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Caption: "Sign for California State Parks." Blueline of drawing by Alfred Eichler of sign for hacienda of Governor Pio Pico, California State Parks, after design by Colonel Wing, Chief Division of Parks. Includes handwritten note attached to drawing and additional annotations. Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.
Date: 1929
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Caption: "Toll Gate -- St Helena Mountain.," c. 1920. Toll gate consists of a long wooden spar across the road, with a small building to the right. Grace McCarthy is standing next to an automobile at the gate. The St. Helena Toll Road, now part of California State Route 29, connected the Napa Valley with Lake County. It was built in 1868, and purchased by the State of California in 1925.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Hotel Vendome," 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. See also 96-07-08-alb03-100 and 96-07-08-alb05-115.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "New Prison for Segregation of San Quentin Prisoners. View Showing New Dormitory and Prison Yard with Relation to Existing Prison. Mt. Tamalpais in Background." Pen and ink drawing by Alfred Eichler, September 27, 1934, in response to request by Board of Prison Directors. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Mission Vieja de la Purisima or Valle de los Palmas boundaries. Volume 2, page 149.
Date: 1845