Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 120
  Caption: "Prado -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." Street scene in Havana. A park appears at the right of the photograph, while buildings line the left side of the street.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 059
  Caption: "Tenaya Lake." Lake with surrounding mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 060
  Caption: "Tenaya Lake." Lake with surrounding mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Mission Cliff, San Diego.," c. 1905. View of the pavilion in San Diego's Mission Cliff Gardens. Originally opened in the 1880s as the "Bluffs" by the San Diego Cable Railway Company, the owners hoped to entice people to ride the cable cars by providing a recreational destination. The pavilion seen in the photograph was constructed in 1890. A few years later, the Citizens' Traction Company purchased the park and changed its name to Mission Cliff Park. In 1898, the property was sold yet again, this time to J.D. Spreckels and the San Diego Electric Railway Company. Spreckels hoped to transform the property into a quiet, restful, public botanical garden. The name changed again, to Mission Cliff Gardens, to reflect this change in direction for the park. The botanical gardens developed at the park became world-renowned before closing to the public in 1929. The property was subdivided in 1942, into residential lots.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 244
  Caption: "Brigham Young Monument, Salt Lake City.," c. 1916. Designed by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, the Brigham Young Monument (also known as the Pioneer Monument) stands before the Salt Lake Temple in this photograph. The statue was first displayed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and moved to its post at Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City in 1897.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 059
  Caption: "Palace Hotel Court," c. 1906. (Handwritten on photograph: "copyright 1906 by W._ Wod_n."). The Palace Hotel was originally built in 1875, rebuilt in 1909, and was one of the first premier luxury hotels in San Francisco.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 188
  No caption, c. 1917-1920. Several biplanes parked in a field, likely at Camp Lewis, Washington.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 076
  Caption: "Palace Hotel Court 1905," c. 1906. (Handwritten on photograph: "copyright 1906 by W._ Wod_n."). The Palace Hotel was originally built in 1875, rebuilt in 1909, and was one of the first premier luxury hotels in San Francisco.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 060
  Caption: "The Chutes, S.F," c. 1905. View of the Fulton Street Chutes, a 350-foot water slide. Boats or toboggans careened down the slide into a man-made lake at the bottom. Such "chutes" were very popular throughout the U.S. and Europe at the turn of the century. The Fulton Street Chutes operated from 1902-1907 as part of an amusement park area that also featured the "Circle Swing Flying Machine" (also visible in the photograph), a theater, bar, merry-go-round, and a zoo.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 123
  Caption: "City of Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." View of Havana taken from across a harbor, or other stretch of ocean. The dome of El Capitolio (then Cuba's Capitol) can be seen just to the left of the photograph's center.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 189
  Caption: "Ogden Canyon," c. 1915-1920. Railroad tracks and a raised roadbed (with stone retaining wall) bracket Ogden Creek in this image, with a bridge and steep canyon walls also visible.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 246
  Caption: "The Bee Hive House -- One of Brighams Houses of Several Wives." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the followers of which are known as Mormons) built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and now operates as a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 063
  Caption: "Fallen Leaf Lake." Lake seen through trees on a hillside.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 190
  Caption: "Ogden Canyon," c. 1915-1920. Railroad tracks and a raised roadbed (with stone retaining wall) bracket Ogden Creek in this image, surrounded by steep, rocky canyon walls.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 135
  Caption: "Rangers Home - Mount Royal Park," c. 1930. The Smith House, seen in this photograph surrounded by trees and a beautifully manicured flower garden, is a residence in Montreal's Mount Royal Park. Built in 1858 and purchased by the city when the ground was bought for the park's creation, the Smith House has been used for a variety of functions. It currently houses an interpretive center for the park as well as operating as the headquarters for Les amis de la montagne (The Friends of the Mountain), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the environment of Mount Royal.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 262
  Caption: "Happy Isles," c. 1917. The Merced River tumbles over rocks and around several small isles in this photograph. The isles are collectively known as the Happy Isles.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 082
