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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 268

    Caption: "Chicago Fair Grounds. View from Sky Ride Tower, Sept. 15, 34." Bird's eye view of the fair grounds where Chicago held its Century of Progress Exposition, a world fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. This photograph was taken from one of the two Sky Ride Towers, 628-foot structures that carried an aerial tram or gondola over the harbor in the center of the fair grounds. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934.

    Date: 9/15/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 331

    Caption: "Officers Quarters -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1912. Shows a row of multi-story homes along a landscaped street. Fort Winfield Scott was a coastal artillery post at the San Francisco Presidio. Originally named Fort Point, it was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, until 1886 when the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.

    Date: 1912

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 014

    Caption: "Yellowstone Transportation Bus," c. 1923. William and Grace McCarthy (second row from the back, middle and right-hand seats) and a group of unidentified people stop for a photograph while sitting in an eleven-passenger, open-roofed touring bus in Yellowstone National Park. The touring bus, likely made by White Motor Company, was one of a fleet of such vehicles maintained by the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 254

    Caption: "S.P. Co. One of the Big Compound Engines -- Reno Nevada," c. 1910. Southern Pacific Railroad Company locomotive and accompanying rail cars in Reno, Nevada.

    Date: 1910

  • eichler_f3274_398

    Perspective drawing of Tower Bridge concrete towers by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1935-1936. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_164

    Drawing of Dining Terrace and Student Activities Building, Mesa Campus, Santa Barbara State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Not built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1932

  • eichler_f3274_171

    Caption: "Revised South Elevation, Administration Building - Santa Barbara." Pen and ink drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1926

  • eichler_f3274_131_001

    Drawing of Downtown Training School, San Francisco State College. Design and color drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1931. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1929

  • eichler_f3274_012

    Caption: " Border Station - Hornbrook." Design and sketch of plant quarantine inspection station by Alfred Eichler, c. 1931. Project for Department of Agriculture.

    Date: 1931

  • eichler_f3274_239

    Pencil drawing of Governor's Hall, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, design by Alfred Eichler. Built (also called Merriam Hall). Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1937