Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 325
  Caption: "San Francisco Bay Bridge Cable Anchorage. Nov. 1, 1935." View of a cable anchorage at one terminus of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge's design combined three different types of bridge-building technology over the five miles it covers between San Francisco and Oakland: a suspension span, a cantilevered span, and a tunnel. At the time of its completion in 1936 the bridge was the longest steel structure on the globe. It also featured the deepest bridge pier ever built, and the world's largest bore tunnel.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Coronado Hotel," c. 1910-1913. The Coronado Hotel, with beach in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall. See also 96-07-08-alb08-198.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 017
  Caption: "Presidio Nursery," c. 1906, shows the gardens at the Presidio, with blooming flowers planted to spell "PRESIDIO."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 267
  Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Gun Dismantled." A close-up view of a dismantled large gun at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 020
  No Caption: Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), with the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 148
  No Caption: shows large crowds at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-126.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 079
  Caption: "Negro Hut Near Orlando -- Florida -- June 25 1934." An unidentified man and woman stand on the front porch of a small home with wood siding and a corrugated metal roof.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 100
  Caption: "Zion National Park Highway," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 354
  No Caption: c. 1935. Fannette Island is located in Emerald Bay, on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. In 1928, Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight purchased the property encompassing the head of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island. Knight had a summer home built in Scandinavian architectural style and called it Vikingsholm. The stone structure at the top of Fannette island is the "Tea House," built in 1928-1929, at the same time Vikingsholm was built.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 111
  Caption: "General View - Night," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 073
  Caption: "Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," c. 1912-1915. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 331
  Caption: "Officers Quarters -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1912. Shows a row of multi-story homes along a landscaped street. Fort Winfield Scott was a coastal artillery post at the San Francisco Presidio. Originally named Fort Point, it was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, until 1886 when the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 033
  No Caption: Fountain of Winter (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 037
  Caption: "Sacramento River Scene," c. 1910. Train running along Sacramento River in foothills or mountains. See also 96-07-08-alb08-037.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 326
  Caption: "San Francisco Bay Bridge Under Construction. Nov. 1, 1935." View of the towers and suspension cables of the western half of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, spanning the distance between Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to the City of San Francisco. The bridge deck has not yet been completed. The Bay Bridge's design combined three different types of bridge-building technology over the five miles it covers between San Francisco and Oakland: a suspension span, a cantilevered span, and a tunnel. At the time of its completion in 1936, the bridge was the longest steel structure on the globe. It also featured the deepest bridge pier ever built, and the world's largest bore tunnel.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 202
  Caption: "Tent City Coronado," c. 1910-1913. View of rows of tents and sheds thatched in palm fronds along the coast near Coronado Hotel, with people strolling along the roadways. Established in 1900 for travelers who could not afford to stay in the resort hotel, the Coronado Tent City consisted of a grid of streets lined with furnished tents, near the sea shore. It also featured restaurants, a library, soda fountain, theater, bandstand, and other recreational facilities. See also 96-07-08-alb08-210, and 263.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 018
  Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906. A high vantage point view of the Presidio and Golden Gate. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 268
  Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun, Loading Position." A close-up view of a large gun in a loading position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 090
  Caption: "State St. - Chicago," c. 1923. A busy street scene with people, automobiles, and trollies.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 218
  Caption: "Atlantic City Beach," c. 1925. Several unidentified people playing on the beach in Atlantic City.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Panama Pacific International Exposition, General View Looking North," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 149
  Caption: "Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-027.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 101
  Caption: "Zion National Park - view from window of tunnel. Tunnel one mile long - 5 windows," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 355
  Caption: "Ocean Avenue - Long Beach," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 112
  No Caption: Night view of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 074
  Caption: "Veu-Deleu [sic] Santa Cruz Beach," c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with 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. See also 96-07-08-alb08-192.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 332
  Caption: "Ocean Beach S.F.," c. 1910. View of a crowded Ocean Beach, near San Francisco's Cliff House.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 034
  No Caption: Fountain of Spring (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 038
  Caption: "Union Pacific Bridge -- Portland, OR.," c. 1915. Built in 1912, this through-truss, double-decker vertical lift bridge crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. See also 96-07-08-alb05-182.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 327
  Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Caption: "The Passing of the Ferry Boat -- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Nov. 12, 1936." Shows the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, with three ferries passing underneath it.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 203
  Caption: "Bathers at Monte Rio," c. 1910-1913. Crowd of people on the Monte Rio beach along the Russian River, many wearing bathing suits while others are in suits and dresses. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 019
  Caption: "Guard Mount. Presidio," c. 1906, shows two groups of men in formation on the Presidio grounds. One group of men is playing musical instruments, while the other group is carrying firearms. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 269
  Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun, Firing Position." A close-up view of a large gun in the firing position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 091
  Caption: "Republic Statue - Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. Designed by Chester French (sculptor), this version of the Statue of the Republic has stood in Chicago's Jackson Park since its construction in 1918. It is a one-third replica of a statue at the World's Columbian Exposition, held at Chicago in 1893.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 219
  Caption: "Traymore Hotel - Atlantic City," c. 1925. View of the Traymore Hotel on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The Art Deco-style Traymore began as a small boarding house, but a rebuild and enlargement after a storm in 1884 led to the building becoming Atlantic City's most popular hotel by the turn of the twentieth century. In 1906 the front tower was constructed, and the back, wood frame portion of the hotel was replaced with a concrete structure in 1914-1915. Patronage declined in the 1960s, and the Traymore Hotel was demolished in 1972.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 022
  Caption: "On the Avenue of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 150
  Caption: "Transportation Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-128.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 278
  Caption: "Fitch Mountain Tavern - Healdsburg," c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 205
  Caption: "Lower Manhattan, N.Y. View from Brooklyn Bridge. Aug. 7, 1934." View of Manhattan's skyline and wharf facilities.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 328
  Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Caption: "San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Nov. 12, 1936." View of the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at dusk.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 102
  Caption: "Zion National Park - view from Zion Park Tunnel," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 228
  Caption: "Court House, Port Townsend, Washington," c. 1935. The Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington, was built in 1891 (W.A. Ritchie, architect) in Romanesque architectural style.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 356
  Caption: "Long Beach - Calif.," c. 1935, shows sunbathers at the beach at Long Beach.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 113
  No Caption: The Tower of Jewels at night, at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 075
  Caption: "Sea Beach Hotel," c. 1910. The Sea Beach Hotel, located on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz, was built in the 1870s by S.A. Hall. Originally called the Ocean View House, it was sold in the 1880s. Its new owner dubbed the building the Sea Beach Hotel. The resort hotel operated until burning down in 1912, never to be reconstructed.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 035
  No Caption: San Francisco Market Street scene at night with electric lights, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 039
  Caption: "Battery covered with snow, Fort Worden, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. Shows the three batteries at Fort Worden covered in a blanket of snow, with the ocean or Puget Sound in the distance. Construction began on the fort in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the state of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 329
  Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Caption: "San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Nov. 12, 1936." View of the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from its deck. A single automobile can be seen traveling away from the photographer.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 204
  Caption: "Camp Grounds -- Marysville, Calif," c. 1910-1913. Shows two rows of open-sided shelters, designed so that sheets could be mounted for walls if desired. Each shelter has an accompanying space for an automobile. Small auto camps like this sprang up across the U.S. as the automobile gained popularity as tourist transportation.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 020
  Caption: "Presidio Barracks," c. 1906. Five barrack structures of the Presidio. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.