  Caption: "The Olympic Snow-capped Mountains.," c. 1908-1912. Vista of the Olympic Mountains in the distance. In the middle distance to the right can be seen the Eisenbeis Castle (now known as the Manresa Castle Restaurant and Lounge), built in 1892 by Charles Eisenbeis, a businessman and Port Townsend's first mayor. The photograph is centered around what appears to be a resort hotel situated a short distance from the Eisenbeis Castle. See also 96-07-08-alb02-058.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 205
  Caption: "Theosophists' Headquarters, San Diego.," c. 1905. Palm-lined driveway leading to two large buildings. The Raja Yoga Academy is visible in the center of the photograph, featuring a domed roof and domed turrets at each of the building's corners. At the right stands the Temple of Peace. Both are buildings within the Theosophist complex called Lomaland. The complex housed Theosophists from 1900 to 1942. The area is now part of Point Loma Nazarene University.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001
  Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Beaux-Arts style City Hall (principle architect: Arthur Brown, Jr.). This building, opened in 1915, replaced San Francisco's original City Hall, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 14, 1934) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb10-01.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 125
  Caption: "Spanish Club and Street Car -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 34." Street Car #116 rolls through the center of this photograph, with one of the elaborate towers of Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," visible in the background.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 065
  Caption: "Lovers Leap." This rock formation consists of a band of granite cliffs rising above the Eldorado National Forest.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 192
  Caption: "Eagle Falls -- Lake Tahoe.," c. 1915-1920. Side view of head of Eagle Falls, near Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 064
  Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c. 1906. A man-made lake created in 1893 as part of Golden Gate Park. The lake surrounds Strawberry Hill Island, seen in the center of this photograph. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 010
  Caption: "Interior Utah State Capitol," c. 1923. This photograph shows part of the main corridor of Utah's State Capitol Building, featuring an equestrian statue of Chief Washakie, leader of the eastern Shoshone (artist unknown). Visible above the entrance to the chambers of the House of Representatives is a mural painted by Gerard Hale and Gilbert White entitled Reclaiming the Desert for Irrigation.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 126
  Caption: "Main [sic] Memorial, ial [sic -- cut off in original photograph] Monument and National Hotel. Havana. July 4, 34." Designed by McKim, Mead and White, the Hotel Nacional in Havana opened in 1930. In the foreground is the Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine, two columns topped by an eagle with outstretched wings, built in 1925 to memorialize the American sailors who died in an explosion on the USS Maine in 1898. The eagle and other features of the monument were removed in 1961 as symbols of imperialism.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 011
  Caption: "S.P. Track - Crossing Great Salt Lake.," c. 1923. The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed the trestle shown in this photograph, known as the Lucin Cutoff, between 1902 to 1904. It crosses the Great Salt Lake, between Ogden and Lucin. The trestle was replaced by a causeway of dirt and rock in the 1950s.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 067
  Caption: "Scene on the American River," c. 1920. Narrow bridge over river, leading to two houses, with sign stating "3. F. Rancho. 1915."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 122
  No caption, c. 1920. River scene with a boat, possibly a paddle steamer, traveling close to the riverbank at the left side of the photograph.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 004
  Caption: "Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of one wing of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. A planting bed in front of the wing has been planted with flowers in such a way as to portray the California flag and the letters "California Diamond Jubilee, 1850-1925." The date on this photograph may not be accurate, given the dates included in the flower bed. The Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park, dating to 1879. The Victorian-style building has housed rare and exotic plants since its completion.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 068
  Caption: "Strawberry," c. 1920. Small buildings nestled among trees, with automobiles parked at left.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 083
  Caption: "The California. " c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 086
  Caption: "Training Ship Philadelphia, Bremerton," c. 1908-1912. View of the USS Philadelphia (C-4). The fourth ship to bear the name, the Philadelphia first launched in September 1889. She sailed as part of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Squadron until 1893. She then sailed into the Pacific Ocean, where she served until being decommissioned and docked in Puget Sound in 1902. In 1904, the Navy "housed over" the ship (adding the roofed quarters visible on the upper deck in the photograph) and designated her a receiving ship for new sailors not yet assigned to a crew. The Philadelphia served in this capacity until 1912. After a brief stint as a prison ship, the Philadelphia again became a receiving ship in 1916. The Navy sold her in 1927.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 140
