Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 005
  Caption: " Cliff House #3." View of people on Ocean Beach and walking up the road to the (fourth) Cliff House in the distance, San Francisco, c. 1910. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907. A fourth Cliff House (pictured) was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 132
  No Caption: shows the Tower of Jewels at night, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 260
  No Caption: Shows a train somewhere in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 084
  Caption: "Boulder City," c. 1935, shows the municipality originally constructed for workers of the Boulder Dam.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 211
  No Caption: A view of buildings and ferry at Grand Trunk Pacific pier along the Seattle waterfront, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 095
  Caption: "End of the Trail" (James Earle Fraser, sculptor), in the Avenue of Palms, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 315
  No caption, c. 1915. Two unidentified adults and one unidentified child posing in front of a hedge. All three are holding rabbits of varying sizes.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Fort Casey Lake, Reflections.," c. 1908-1912. Peaceful scene at Crocket Lake near Fort Casey, the water so still that the trees and surrounding hills are clearly reflected in the lake's waters.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 145
  Caption: "Pile Driver in the Breakers, Columbia River Jetty.," c. 1910. View of a large pile driver used in the construction of the jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River. This is likely at the end of the so-called South Jetty, extending more than six miles into the ocean from Point Adams on the Oregon side of the river mouth. The jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River was constructed between 1885 and 1917. Designed to funnel water from the Columbia River in a more concentrated fashion into the Pacific Ocean, the jetty system helped create a deeper, more stable shipping channel.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 453
  Caption: "A close up of the Columna de Independencia, Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 126
  Caption: "Picnic at Fishcamp," c. 1908. A large group of unidentified people enjoying a picnic at Fishcamp, near Yosemite, in Mariposa County.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 074
  Caption: "Williams Canion [sic] - Cave of the Winds," c. 1923. View of a rugged canyon with a small building perched on one wall featuring a sign reading "CAVE." In 1880, two brothers, George and John Pickett, discovered the entrance to a large cave system in Williams Canyon. Further exploration resulted in opening more caverns within the system. The site became a tourist attraction called "Cave of the Winds," with guided tours having been on offer since 1881.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 202
  Caption: "94 Midwood St. Brooklyn." View of a three-story brick house or apartment building, with a park or empty lot on one side. See also 96-07-08-alb11-235, where the building is captioned as "The Walsh Home."
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 006
  Caption: "Cliff House #2." View of the third Cliff House, of Victorian-style architecture, that was built on that site in San Francisco, c. 1906. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House (pictured) was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907. A fourth Cliff House was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 133
  Caption: "Night Scenes," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 261
  Caption: "In the Sierras," shows a train traveling in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 190a
  This undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper provides a detailed description of the Washington Monument.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 085
  Caption: "Transportation Busses [sic] - Boulder City to Boulder Dam," c. 1935, shows a line of double-decker buses used to transport workers from Boulder City to Boulder Dam.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 212
  Caption: "Aurora Ave. Boulevard and Bridge, Seattle, Wash.," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 339
  No Caption: A group of people standing at the guard rail on the overhanging rock at Glacier Point, at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 096
  Caption: "The Pioneer" (Solon Borglum, sculptor) in the Court of Palms at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 058
  Caption: "Huntington Falls -- G.G. Park.," c. 1912-1915. Artificial waterfall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Huntington Falls cascades down Strawberry Hill to empty into Stow Lake. The 110-foot-tall falls is named after Collis P. Huntington, one of the "Big Four" of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 316
  No caption, c. 1915. Two unidentified people sitting on a bench overlooking a garden.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 018
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb07-286 with caption: "Harold and Lena, Healdsburg, Aug. 15, 1915."
