Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 100
  Caption: "Point Firmin [sic] -- San Pedro.," c. 1915-1916. Rock cliff jutting out into the sea, with house on cliff top.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 228
  No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man and woman embracing on bench near the Russian River. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 028
  No caption, c. 1916. Military parade down Market Street in San Francisco. This is possibly a photograph of the Preparedness Day Parade held on July 22, 1916, in anticipation of U.S. entry into World War I.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 300
  Caption: "Nevada Falls [sic] - Yosemite," c. 1917. Nevada Fall is a 594-foot high waterfall upstream of Vernal Fall on the Merced River, in the Little Yosemite Valley. This photograph, taken at a point next to the fall's path of descent, shows the upper portion of the fall.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 229
  No caption, c. 1920. Four-horse draft team apparently hitched to automobile, with trees and houses in background.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 029
  Caption: "Military Parade -- S.F.," c. 1916. Military parade down Market Street in San Francisco. This is possibly a photograph of the Preparedness Day Parade held on July 22, 1916, in anticipation of U.S. entry into World War I.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 046
  Caption: "Rainbow in the Mist of Lower Falls," c. 1923. A rainbow over Lower Yellowstone Falls appears as an arch of mist in this black-and-white photograph.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 102
  Caption: "Residence -- Los Angeles.," c. 1915-1916. Large residence with manicured grounds.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 101
  Caption: "Pump Room and Boiler House," c. 1906, shows a man posing for a photograph next to machinery at the Crockett Sugar Mill.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 047
  Caption: " Grand Canyon - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The 308-foot tall cascade of Lower Yellowstone Falls can be seen at the top of the photograph, flowing into the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 103
  Caption: "Grounds Where Photo Play Intolerance was Staged.," c. 1916. Large columns and building facades built for the Babylon scenes of the 1916 silent film Intolerance (directed by D.W. Griffith). The set was torn down in 1919.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 048
  Caption: "Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1923. One wall of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone can be seen in this photograph, viewed from the opposite rim of the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 303
  Caption: "Lilouette [sic] Falls," c. 1917. Illilouette Falls is a 370-foot waterfall in Yosemite located on the Illilouette Creek, a small tributary of the Merced River. The photograph was taken from a point above the summit of the falls.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 287
  Caption: "A Chrysler Car Maneuver Chicago Fair. Sept. 23, 1934." A car appears to be rolling over in this photograph of the Chrysler Track at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 232
  No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man and woman on horseback in front of trees and bushes, near picnic table, in the Searsville Lake area. See also 96-07-08-alb04-231.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 304
  Caption: "Cascade Falls," c. 1917. Erroneously labeled as Cascade Falls, this photograph actually shows both the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls as viewed from the floor of Yosemite Valley. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 288
  Caption: "Mississippi River Bridge. Rock Island to Davenport, Iowa. Sept. 25, 1934." View of the Government Bridge spanning the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Davenport, Iowa. Built in 1896 and designed by Ralph Modjeski, the bridge in this photograph was the fourth bridge constructed at the site, replacing earlier structures made obsolete by the increasing volume and changing character of traffic. This double-decker bridge connected the U.S. arsenal on Rock Island with Davenport, Iowa, and featured a double rail road track, a separate deck for automobiles, and a swing section. The bridge is still in use today.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 105
  Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1915-1916. Ocean beach scene dominated by the Jack Rabbit Racer, a wood roller coaster. Founded in 1902, the amusement area called the Long Beach Pike featured penny arcades, restaurants, shops, and rides.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 106
  Caption: "Virginia Hotel -- Long Beach," c. 1915-1916. Automobile in front of the Virginia Hotel, built in 1908.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 105
  Caption: "Filter Presses and Packing Room Gang," c. 1906, shows a group of unidentified men posing for a photograph in the packing room at the Crockett Sugar Mill.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 051
  Caption: "Yellowstone - Grand Canyon," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of a portion of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The 308-foot tall cascade of Lower Yellowstone Falls can be seen at the top of the photograph, flowing into the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 168
  Two men, a woman, and a child, all unidentified, posing on a porch in Hardeeville. *PLEASE NOTE:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 107
  Caption: "Capistrano Mission," c. 1915-1916. Ruins of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, founded in 1776.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 249
  Caption: "Reveille." Image of a man firing a cannon on a carriage. Given the buildings in the background, this photograph could have been taken at Fort Casey in Washington.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 052
  Caption: "Yellowstone - Grand Canyon," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The Yellowstone River can be glimpsed at the bottom of the Canyon near the center of the photograph. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 108
  Caption: "Del Mar," c. 1915-1916. View from road adjacent to the hotel. The Stratford Inn (which opened in 1909) became the Hotel Del Mar in 1926. It was torn down in 1969, and subsequently rebuilt in the 1980s.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 236
