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  • eichler_f3274_441_6

    Caption: "West Window in Dining Room." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler for Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1942

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 068

    Caption: "Eagle River D. & R. G. R. R," c. 1923. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks run next to the Eagle River at the bottom of a canyon in this photograph. A wall of timber shores up part of one side of the canyon wall in the distance. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 371

    Caption: "The bull charging while the Matador stands motionless. Bull fight - Monterey [sic], Mexico."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 157

    Caption: "Portals of the Past," c. 1915-1920. A monument in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on the shores of Lloyd Lake, consisting of a white marble archway and columns. The archway was originally part of the Nob Hill mansion belonging to railroad tycoon Alban Towne. The mansion was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, but the entryway still stood. It was moved to the shore of Lloyd Lake in 1909, as a memorial to the pre-1906 city.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 014

    No Caption: Educational Building on the left, with Tower of Jewels in the background, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 189

    Caption: "U.S. Capitol Building in the distance. View Taken from the Washington Monument. Washington, D.C. July 27, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of the National Mall, between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building.

    Date: 7/27/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 269

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun, Firing Position." A close-up view of a large gun in the firing position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.

    Date: Undated

  • eichler_f3274_277

    Caption: "Preliminary Study - Mendocino State Hospital - Special Custodial Bldg. #2." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. The building, originally built for people deemed "criminally insane," was adapted to other purposes when the Atascadero State Hospital was built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: 1926

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 204

    Caption: "Camp Grounds -- Marysville, Calif," c. 1910-1913. Shows two rows of open-sided shelters, designed so that sheets could be mounted for walls if desired. Each shelter has an accompanying space for an automobile. Small auto camps like this sprang up across the U.S. as the automobile gained popularity as tourist transportation.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 133

    Caption: "MC. Foto" and "Dutch Windmill," c. 1905. This postcard shows the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.

    Date: 1905