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Caption: "Loop in Oregon Caves Highway," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "12 Inch Sea Coast Gun," c. 1908-1912. Group of men operating or maintaining a 12-inch disappearing gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire. Such guns were often used in coastal fortifications.
Date: 1908
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Valle de San Felipe boundaries. Volume 2, page 200
Date: 1846
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Caption: "Vendome San Jose," c. 1910, was a luxury hotel in San Jose that opened in 1889. It was purchased by a real estate syndicate in 1930 and subsequently demolished in order to subdivide the property into lots for residential housing.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Division Headquarters. Camp Lewis, Wash.," c. 1918. Shows the two-story building that served as Division Headquarters for Camp Lewis in Washington. The Camp was established by the U.S. Army in 1917, as part of the U.S.'s preparations for eventual entry into World War I. Rapid construction had the camp ready to house 60,000 men within a few months. The site is still in use as a military facility, under the name Fort Lewis.
Date: 1918
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Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Image is a map of the United States showing "Our 1934 United States Automobile Tour. Traveled 10,000 miles -- May 14 to Oct 9.th. Note the Blue Line for Route of Travel." The blue line stretches from San Francisco to Los Angeles, then along the southern portion of the U.S. into Florida, south to Havana, and then north along the East Coast until heading east from Boston. The route skirted the Great Lakes then struck out across the Great Plains, Colorado, and Nevada, before ending in San Francisco to complete the loop.
Date: 1934
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"Hibernia Cigar Factory," "David Barry Importer and Dealer" in "Havana and Domestic Cigars"
Date: 1885
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb07-282 with caption: "Riverside Villa Aug. 15, 1915." The McCarthys (William sitting in center, with Grace eighth from the right) with friends and family at Riverside Villa along the Russian River in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, 1915.
Date: 1915
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Design for unidentified bridge by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: undated
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No caption, c. 1909. View of portion of Puget Sound.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "R.R. Grades in the Siskiyou Mountains -- Scene Taken from the Track Above," c. 1910. Mountain scene in northern California or southern Oregon, looking down on railroad tracks, with a train snaking its way through the terrain.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Benicia Cal," c. 1905-1906. Grace McCarthy posing in garden with an armful of flowers.
Date: 1906
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No caption, undated. Image of small, man-made waterfall flowing into a pool made of rocks, apparently in a garden or park.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1915
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