Bookmarks
Showing Bookmarks 1 to 20 of 20
-
No Caption: Shows a snow-covered house and yard, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
-
Caption: "Big Basin," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy posing in front of large redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz County. The tree is likely "Animal Tree," given the large burl growths.
Date: 1935
-
Caption: "Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite," c. 1935. Grace McCarthy standing before Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
-
Caption: "Peristyle - City Park- New Orleans," c. 1925. The Neoclassical open air pavilion seen at the left side of this photograph was built in New Orleans' City Park in 1907 to host parties, dances and weddings. It was designed by architect Paul Andry.
Date: 1925
-
Caption: "Trinity Church, Wall Street. Aug. 29, 1934. New York City." The 281-foot-high steeple of Trinity Church spears the sky between two tall buildings on New York City's Wall Street in this photograph. The church, dedicated in 1846, was the third church built at the site. Designed by Richard Upjohn when the second Trinity Church had to be replaced due to structural issues, the present church is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival or Neo-Gothic architecture in the nation. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Date: 8/29/1934
-
Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906. A high vantage point view of the Presidio and Golden Gate. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
-
Correspondence from Carole Hayashino of the National Committee of Redress to Patrick Johnston, attention to Priscilla Ouchida regarding background material for AB2710
Date: January 18, 1982
-
Caption: "George Washington Bridge, Crossing the Hudson River, N.Y. Sept. 3, 1934." This suspension bridge, designed by Othmar Ammann, spans the Hudson River between Manhattan in New York City, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Constructed between 1927 and 1931, the bridge included the longest main span in the world at the time, a record it held until construction of the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937. It was originally built with only one deck (as seen in this photograph), but a second deck opened in 1962. Still in active use today, it carried over 51 million vehicles in 2016.
Date: 9/3/1934
-
Caption" A residence in Chapultepec Heights - Mexico City."
Date: 1938
-
Caption: "Model Orange Orchard P.C. Exposition, San Diego, Cal."
Date: 1915
-
-
Caption: "Addition to Science Bldg. - S. F. T. C." Downtown Campus, San Francisco State College. Design by Alfred Eichler. Not built like this. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1931
-
-
Caption: "Main Entrance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
-
-
Drawing of Student Activities Building, Fresno State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, c. 1940. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
-
Caption: "George Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.
Date: 7/29/1934
-
-
Caption: "Casa Del Rey -- Santa Cruz.," c. 1911. View of the resort hotel known as Casa del Rey, built in 1911 in Santa Cruz. The hotel operated until sustaining significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The building was subsequently demolished.
Date: 1911
-
Caption: "Venice," c. 1915, shows the site of Villa City Boating, where visitors to the resort seaside village of Venice could purchase gondola rides on the canals to visit the town. The seaside resort was founded by tobacco millionaire, Abbot Kinney in 1905, and designed to be like the namesake Italian city.
Date: 1915