Search All Items
- Filters:
- Type
- Image 3882
- Still Image 2091
- Text 431
- Text 50
- Image of the California Census from the records of the office of the California Secretary of State 1
- Language
- English 6437
- Spanish 23
- ENGLISH 2
- English 2
- census_013 1
- contra_costa_schedule_1_volume_1 1
Search Results 5551 to 5560 of 6524
-
No caption. Commemorative U.S. postage stamp issued in 1931, featuring the Statue of Liberty, with the word "Liberty" on a scroll across the bottom of the stamp. This was only the second time the Statue of Liberty was featured on a postage stamp.
Date: 1931
-
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. Caption: "A movie dog team -- Truckee." This postcard shows a sled dog team pulling unidentified occupants in snow.
Date: 1927
-
No caption, c. 1920. William McCarthy (far right) and two unidentified women, all in swimsuits.
Date: 1920
-
No caption, undated. Unidentified man standing with baby and small child.
Date: Undated
-
Caption: "Aug. 22, 1934." Unidentified man and woman posing in a garden.
Date: 8/22/1934
-
Caption: "San Francisco -- 1906." Overview of San Francisco before the earthquake and fire of April 1906.
Date: 1906
-
No caption, c. 1920. Sacramento River scene, with trees and shrubs lining both banks.
Date: 1920
-
Caption: "Fort Flagler before Barracks were Built.," c. 1899-1906. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.
Date: 1899
-
Caption: "S.P. Hospital, S.F.," c. 1910. Constructed in 1908 and designed by architect Daniel J. Patterson, the hospital treated Southern Pacific Railroad workers from across the American West, as well as passengers injured while riding. As the twentieth century progressed and automobiles supplanted trains as the premier method of transportation for people and goods, the hospital entered a period of decline, closing in 1974. It has since been renovated and now serves as a senior housing complex.
Date: 1910
-
Caption: "Sutter [sic] Fort. Sacramento.," c. 1920. A gun tower at Sutter's Fort, and a gate bracketed by two cannons. John Sutter established the fort in 1839, calling it New Helvetia. After the discovery of gold at one of Sutter's mills (at Coloma, on the American River), almost all of the fort's inhabitants left for the gold fields in the foothills. The fort deteriorated until being restored from 1891-1893. The fort is now the site of a State Historic Park. See also 96-07-08-alb05-118.
Date: 1920
