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Design and drawing of elevations for Sixteenth Street Bridge by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1939
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Caption: "Sea Beach Hotel," c. 1910. The Sea Beach Hotel, located on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz, was built in the 1870s by S.A. Hall. Originally called the Ocean View House, it was sold in the 1880s. Its new owner dubbed the building the Sea Beach Hotel. The resort hotel operated until burning down in 1912, never to be reconstructed.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Del Monte.," c. 1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing with an automobile in front of the Hotel Del Monte. The second of three hotels built on the site, near Monterey, California, the building in this photograph was destroyed by fire in 1924. The property surrounding the hotel became known as Pebble Beach, now a world-renowned resort and golf course.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Arroyo Seco Parkway, Hough Street Bridge. VII - LA - 205 - So. Pasa." Overpass study by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: undated
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Caption: "Maricopa Point - Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Erroneously labeled, this photograph shows Grace McCarthy standing at the Powell Memorial on Powell Point, rather than Maricopa Point. The granite Powell Memorial commemorates John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River in 1869 and 1872. The 1869 expedition included the first known descent of a person of European ancestry into the Grand Canyon.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-118.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Scheme No. 1. Addition to Hospital Bldg. San Quentin." Preliminary design of addition of 4th floor to hospital building, San Quentin State Prison, c. 1934. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934