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Caption: "Museum of Natural History N.Y.," c. 1925. View of the original building of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Victorian Gothic-style building, often referred to as a "castle," was designed by J. Wrey Mould. It opened in 1877. Later expansions added to the complex around this building and have disguised much of it from view.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Washington Park, Albany, New York, Sept. 8, 1934." Albany's Washington Park was established in the early 1870s. Washington Park Lake, a portion of which is seen in this photograph, was created by damming Beaverkill Creek in 1873. The Lake House in the photograph was constructed in 1929, replacing an earlier building.

Date: 9/8/1934

Caption: "Washington Monument," c.1925. The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Bathers at Monte Rio," c. 1910-1913. Crowd of people on the Monte Rio beach along the Russian River, many wearing bathing suits while others are in suits and dresses. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Central Park. View from Radio City Blg. New York. Aug. 14, 1934." Bird's eye view of New York City's 843-acre Central Park. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and architect Calvert Vaux designed the park, the first portion of which opened to the public in 1858. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.

Date: 8/14/1934

Final design of Grandstand, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Design, drawing, and water color rendering by Alfred Eichler. Built to this design, 1926-1927. Water color rendering made in transparent color with a little Chinese white mixed; the sky was blown in using an air brush. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

Date: 1926

Caption: "First National Bank Bldg. - Detroit," c. 1925. When this building, designed by architect Albert Kahn in the Neoclassical style, was completed in 1922, it was Detroit's tallest structure. This photograph was taken before construction in 1926-27 of a twenty-five story addition adjacent to the building in this photograph.

Date: 1925

Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. No Caption: From a postcard of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte showing Charles Gay riding "Pluto," an adult African Lion, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Sierra Summit Scene - Tioga Pass," c. 1917. Patches of snow litter the walls of Tioga Pass, while a small stream cascades down the hillside. California State Route 120 runs through the pass, providing an eastern entry into Yosemite National Park.

Date: 1917

No caption. A view of the deck of the USS Connecticut, c. 1908. The Connecticut was commissioned on September 29, 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy. Because the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 stipulated that older battleships would be disposed of, the USS Connecticut was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1923.

Date: 1908