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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 223

    Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1915, shows a view of a portion of "The Pike," which was an amusement zone along the shoreline in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1902 by Charles Rivers Drake, a Civil War veteran and early Long Beach developer. The Pike included arcades, gift shops, food stands, a variety of rides, and a grand bath house (the two-story building pictured on the right). After years of disrepair, The Pike was closed in 1979.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 320a

    No caption. Obverse of a souvenir ticket for the "Official Pedestrian Day" on May 27, 1937, held as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. The celebrations occupied an entire week, kicked off by Pedestrian Day, when more 200,000 people were allowed to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on foot or on roller skates, the day before the bridge opened for vehicular traffic.

    Date: 5/27/1937

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 303

    Caption: "State St. Salt Lake City. Capitol Bldg. in the Distance, Oct. 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide road stretching toward the Utah State Capitol Building in the distance. Trolley tracks appear on the roadway, with wires overhead.

    Date: 10/4/1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 058

    No Caption: shows a man in a hat and overcoat feeding pigeons near what appears to be the columns of the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 090

    Caption: "Boulder Dam. View Taken From Launch on Boulder Lake," c. 1935, shows Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, providing water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 005

    Caption: "FAIR BUILDING, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1901-1907. View of an exhibition building with multiple turrets and flags, constructed in Oak Bay (near Victoria) circa 1891. Designed by Cornelius Soule, the building was destroyed by fire in 1907.

    Date: 1901

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 204

    Caption: "Broadway At Bowling Green N.Y." Street scene in New York City, showing Broadway near the small public park Bowling Green. See also 96-07-08-alb04-076 and 96-07-08-alb11-233.

    Date: 8/31/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 011

    Caption: "City Hall, Pasadena, Cal. May 18, 1934." View of Pasadena's City Hall, designed by San Francisco firm Bakewell and Brown. Built in 1927, the building reflects the City Beautiful movement of that decade.

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • eichler_f3274_087

    Caption: "View from Main Gate. Administration Bldg. - Boys Dorm - Academic Dining - Kitchen - Primary Dining - Primary School - Terraces." California School for the Deaf at Berkeley; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: undated

  • eichler_f3274_372

    Caption: "Alfred Eichler design study." Study for historic landmark sign for California Division of Highways. These landmarks were created throughout the state of California. Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.

    Date: 1946