  Caption: "Lumber Flume -- on the Yosemite Merced Road," c. 1920. Flume with boards being carried by running water, likely along what is now known as California State Route 140, connecting the town of Merced with the Yosemite Valley.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 036
  Caption: "Wreck on the Vallejo Napa Line." Photograph showing some of the train cars involved in a June 19, 1913 accident in which two trains of the San Francisco, Napa Valley and Calistoga Railroad collided head-on approximately 2.4 miles north of Vallejo. Ten passengers and three railroad employees were killed, and twenty-eight others injured.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 124
  No Caption: View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at dusk, with pathways defined by globe lights. The Government Building can be seen in the center of the photograph. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 165
  Caption: "Stow Lake. Golden Gate Park.," c. 1910. Created in 1893 as part of Golden Gate Park, this man-made lake surrounds Strawberry Hill Island. Several pleasure rowboats appear in this photograph.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 308
  Caption: "Granite Formation," c. 1917. A granite wall towers above the Merced River in this photograph of a portion of the Yosemite Valley.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003a
  No Caption: c. 1900. Canadian 25-cent bill inserted into binding of photograph album.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 054
  Caption: "Devil's Kitchen," c. 1923. This photograph shows several people descending into and standing around the entry to Devil's Kitchen, an extinct hot spring that left behind a cavern. Once a popular tourist attraction for its small opening that made visitors feel as if they were descending into the underworld, the site was closed in 1939 because the cavern periodically fills with dangerous levels of carbon dioxide.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 309
  Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The Merced River flows through the photograph in the foreground, while the iconic Half Dome looms in the background.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 110
  Caption: "Los Angeles -- San Bernardino Boulevard.," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked on road under row of eucalyptus trees. A row of palm trees graces the opposite side of the boulevard.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 238
  Caption: "12 inch Gun -- Barbett [sic]," c. 1920. Shows barbette (gun emplacement) with 12-inch coastal defense gun.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 111
  *Caption: "California Building -- San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked along road to the Panama-California Exposition entrance, with California Building's tower and dome in the background. The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego in 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It was smaller in scale and less well-funded than the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb05-071.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 253
  Caption: "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SAN DIEGO," c. 1905. Residences dominate the front portion of this bird's eye view photograph of San Diego, with the harbor in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 168
  Caption, c. 1905. Sixteen camels pull the Ringling Brothers Egyptian Circus Wagon down a street in Santa Rosa in this photograph. The Ringling Brothers Circus first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 311
  Caption: "Scene On The Tioga Road," c. 1917. In a photograph taken from the Tioga Road, a massive granite dome rises above the trees in Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 174
  Caption: "State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia. July 21, 1934." Virginia's State Capitol is visible in the left side of this photograph, while the Virginia Washington Monument can be seen at the right. The Capitol, designed largely by Thomas Jefferson and French architect Charles-Louis Clérisseau, was sufficiently complete by October 1792 for the Virginia General Assembly to meet within its walls. The building served as the capitol of the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Virginia Washington Monument, completed in 1869, features a 21-foot-tall statue of George Washington, mounted on a horse.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 113
  Caption: "Ramona's Marriage Place -- San Diego," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked along adobe building with sign proclaiming "Ramona's Marriage Place," referring to the fictional character Ramona from Helen Hunt Jackson's novel of the same name. The building, known as Casa de Estudillo, was built in 1827 by José María Estudillo.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 299
  Caption: "Street Scene -- San Diego.," c. 1910. Street-level view of street in San Diego. The U.S. Grant Hotel rises above the surrounding buildings in the center of the photograph.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 129
  No Caption: Photograph of a display of lemons at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 111
  No caption: Two unidentified women pose for a photograph on a bench at unidentified location, likely the Alhambra Springs of Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 058
  Caption: "Menerva [sic] Terrace," c. 1923. A prominent feature of the Mammoth Hot springs, the Minerva Terrace is a series of travertine terraces, formed from limestone. In this photograph, two unidentified men stand at the upper left, viewing the terrace.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 313
  Caption: "Yosemite Falls," c. 1917. Both Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls can be seen in this photograph, taken at a location near the base of Lower Yosemite Fall. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 114
  Caption: "Theosophists Headquarters -- San Diego.," c. 1915-1916. Arched entryway flanked by two smaller arches. The domes of the Raja Yoga Academy and the Temple of Peace can be seen in the background. Both are buildings within the Theosophist complex called Lomaland.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 006
  Caption: "ESQUIMALT, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Esquimalt area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The photograph shows an ocean scene, possibly the Esquimalt Lagoon, with a ship in the middle distance and mountains in the far distance.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 439
  Caption: "Felicitas Medrano." A portrait of Felicitas Medrano, seen as the flag bearer in the Labor Day Parade in Mexico City, in photograph 96-07-08-alb10-436.