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  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 046

    No Caption: Court of the Universe, with arch, colonnades, and statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 274

    Caption: "United States Field Piece." Shows a Civil War-era large gun and carriage at an unidentified location.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 241

    Caption: "Hermits Rest - Grand Canyon," c. 1925. Grace McCarthy poses at the entry arch of Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Hermit's Rest, a rest area for tourists, is located on the Grand Canyon's south rim, at the westernmost point accessible by paved road.

    Date: 1925

  • eichler_f3274_301_14

    Caption: "Elevation of Garage - Pacific Colony." Pacific State Hospital. Design and drawing 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: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 183

    Caption: "The White House. Washington, D.C. July 23, 1934." East Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Neoclassical-style residence and work place of the United States President, designed by James Hoban, was constructed between 1792 and 1800. See also 96-07-08-alb04-085 and 96-07-08-alb09-222.

    Date: 7/23/1934

  • 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_209

    Preliminary design and drawing of state office building on N Street, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Built to later design. Project for Department of Finance - Buildings and Grounds - Office Buildings.

    Date: 1937

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 234

    Caption: "Boundary Monument, Mexican Border." William McCarthy (middle row, far right) and several unidentified people posing in front of an obelisk, one of many Boundary Monuments marking the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 005

    Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of Los Angeles' City Hall, built in 1928 and designed by architects John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr.

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 036

    No caption. The façade of an Italianate building that appears to be of mixed residential and commercial use in San Francisco. The sign on the building reads "The Kinriu Co. Wholesale Baskets and Matting Import Silk & Tea," c. 1906.

    Date: 1906