of Public Works Division of Architecture." Design study by Alfred Eichler for Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville, c. 1940. Not built this way. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1940

  • Punta del Año Nuevo Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Punta del Año Nuevo boundaries. Volume 1, page 788.

    Date: 1841

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 186

    Caption: "Scene in the Petrified Forest.," c. 1915-1920. Petrified tree trunk separated from pathway by fence. It is unknown in which petrified forest locale the photograph was taken.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 179

    Caption: "Tamalpais Tavern," c. 1907. The Tamalpais Tavern opened in 1896 on top of Mount Tamalpais and quickly became a popular destination for Bay Area residents who rode the Muir Woods Railway up and down the mountain. A fire destroyed the tavern in 1923 and a smaller, more modest building was erected in 1924 but closed at the start of World War II.

    Date: 1907

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 088

    Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0697

    Queen's Own Co.

    Date: 1881

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 263

    Caption: "Studebaker Factory. South Bend, Indiana. Sept. 13, 1934." Two buildings of the Studebaker Factory in South Bend are visible in this photograph. The Studebaker brothers started operations in South Bend in 1852, when they established a blacksmith shop and foundry. They soon began building wagons and carriages, demand for which soared with the advent of the Civil War and an increase in migration toward and into the American West. The company gradually phased out wagon production in favor of automobile manufacture in the early twentieth century. Sales declined after World War II, leading to the eventual closure of the factory in 1963.

    Date: 9/13/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 307

    Caption: "Carquinez Bridge, Crockett, California. Oct. 9, 1934." This photograph shows the original Carquinez Bridge, built to span the Carquinez Strait and thereby contribute to a direct route between Sacramento and San Francisco. The steel cantilevered bridge, designed by Robinson & Steinman, was constructed in 1927. It is no longer extant, having been replaced by two parallel bridges constructed in 1958 and 2003. The structure of the original bridge was removed in 2007. See also 96-07-08-alb04-004.

    Date: 10/9/1934

  • Canadita or Laguna Seca Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Canadita or Laguna Seca boundaries. Volume 1, page 168.

    Date: 1833

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 011

    Caption: "The S.P. snow sheds cutting through the rugged Sierra summit." Mountain scene with snow sheds sheltering the Southern Pacific Railroad's tracks through the Sierra Nevada Mountains from winter storms.

    Date: 1927