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  • Rincon de San Francisquito Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Rincon de San Francisquito boundaries. Volume 1, page 624.

    Date: 1841

  • eichler_f3274_364b

    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. Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.

    Date: 1929

  • eichler_f3274_092

    Color drawing of California Maritime Academy site from Contra Costa County by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: undated

  • eichler_f3274_441_6

    Caption: "West Window in Dining Room." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler for Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1942

  • eichler_f3274_088_020

    Caption: "Kindergarten Unit. West Elevation." Color drawing of California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1944

  • eichler_f3274_086

    Crayon rendering of girls' and boys' dormitory buildings, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley, by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1932

  • eichler_f3274_070

    Caption: "California School for Deaf, Berkeley. Alfred Eichler Early Study." Project for Department of Education.

    Date: undated

  • eichler_f3274_239

    Pencil drawing of Governor's Hall, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, design by Alfred Eichler. Built (also called Merriam Hall). Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.

    Date: 1937

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 267

    Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Gun Dismantled." A close-up view of a dismantled large gun at an unidentified location.

    Date: Undated

  • eichler_f3274_295

    Caption: "Preliminary Sketch Superintendent's Residence - Pacific Colony." The residence was built to a later design. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals. The hospital was initially named Pacific Colony (1927-1953), followed by Pacific State Hospital (1953-1979); Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center; and finally Lanterman Developmental Center, which closed in 2015.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 065

    Caption: "Portals of the Past," c. 1915. A monument in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on the shores of Lloyd Lake, consisting of a white marble archway and columns. The archway was originally part of the Nob Hill mansion belonging to railroad tycoon Alban Towne. The mansion was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, but the entryway still stood. It was moved to the shore of Lloyd Lake in 1909, as a memorial to the pre-1906 city.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 441

    Caption: "One of the many grand residences in Chapultepec Heights, Mexico City."

    Date: 1938

  • Asusa (asuza) Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Asusa boundaries. Volume 1, page 638.

    Date: 1841

  • eichler_f3274_421

    Design study and rendering by Alfred Eichler for Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville, 1946-1947. Built. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1947

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 078

    Caption: "Bok Singing Tower, Lake Wales -- Florida, June 26, 34." William McCarthy stands in Bok Tower Gardens, a 250-acre contemplative garden and bird sanctuary dedicated in 1929. The centerpiece of the gardens appears behind William: the Bok Singing Tower. The 205-foot-tall tower, designed by architect Milton B. Medary, was completed by February 1929. It features Gothic revival and Art Deco detailing. A 60-bell carillon can be played by a clavier (keyboard) in the bell chamber.

    Date: 6/24/1934

  • eichler_f3274_398

    Perspective drawing of Tower Bridge concrete towers by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1935-1936. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_324_10

    Design and drawing of unidentified building by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.

    Date: 1927

  • eichler_f3274_088_027

    Caption: "East Elevation." Color drawing of postwar building, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1944

  • eichler_f3274_065

    Design and color drawing of California School for the Blind at Berkeley by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1930

  • eichler_f3274_087A_047

    Caption: "Ornament for Stair Halls - Primary Dormitories. Girls Dormitory." Design drawing of ornaments for girls' and boys' wings, of California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1930

  • eichler_f3274_420

    Caption: "Mess Hall - Veterans Home. Dept. of Public Works Division of Architecture." Design study by Alfred Eichler for Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville, c. 1940. Not built this way. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1940

  • eichler_f3274_453_5

    Design and drawing of California State Building for Nevada Highways Exposition in Reno, Nevada, by Alfred Eichler, c. 1926; from packet of designs and plans by Eichler for the Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927. Built. Initial appropriation of $100,000 was reduced to $50,000, so only one half of the plan was built. The tower was eliminated.

    Date: 1926

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 006

    Caption: "Mortar Carriage Damaged in Test - Honolulu," c. 1906.

    Date: 1906