Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 204
  Caption: "Subtreasury, Wall Street, New York. Washingion [sic] Statue Marking the Spot Where Washington took his Oath of Office, April 30, 1789, Aug. 6, 1934." The original building on this site, constructed in 1700, served as New York's City Hall, then as the Capitol for the newly-created United States under the Constitution of 1789, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first U.S. President. The original building was demolished in 1812, but a new building, designed to house the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York, was opened in 1842. It is this building that is seen in the photograph. The new building subsequently housed one of six U.S. sub-treasuries between 1862 and 1920. A statue of George Washington (John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor) was erected in front of the building in 1882, to commemorate the approximate site of Washington's inauguration.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 146
  Caption: "An Abandoned Hydraulic Mine near Camptonville Calif.," c. 1920. Hillside ravaged by hydraulic mining, in which a pressurized jet of water washes sediment and gravel into a series of sluices, allowing the heavier gold and gold-carrying sediment to sink to the bottom for removal. California banned this environmentally destructive practice in 1884.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 020
  Caption: "Pioneer Monument Near Truckee." Tall monument with man, woman, and two children peering west. The Pioneer Monument was first dedicated on June 6, 1918 to commemorate those who emigrated to California in the mid 1800s. Today, the monument and surrounding area is known as Donner Memorial State Park. The park was established in memory of the ill-fated Donner Party, a group of emigrants whose wagon train was caught in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846-47. The Pioneer Monument's stone pedestal stands twenty-two feet high, the height of the snow that the party had to contend with. Of the eighty-seven people in the wagon train, only forty-eight survived to be rescued the following spring. Some of the survivors are said to have resorted to cannibalism in order to survive.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 275
  No caption, undated. Unidentified man standing with baby and small child.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 092
  Caption: "Blackstone Hotel - Michigan Ave. Chicago," c. 1923. Built in 1909 and designed by Benjamin Marshall, the twenty-one story Blackstone Hotel sits on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive in Chicago Illinois. It is the building closest to the left side of the photograph in this row of high-rises. See also 96-07-08-alb04-074.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 330
  No caption. View of the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, looking toward San Francisco. The photograph was likely taken from a point on either Treasure Island or Yerba Buena Island.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Lake Tahoe." Mountains in background, lake in foreground.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 148
  Caption: "Gold Mining at Downieville, Calif. Scene on the Yuba River," c. 1920. Small town nestled at foot of mountain, with gravel piles in foreground. Downieville was settled in 1849 during the California Gold Rush.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 276
  No caption, c. 1935. Child riding a donkey in campground at Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 022
  Caption: "Emerald Bay." Shows Emerald Bay on the southwestern edge of Lake Tahoe, surrounded by mountains.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 335
  No caption, c. 1910. Humorous photograph of two unidentified men, one in a suit and bowler hat, the other in a dress with feather-plumed hat.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 094
  Caption: "Fine Arts Bldg. of Worlds Fair in 1893 - Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Palace of Fine Arts building shown in this photograph was originally constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. After the fair's completion, the building housed the Columbian Museum, which eventually became the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1920, that museum moved to a new building, and the Palace of Fine Arts building was left vacant. After renovations in the late 1920s, the Museum of Science and Industry opened at the site.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 084
  Caption: "Mountain Lake, Bok Singing Tower in the Distance -- Florida, June 26, 1934." Lake scene, with lush vegetation and the Singing Tower of Bok Tower Gardens visible in the center of the photograph. Mountain Lake, named for the lake near which it was established, was founded by Frederick S. Ruth in 1916.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 208
  Caption: "Elevated R.R. View from Williamsburg Bridge. New York, Aug. 9, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of New York City, from the Williamsburg Bridge over the East River. An elevated railway dominates the center of the photograph.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 023
  Caption: "A Truckee Mountain Scene." Mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 150
  Caption: "Yuba River Scene.," c. 1920. Mountain scene with graveled road at left and river at right.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 278
  No caption, c. 1935. Two children riding a donkey in Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 024
  Caption: "Lake Tahoe." Scenic shot of Lake Tahoe and surrounding mountains.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 151
  Caption: "Museum -- Golden Gate Park," c. 1922. The Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park, designed by Louis Christian Mulgardt in the Spanish-Plateresque style, was built in 1919. Michael H. de Young, co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, added the central tower in 1921. The museum's name was later changed to honor de Young, becoming the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (now commonly known as the de Young Museum). This building has since been replaced with a more modern facility.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 148
  Caption: "Ordnance Corps," c. 1905. A group photograph of the Ordnance Corps at the Benicia Arsenal. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps was to supply combat weapons and ammunition to U.S. Army forces on the west coast of the United States.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 025
  Caption: "Emerald Bay -- Lake Tahoe." Features Fannette Island, a small island in the middle of Emerald Bay, on southwestern edge of Lake Tahoe.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 152
