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  • Old Series Trademark No. 1859b

    Snowflakes

    Date: 1890

  • Correspondence on Lifting of Wartime Regulations

    Correspondence from Luna B. Brown to State Public Assistance Agencies regarding identification cards and regulations on travel

    Date: January 28, 1946

  • eichler_f3274_391

    Caption: "District XI Office Bldg. Division of Highways San Diego, State Department of Public Works Division of Architecture - Geo. B. McDougall State Architect." Design by H. S. Hazen; pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler, c. 1934. Built. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - District XI - San Diego.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_301_7

    Caption: "Elevation of Garbage Rm. - 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

  • eichler_f3274_292

    Drawing of Library, Superintendent's residence, Pacific State Hospital. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Residence built in 1926. 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: 1932

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 076

    Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Exposition," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.

    Date: 1935

  • eichler_f3274_247_1

    Caption: "Administration Building - State Agricultural Park, Sacramento. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, Geo. B. McDougall State Architect." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler of Art Building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1937

  • eichler_f3274_298A

    Caption: "Temporary Firehouse - Pacific Colony." Design and drawing of firehouse, Pacific State Hospital, 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: 1942

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 292

    Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1910. William McCarthy standing on a bridge in Los Angeles' Echo Lake Park. The park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 077

    Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Expo.," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.

    Date: 1935