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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 317

    Caption: "Decorated Locomotive. Fifth Liberty Bond Drive -- Benicia, Calif." During World War I, the U.S. government raised funds for the war by issuing "liberty bonds." Citizens who purchased the bonds could later redeem them for the purchase price plus interest. Liberty Bond Drives were held to encourage people to purchase the bonds. This photograph shows a locomotive employed in the fifth Liberty Bond Drive, held in 1919. Decorated with bunting and flags to inspire patriotic feeling, Liberty Bond Trains crisscrossed the U.S. to round up funding.

    Date: 1919

  • eichler_f3274_263

    Caption: "Governor's Mansion Sacramento, 15th and N Sts." Pencil sketch of site by Alfred Eichler. Not built. Project for Office of the Governor.

    Date: 1947

  • eichler_f3274_320

    Caption: "Stockton Acute Dist." Design and drawing of Acute Disturbed Ward, Stockton State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: 1937

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 049

    Caption: "Joy Ride -- Skaggs Springs," c. 1914. William (standing in front to the right) and Grace (third from the left in the wagon) McCarthy and a group of unidentified people all holding bunches of grapes, either getting ready for or coming back from a ride in a horse-drawn wagon. Skaggs Springs was a resort area along the Russian River in Sonoma County, known for its hot springs. The area now lies beneath the waters of Lake Sonoma, flooded after construction of the Warm Springs Dam, completed in 1982.

    Date: 1914

  • eichler_f3274_449_7a

    Caption: "Floor Plan. Gymnasium, Whittier State School." Blueprint, Fred C. Nelles School for Boys; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for California Youth Authority - Institutions.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 229

    Caption: "Desdamona [sic] Lighthouse.," c. 1905-1909. View of the Desdemona Lighthouse, constructed in 1901 or 1902 on wood pilings over a group of shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River. The shoals carry the same name as the lighthouse, both of which are named for the boat Desdemona which ran aground and was destroyed by the shoals in 1857. The lighthouse was automated in 1934, and its light eventually removed in 1965.

    Date: 1905

  • Memorial to Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo, page 2

    This item has no description.

    Date: 2010

  • eichler_f3274_096

    Color drawing by Alfred Eichler of California Maritime Academy shore base, Morrow Cove; design for wartime development. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1942

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 120

    Caption: "Lucky Woodchuck, Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935. An unidentified woman seen feeding a woodchuck.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 152

    No Caption: c. 1910. View of the Desdemona Lighthouse, constructed in 1901 or 1902 on wood pilings over a group of shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River. The shoals carry the same name as the lighthouse, both of which are named for the bark Desdemona which ran aground and was destroyed by the shoals in 1857. The lighthouse was automated in 1934, and its light eventually removed in 1965.

    Date: 1910