  Caption: "Presidio -- S.F.," c. 1915-1920. Crossroads in the Presidio, with manicured grounds and buildings on all sides.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 087
  Caption: "Street Scene -- Clearwater -- Florida -- June 27, 1934." Residential street in Clearwater, Florida (incorporated in 1891). The street is lined by palm trees and has wide grass verges on either side. A bicycle has been temporarily forgotten at the left-hand side of the photograph.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 026
  Caption: "Emerald Bay -- Lake Tahoe." Shows Fannette Island in middle of Emerald Bay, and bay's inlet, along southwestern edge of Lake Tahoe.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 153
  Caption: "Gold Dredging near Folsom, Calif.," c. 1915-1920. Gold dredger in the American River.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 210
  Caption: "Scene in Washington," c. 1909. River scene, with lush vegetation on the banks, and a small shed and barn on the right side of the photograph. A trestle bridge crosses the river in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 027
  Caption: "Mt Tallac." A mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 154
  Caption: "Folsom Highway Bridge," c. 1915-1920. Bridge over unidentified creek in the vicinity of Folsom.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 046
  Caption: "Band of Sheep, Port Townsend.," c. 1908-1912. This photograph shows a herd of sheep grazing in a wooded area near Port Townsend, Washington.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 028
  Caption: "The Cross of Snow -- Mt. Tallac." A cross or "x" of snow is visible on Mt. Tallac's eastern face at certain times of the year.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 155
  Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site).
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 169
  Caption: "On the Shasta Route, Cal.," c. 1910. Photograph likely taken from an observation car, showing a train running along a creek or river in a mountainous area. Given the caption, this is likely in the Siskiyou Mountains, Trinity Mountains, or the Cascade Range, but the specific location is unidentified.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 029
  Caption: "Tallac." A resort in the area around Mount Tallac, near Lake Tahoe.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 156
  Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Grounds and entrance to the Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site).
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 284
  No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified men and dog with large caliber long gun.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 048
  Caption: "Fort Flagler Beach," c. 1908-1912. This photograph features a dirt track in the foreground, with various buildings in the middle distance and a headlands and body of water, possibly Puget Sound, in the far distance.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 215
  Caption: "42nd Street. City Library on right, New York City, N.Y. Aug. 15, 1934." Busy street scene along New York City's 42nd Street, showing numerous pedestrians, automobiles, and street trolleys. On the right side of the photograph can be seen the side of the New York Public Library's main building, opened in 1911. At the time of its opening, the Library's main reading room was the largest of its kind in the world.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 157
  Caption: "Portals of the Past," c. 1915-1920. 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.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 285
  No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man with several large caliber long guns ready for transport.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 031
  Caption: "Al Tahoe." Main building of Al Tahoe Hotel, located in what is now South Lake Tahoe. The hotel was built in 1907 by Almerin R. Sprauge.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 158
  Caption: "Scene in Niles Canyon," c. 1915-1920. Shows a railroad trestle over a creek in Niles Canyon, in Alameda County (the San Francisco Bay Area).
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 286
  No caption, c. 1935. Ice skating rink at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park, built in 1929 at the location now occupied by the Curry Village parking lot.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x004
  Caption: "Sept. 21, 1934, Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Exhibit. Chicago Fair." Shows a replica of the Tom Thumb, an early steam locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This replica was displayed at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, a world's fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 093
  Caption: "City Hall -- Miami -- Florida, June 30 1934." This photograph depicts the Miami-Dade County Courthouse (not Miami's City Hall). Designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown, the Courthouse was constructed between 1925-1928. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in Florida.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 217
  Caption: "Jones's [sic] Beach. Where Thousands of Automobiles are Parked. Long Island, N.Y. Aug. 17, 1934." Photograph of a large parking area full of automobiles on Jones Beach Island. The Long Island State Park Commission began to develop the area for a park in the 1920s, dredging enough sand to connect several of the barrier islands south of Long Island and raising the elevation of the islands by fourteen feet to create one large park. It opened to the public in 1929. It is now a state park, with an estimated six million visitors each year.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 159
  No caption, c. 1920. Waterfall with lush vegetation along the Columbia River in Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 104
  Caption: "Chicago River," c. 1923. A train crosses Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River in this photograph. The bascule bridge, engineered by the Chicago Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, opened to traffic in 1920.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 033
  Caption: "Glenbrook." Main building of Glenbrook Inn, built in 1907 on the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe, in Nevada.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 160
  Caption: "Columbia River Scenes," c. 1920. Waterfall with lush vegetation along the Columbia River in Oregon. The Benson Footbridge, built in 1914, can be seen through the trees near the base of the waterfall.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 288
  No caption, c. 1935. Sled dog team pulling unidentified people in Yosemite National Park.