Bookmarks

Showing Bookmarks 1 to 4 of 4

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 188

    Caption: "A Typical Italian Refugee Camp," c. 1906. Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.

    Date: 1906

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2365

    Natural Mineral Water from the Golden West Springs

    Date: 1893

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0343
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 146

    Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Store House," c. 1905. The Benicia Arsenal Store House, also known as the Clocktower building, was erected in 1859 at three stories high. In 1912, an explosion and fire caused extensive damage, after which it was rebuilt as a two-story structure.

    Date: 1905