Search All Items
- Filters:
- Type
- Image 3609
- Still Image 937
- Text 401
- Text 19
- Image of the California Census from the records of the office of the California Secretary of State 1
- Language
- English 4945
- Spanish 26
- ENGLISH 2
- English 1
- census_013 1
- contra_costa_schedule_1_volume_1 1
Search Results 3731 to 3740 of 5017
-
First report by trustee, J. Nakano on behalf of Kiyoko, Masaaki, Toshiyuki, and Hideo Nakano regarding property in Sonoma Coutny, California
Date: January, 1939
-
Correspondence from H. C. Pratt to Earl Warren regarding the threat of sabotage and a termination of mass incarceration
Date: December 17, 1944
-
Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
Date: 1935
-
Caption: "El Portal," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses with two unidentified people in front of the Hotel del Portal (or Del Portal Hotel) in El Portal, California. The resort hotel was constructed in 1908 by the Yosemite Terminal Company, a subsidiary of the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company, to provide accommodations for visitors to the park who arrived by train. The hotel burned to the ground in late October of 1917.
Date: 1917
-
No Caption: View of the Government Building, neighboring buildings, and Geyser Basin at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus. For instance, Geyser Basin became Drumheller Fountain, now at a slightly different location.
Date: 1909
-
Caption: "Saltair. Salt Lake." View of the first Saltair resort pavilion, constructed in 1893. Designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the pavilion hovered above the Great Salt Lake on more than 2,000 posts and pilings. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the pavilion in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925.
Date: 1916
-
Caption: "High School -- San Diego," c. 1910. By 1902 San Diego's schools had become overcrowded enough to warrant the construction of a new high school building. Completed in 1907 and designed by F.S. Allen, the new building was quickly nicknamed the "Grey Castle on the Hill" in reference to its castle-like parapets and towers. The Grey Castle was torn down in 1975 to make way for a facility in compliance with new earthquake safety laws.
Date: 1910
-
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. Double-sized panoramic postcard entitled "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate International Exposition," c. 1938. Artist's rendering of San Francisco Bay, featuring the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Date: 1938
