San Francisco, California - 1906 earthquake and fire, prints from original 1906 negatives. Corner of Kearney and Geary - Lotta's fountain and Chronicle building to left by George Hanscom
Fairfield, California - Home of Captain Robert Waterman
Samuel Martin - Pic from Vaca Reporter
Fairfield, California - Solano County Court House, small brick building at the corner of Missouri and Taylor Street. Used as office for County Clerk and Treasurer in 1850-1860. One of the houses supplied by Capt. Robert Waterman for temporary County use..
Original map drawn up between Manuel Vaca, William McDaniel and L.B. Mizner for the land deal that created the town of Vacaville. This map shows traces of a land swindle that had Vaca selling off more land to McDaniel and Mizner than he thought he was selling. When Vaca realized he had been tricked, he filed suit. Vaca thought he was only selling one square mile to the two men, but ended up selling nine square miles. Vaca sued and lost the first round in court, but won the second..
The first step toward a Fairfield Civic Center began on November 24, 1953, when the City CouncIl voted to proceed with purchase from the Federal Government of a thirty-three acre site just north of the City's Central Business District. This site was well known as Wateman Park and had been a World War II temporary housing project of 315 unots with a central recreation center and cafeteria. At the time of purchase the City Council intended that the site become Fairfield's Civic Center. The City Hall building is the largest of the five building complex. [...]
Poker game. Robert Lincoln, Edgar Stevenson, Arthur Cooper, Alex Ritchie