  Caption: "Hudson River Boat," c. 1925. The Washington Irving, a three-stack steamer ship, is shown in this photograph. The ship was in operation from 1913 to 1926, when it collided with an oil barge and sank.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 129
  Caption: "Dwellings on Malecon Boulevard -- Havana. July 4, 1934." The Malecón is a broad esplanade and seawall that extends approximately five miles from Old Havana to the mouth of Havana's harbor. Construction began on the Malecón in 1901, and continued until the early 1950s. This photograph shows several buildings along the Malecón.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 069
  Caption: "Mountain Pack Burros," c. 1920. String of burros loaded with packs, with fields and trees in background. One young, unburdened burro stands off to the left of the main group.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 084
  Caption: "The City Disaster." Photograph of The Seattle Daily Times front page and photographs of the San Francisco earthquake's aftermath with headline: "City Wiped Out! Fire Still Raging!" Dated April 20, 1906.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 070
  Caption: "Placerville," c. 1920. Street scene in Placerville. Automobiles mix with horses and wagons along the curbs.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 197
  Caption: "Donner Lake," c. 1915-1920. View of Donner Lake, with peaks in background and buildings (possibly resort buildings) on the far shore.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 198
  Caption: "Reservoir -- Fallon Nevada.," c. 1915-1920. View of Lahontan Dam on the Carson River, between Fallon and Carson City, Nevada.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 213
  Caption: "The Bennington." View of the USS Bennington, a U.S. Navy gunboat, Yorktown class, launched in 1890. She had tours of duty in South America, the Mediterranean, North and Central America, Hawaii, and the Philippines. On July 21, 1905, while in San Diego Harbor, the Bennington's boiler exploded, killing sixty-six men and injuring many more. This photograph appears to have been taken after the explosion.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 144
  Caption: "N.Y. Sky Line From Brooklyn Bridge." View of New York City's skyline, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. A portion of the bridge (designed by architect John Augustus Roebling and completed in 1883) can be seen in the right hand side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-165.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 073
  Caption: "Capitol -- Wash. D.C." c. 1920. Shows the U.S. Capitol Building (dome and both wings, at oblique angle). Originally constructed in 1800, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 128
  Caption: "Weinstock Lubin Store. K. Street Sacramento.," c. 1906. Street scene along Sacramento's K Street, with the Weinstock Lubin flagship store prominently featured at the right side of the photograph. Weinstock's opened as Lubin's at 4th and K Street in 1874, growing over the years into a downtown landmark. The company opened stores throughout California, as well as Nevada and Utah. The building pictured here replaced the original store, which burned to the ground in 1903. The site is now occupied by Macy's.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 214
  Caption: "The Bennington (after the Boiler Explosion)." View of the USS Bennington, a U.S. Navy gunboat, Yorktown class, launched in 1890. She had tours of duty in South America, the Mediterranean, North and Central America, Hawaii, and the Philippines. On July 21, 1905, while in San Diego Harbor, the Bennington's boiler exploded, killing sixty-six men and injuring many more. Taken after the explosion, in this photograph the Bennington sits low in the water.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 145
  Caption: "East Side New York." Bird's eye view of New York City's Lower East Side and Two Bridges areas. The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges span the East River in the right side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-166.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 073a
  No caption. This commemorative ten-cent stamp was affixed to the same page as Photographs 073 and 074. With "United States Postage, Lindbergh Air Mail" written across the top, it shows the biplane Spirit of St. Louis, over a drawing of the Atlantic Ocean between New York and Paris. Issued in June 1927 as a tribute to Charles Lindbergh, who made the first non-stop flight between Paris and New York in May of that year.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Stanford University," c. 1920. Main entrance gate to Stanford University.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 259
  Caption: "Birds Eye View of San Francisco.," c. 1910. Overview of San Francisco. The dome of the Call Building can be seen in the photograph's center.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 273
  Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The iconic granite Half Dome rises above the Yosemite Valley. This photograph appears to have been taken from across the Valley.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 202
  *Caption: "Stanford Chapel," c. 1920. Façade of Stanford Memorial Chapel, designed by Charles A. Coolidge and dedicated in 1903. The church was commissioned by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband and the University's founder, Leland Stanford. See also 96-07-08-alb04-215.