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 022
  Caption: "C.P.R. Depot Vancouver B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the imposing, gothic chateau-like Vancouver Station, serving the Canadian Pacific Railway. Built in 1899, this station only stood until 1914, when it was replaced with a newer facility and subsequently demolished.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 454
  Caption: "Guadalupe Shrine, Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 187
  No caption, c. 1910. Train trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains, over Wall Creek.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 253
  Caption: "Fort Baker, California," c. 1910. Fort Baker was constructed between 1901 and 1910 to provide permanent housing for the new seacoast fortifications that were built between 1897 and 1905. The men stationed at Fort Baker were members of the Coast Artillery Corps, officially created in 1907 by the U.S. Army to protect and defend the nation's harbors.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 007
  Caption: "Saint Francis Hotel." See also 96-07-08-alb01-002, with caption: "Hotel-Saint Francis," c. 1913. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square with partial north wing extension and the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904 and, fortunately, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 134
  No Caption: shows night scenes at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 262
  No Caption: Shows a train on railroad tracks alongside a river in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 065
  Caption: "Great Southern Hotel -- Gulfport -- Mississippi -- June 19, 34." The Great Southern Hotel, built in 1902-1903 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones (also the founder of Gulfport), offered luxurious amenities such as telephones in each room, baths, hot and cold running water, billiards, gardens, and a tennis court. The hotel was hit hard by the Great Depression in the 1930s, even closing briefly. After a short-lived revival in the 1940s, the hotel was demolished in 1951 to make way for U.S. Highway 90.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 191
  Caption: "New Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." View of central, domed portion and wing of the National Museum of Natural History, one of ten Smithsonian Institute museums along National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum opened in 1910.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 314
  Caption: "China Clipper -- Alameda Airport. Nov. 22, 1935." View of the China Clipper, a Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat constructed for Pan American Airways in 1935. One of the largest planes of its time, the China Clipper flew the first transpacific commercial airmail flight between San Francisco and Manila in the Philippines. The China Clipper was destroyed in a crash ten years later, in January 1945, at the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 086
  Caption: "Power Transmission Tower. 2411 Towers - 270 Miles. 1.4 Inch DIA. Power Line. One of the Towers of the Power Line From Boulder Dam to L.A.," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 213
  Caption: "Puget Sound, Seattle to Bellingham Highway," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 097
  No Caption: Palace of Fine Arts seen through arch at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 188
  Caption: "R.R. Grades in the Siskiyou Mountains -- Scene Taken from the Track Above.," c. 1910. Mountain scene, looking down on railroad tracks in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California or southern Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 076
  Caption: "Serpentine Drive - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A bird's eye view of Serpentine Drive, a twisty mountain road near Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 204
  Caption: "Broadway At Bowling Green N.Y." Street scene in New York City, showing Broadway near the small public park Bowling Green. See also 96-07-08-alb04-076 and 96-07-08-alb11-233.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 008
  Caption: "Market St. S.F." Shows Market Street in San Francisco, possibly during a parade to celebrate Admission Day on September 9, when California was admitted as a state into the U.S. See also 96-07-08-alb05-136, with caption: "Market St. Sept 9, 1910 S.F."
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 135
  No Caption: shows the Tower of Jewels at night, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-113.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 263
  Caption: "Feather River Canyon," c. 1915, shows the Feather River Canyon trestle.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 192
  Caption: "George Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 314a
  No caption. Clipping from an unidentified newspaper or pamphlet entitled "Route of U.S. air mail route from New York to Macao." It shows an airmail route traveling from New York, west across the U.S. to the Hawaiian Islands, then to "Midway Islands," Wake Island, Guam, "Philippine Islands", and finally Macao, China.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 087
  Caption: "Boulder Dam, View From Lower Side - 40 Foot Highway on Top of Dam," c. 1935, shows the dam near the completion of its construction.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 214
  Caption: "Canadian National R.R. Depot, Vancouver, B.C. Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 098
  No Caption: A hallway of arches at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 318
  Caption: "A Tank from the Liberty Bond Train." Shows a Renault FT Tank, a small French tank with caterpillar-style propulsion used during World War I. This tank was displayed as part of the fifth Liberty Bond Drive, held in 1919. During World War I, the U.S. government raised funds for the war by issuing "liberty bonds." Liberty Bond Trains crisscrossed the country to encourage purchase of the bonds. Citizens who purchased the bonds could later redeem them for the purchase price plus interest.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 020
  No Caption: The Palace of Horticulture on the right, with Fageol auto train in the foreground, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915