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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 231

    Caption: "Elementary Principles of Machine Design, WM McCarthy," (William McCarthy, Illustrator).

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 162

    Caption: "Negro Boys Dancing, Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Population is 50% Negroes, July 15, 34." A group of young boys of various ages show off their dancing skills along a country road. According to census information available online, the population of Savannah in 1930 consisted of 54.2% white, 45.7% black.

    Date: 7/15/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 152

    Caption: "Turpentine Still, Darien, Georgia. July 13, 1934." Two unidentified men standing in front of a large barn or shed, with numerous barrels surrounding them, presumably for turpentine and other resin products. After being harvested from pine trees, resin is then subjected to steam distillation to evaporate off the turpentine.

    Date: 7/13/1934

  • eichler_f3274_250a

    Photograph of rendering of East Wing, State Capitol, Sacramento. The rendering, in transparent watercolor by Alfred Eichler, is of a perspective drawing by Les Lam made under Eichler's direction, c. 1949. Design by R. D. Murray. Original color rendering displayed with State Office of Architecture and Construction. Trees in picture were sketched from nature by Eichler. Project for Department of General Services.

    Date: 1949

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 019

    Caption: "Fort Casey block-house." and "USED AS A FORT TO FIGHT INDIANS IN EARLY DAYS," c. 1908-1912. View of a blockhouse, a timber structure built by European settlers to guard against attack during the Indian Wars of 1855-1857. See also 96-07-08-alb08-067.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 106

    No caption, c. 1910. Large-caliber mortars with associated gun crews at target practice. At least one gun has just been, or is about to be, fired, given that the men are all holding their hands against their ears. See also 96-07-08-alb05-105 and 107.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 215

    Caption: "Atlantic City Beach," c. 1925. Buildings and people line a beach in Atlantic City, including L.R. Adams Bath House (foreground at right), J.G. McGhory Co. 5 and 10 Cent Store (background at right); Franlingers (pavilion in center foreground), and the Traymore Hotel (center background).

    Date: 1925

  • eichler_f3274_271

    Caption: "Ward - Kitchen & Steam Plant Building, Agnews State Hospital Agnew California - State Dept. of Public Works Division of Architecture." Pen and ink drawing of ward buildings, Agnews State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Built. Design by H. S. Hazen in the "Spanish Style" introduced by George Washington Smith. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: 1930

  • eichler_f3274_361b

    Caption: "Indian Museum at Sutter's Fort - Sacramento." Design by R. D. Murray. Pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Per Eichler, "This is one of the best drawings showing what a proposed building will look like." Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.

    Date: 1940

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 305

    No caption, undated. Depicts a temporary memorial of some kind, possibly a funeral arrangement, with a cloth canopy over a podium upon which sits a covered table or small casket, with a cross and decorative flowers and palm fronds. Stairs leading to the podium are bracketed by small pedestals topped by vases holding American flags.

    Date: Undated