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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 264

    Caption: "Crater Lake, Oregon - View from Watchman Point," c. 1935. Located in the Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is a caldera lake formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama. Its 1,949 foot depth makes it the deepest lake in U.S.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 116

    Caption: "Japanese Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," San Francisco, c. 1907. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the still existing Japanese Tea Garden is now the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States.

    Date: 1907

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 261

    Caption: "Crater Lake, Oregon - Crater Lake National Park," c. 1935. Located in the Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is a caldera lake formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama. Its 1,949 foot depth makes it the deepest lake in the United States.

    Date: 1935

  • eichler_f3274_023

    Caption: "California Institution for Women. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, Sacramento." Preliminary drawing of new women's prison in Tehachapi. Design and drawing in pen and ink by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Corrections.

    Date: 1930

  • eichler_f3274_088_004

    Caption: "South Elevation and Section." Color drawing of postwar building, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1944

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 102

    Caption: "Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Grand Basin at Jackson Park. This 500-acre park was originally designed for use as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (also called the Chicago World's Fair), held in 1893. The Grand Basin was a large reflecting pool at the center of the Exposition, around which the main buildings were constructed.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 263

    Caption: "Potato Race - July 4, 1917." Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.

    Date: 7/4/1917

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 171

    Caption: "Washington State Capitol -- Olympia.," c. 1920. Also known as The Castle, this building served as Washington's state capitol building from 1905 to 1928, when the Legislature moved into the current building. The central tower of The Castle was lost in a 1928 fire, while numerous other towers fell to the 1949 Olympia earthquake. Some of those towers have been restored.

    Date: 1920

  • 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

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 282

    Caption: "Mirror Lake," c. 1917. Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park, on Tenaya Creek, is the remains of a glacial lake that used to fill most of the valley. Its calm waters provide near-perfect reflections of the surrounding natural splendor.

    Date: 1917