McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 079

Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 079
Description: Caption: "Ver De Leu [sic], Santa Cruz Beach.," c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with rocks, waves, and high spray. The Vue de L'eau (View of the Water) was a station on the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway electric streetcar line. The station, built in 1891, was located at the very end of the line, on a promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It featured an observatory on the top story. The same company also built a casino, ballroom, and restaurant nearby. The station burned down in 1925.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 1910
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-079
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image from the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Vue de L'eau, Santa Cruz
Type: Still Image