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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 206

    Caption: "Call Building," c. 1906. The remains of the Call building after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Completed in 1898 and designed by civic leader Claus Spreckels, the Call building on the corner of 3rd and Market streets was one of the first skyscrapers in San Francisco, built to house the San Francisco Call newspaper offices. While the structure withstood the 1906 earthquake, the interior caught fire and sustained considerable damage. After major renovations, the building is today known as The Central Tower.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 085

    Caption: "San Francisco April 18, 1906. Center of Town. The Awful Fire after the Shake." Shows much smoke with buildings on fire in the center of the city, after the earthquake. 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. 2173

    Ewell's XL Dairy Bottled Milk Co.

    Date: 1892

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 116

    Caption: "Alum Rock," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy standing in front of a gazebo in Alum Rock Park. The park, founded in 1872, is one of California's oldest municipal parks. The gazebo, the park's oldest standing structure (built in about 1890), features a fountain that used to supply water from the mineral springs in the area. Today, the fountain's water comes from the City of San Jose's municipal supply.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 212

    Caption: "Call Building," c. 1906. Completed in 1898 and designed by civic leader Claus Spreckels, the Call building on the corner of 3rd and Market streets was one of the first skyscrapers in San Francisco, built to house the San Francisco Call newspaper offices. While the structure withstood the 1906 earthquake, the interior caught fire and sustained considerable damage. After major renovations, the building is today known as The Central Tower.

    Date: 1906

  • eichler_f3274_388_1

    Caption: "Office District III Division of Highways." Design by H. S. Hazen; perspective drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built 1936. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - District III - Marysville.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_377a

    Caption: "Public Works Bldg. Sacramento." Drawing by Alfred Eichler. This part owned by Division of Highways. Other addition owned by Department of Finance. Project for Department of Public Works - Administration.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 126

    No caption, c. 1910. View of Bisby's Spiral Airship, located in an amusement "zone" known as The Pike in Long Beach, California. One of the earliest suspended roller coasters, this thrill ride operated from about 1902 to 1915. Gondolas suspended below the rails carried riders up a lift to the top of a tower, after which they followed a spiral track back down to the loading area.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 017

    Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, Population of Los Angeles 1, 360,000," The iconic Los Angeles City Hall building, completed in 1928, still houses the offices of the mayor and city council. Defined as "Modern American" by one of the architects who worked on the original building, the landmark was restored to its original grandeur and seismically stabilized in 2001. See also 96-07-08-alb11-005, dated May 18, 1934.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_230

    Ink drawing of Poultry Building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. This is now the Art Building, 1963. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1931