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  • eichler_f3274_298B

    Caption: "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

  • eichler_f3274_243a

    Caption: "Front Elevation - North." Design and drawing of Assembly Building, Governor's Hall, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Built. The building was called Merriam Hall when Frank Merriam was governor (1934-1939). Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1937

  • eichler_f3274_227

    Color rendering of exhibit building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. One of two steel-frame tilt-up precast concrete wall buildings along main entrance from Stockton Blvd. Design by Alfred Eichler and V. I. Osborn. Built. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1952

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 416

    Caption: "State capitol or Palacio de Cortes, Cuernavaca, Mexico." Built in 1526 as a residence for Spanish conqueror, Hernan Cortes, the Palacio de Cortes is the oldest conserved colonial era civil structure in the continental Americas. It is now El Museo Cuauhnahuac, a regional museum, which features murals by Mexican artist, Diego Rivera.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 186

    Caption: "Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. July 25, 1934. Taken from Washington Capitol Dome." A view of the Library of Congress. The Beaux Arts-style building was constructed between 1888 and 1894. It serves as the national library of the U.S., as well as the research library for the U.S. Congress.

    Date: 7/25/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 013

    Caption: "Thelma Todd's Tavern - Santa Monica," c. 1935. Built in 1928 for Hollywood actress Thelma Todd, the restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean at Malibu. Todd lived in the home above the tavern, where she was found dead in December 1935, under mysterious circumstances.

    Date: 1935

  • eichler_f3274_407_7

    Preliminary design drawing by Alfred Eichler of M Street Bridge Machinery House; the drawing, dated February 9, 1934, is labeled "superseded." The Tower Bridge replaced the M Street Bridge, which was removed in 1935. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1773

    California Clipper Axe, Live Oak Axe

    Date: 1889

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0354

    White Men

    Date: 1876

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 166

    Caption: "Steamer MINNESOTA," c. 1909. View of the steamship Minnesota II, built in 1903. She was said to be the largest U.S. merchant ship afloat at the time. Operated by the Great Northern Steamship Company, she sailed between the U.S. and markets in Asia until 1915. In 1917 the Minnesota II began operating in the Atlantic between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy commissioned her as a troop ship in 1919, changing her name to Troy. She brought over 14,000 U.S. troops home from war-torn Europe. She never resumed active service after this, being scrapped in 1923. See also 96-07-08-alb08-111.

    Date: 1909