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No Caption: The Californian and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company Building in Crockett, Contra Costa County, California, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Washington Arch - Washington Square. N.Y," c. 1925. The marble Washington Square Arch (Stanford White, architect) was built between 1890 and 1892 to replace the original wooden arch, which had been erected in 1889 to honor the centennial of President George Washington's inauguration.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Forbidden Garden -- Santa Barbara Mission," c. 1910. View of the gardens associated with Santa Barbara Mission. The gardens initially served as the location for instructing neophytes (Native American converts living at the mission) in trades and skills deemed necessary to life in European civilization. Later, the garden was used for meditation. The garden was often dubbed "forbidden" because it was closed to female visitors, as were many enclosures in active missions.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "S.P. Depot, Third St. S.F.," c. 1915, shows the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot on Third and Townsend Streets in San Francisco. The mission revival architectural - style depot was built as a temporary structure in 1914 to serve the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. It remained in service for almost sixty years before it was demolished and replaced by a new station on 4th and King Streets in 1975-1976.
Date: 1915