Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 220
  Caption: "Washington Monument - Fairmount Park - Philadelphia," c. 1925. Philadelphia's Washington Monument Fountain (Rudolf Siemering, sculptor) features a bronze and granite statute of George Washington on horseback. Dedicated at Fairmount Park in 1897, it was moved to Philadelphia's Eakins Oval in 1928.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 023
  Caption: "Fountain of Energy," (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-015.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 151
  No Caption: shows various buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-129.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 082
  Caption: "Florida Highway. June 26, 1934." Tall trees, many hung with Spanish moss, line this unidentified Florida highway.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 206
  Caption: "Wall Street, New York. Aug 8 1934." Street scene on Wall Street, New York City. Bustling crowds fill the sidewalks while tall buildings loom on each side of the street.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 103
  Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. View from Bryce Point," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 229
  Caption: "Zellerbach Paper Plant, Port Townsend, Wash." c. 1935. The Crown Zellerbach National Paper Products Mill in Port Townsend opened in 1928.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 357
  Caption: "Spring time in the Rockies. Picketpost Mountains - Superior, Arizona," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 114
  Caption: "South Gardens at Night," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 076
  Caption: "Pajaro River -- Watsonville," c. 1912-1915. River scene on the Pajaro River near Watsonville, with a bridge in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 334
  No caption, undated. Unidentified child in improvised raft on a lake or river. The raft is composed of a wood crate and several wood boards.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 036
  Caption: "Modern Gun," at unidentified location, c. 1905.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 040
  No Caption: c. 1910. Woman posing with young girl, both of whom are unidentified, likely somewhere in Washington.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Baker's [sic] Beach S.F.," c. 1906. Baker Beach begins just south of Golden Gate Point and extends approximately one half-mile southward to Seacliff Peninsula.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 145
  Caption: "United States Field Piece," shows a piece of artillery on a carriage at the Benicia Arsenal.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 271
  Caption: "U.S. 12" Barbett [sic]." A view of a barbette (gun emplacement) with a 12" gun, at what appears to be a coastal defense battery.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 093
  Caption: "Michigan Ave. - Chicago," c. 1923. A tree- lined Michigan Avenue filled with cars.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 024
  Caption: "Fountain of Energy," (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-016.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 152
  Caption: "Over the Fair Railway," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-130.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 083
  Caption: "Bok Singing Tower, Lake Wales -- Florida, June 26, 1934." View of the Bok Singing Tower in the Bok Tower Gardens, a 250-acre contemplative garden and bird sanctuary dedicated in 1929. The 205-foot-tall tower, designed by architect Milton B. Medary, was completed by February 1929. It features Gothic Revival and Art Deco detailing. A 60-bell carillon can be played by a clavier (keyboard) in the bell chamber.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 207
  Caption: "Woolworth Bldg. Broadway, N.Y. Aug. 8, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of New York City, with the Woolworth Building at the left. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 331
  Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge Opening Day. U.S. Fleet Passing Under the Golden Gate Bridge. U.S. Flag Ship Pennsylvania [sic]. May 28, 1937." View of the super-dreadnaught battleship USS Pennsylvania as she passed under the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the celebrations surrounding the bridge's opening day. The third U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania, she was launched in 1915. The Pennsylvania served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, and was damaged while in dry-dock during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. After being repaired, she spend the remainder of World War II in the Pacific Theater. Hit by a torpedo in August 1945, the severely damaged Pennsylvania was repaired well enough to serve as a target ship during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests off Bikini Atoll in July 1946. She was decommissioned that year, and after undergoing radiation testing, was scuttled by the U.S. Navy in February 1948.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 104
  Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, view from Sunset Point," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 230
  Caption: "Washington State Capitol Building, Olympia, Wash." c. 1935. The Neo-classical style building (Walter R. Wilder and Harry K. White, architects) opened in 1928, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 358
  Caption: "Pacos [sic] River - View from Del Rio Highway, Texas." c. 1935. Pecos River and Del Rio Highway, Texas.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 115
  Caption: "Festival Hall - Night Reflections," at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 041
  No Caption: c. 1910. Unidentified young girl posing with chicken, likely somewhere in Washington.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 146
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Store House," c. 1905. The Benicia Arsenal Store House, also known as the Clocktower building, was erected in 1859 at three stories high. In 1912, an explosion and fire caused extensive damage, after which it was rebuilt as a two-story structure.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 272
  Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 222
  Caption: "White House." East Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Neoclassical-style residence and work place of the United States President, designed by James Hoban, was constructed between 1792 and 1800. See also 96-07-08-alb04-085 and 96-07-08-alb11-183.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 025
  Caption: "General View from the Aeroscope," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-018.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 153
  Caption: "Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotive," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-131.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 332
  Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge, Pedestrian Day. May 27, 1937." View of crowds walking across the just-completed Golden Gate Bridge as part of Pedestrian Day. Pedestrian Day kicked off the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. Approximately 200,000 people walked or roller-skated across the bridge during the Pedestrian Day festivities, held the day before the bridge opened to vehicular traffic.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 105
  Caption: "Natural Bridge, Bryce Canyon, Utah," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 231
  Caption: "Steilacoom Lake Near Tacoma, Washington," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 359
  Caption: "Turista - Mexico - March 26th to June 8th, 1938," handwritten on a Mexico tourist brochure indicating the McCarthys' trip to Mexico in 1938. The brochure itself reads: Mexico - Visit Fiesta Land the Fiesta Way."
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 116
  Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 078
  Caption: "Ver De Leu [sic], Santa Cruz," c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with rocks, 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.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 042
  Caption: "The Olympic Snow-capped Mountains.," c. 1908-1912. View of a coastal inlet or tideland with raised roads, a large building (probably a resort hotel) in the middle distance, and the white-capped Olympic Mountains in the far distance.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 207
  Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 023
  Caption: "Old Dutch Windmill, G.G. Park," c. 1910. Image of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 147
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gardener," c.1905, shows the gardner of the Benicia Arsenal carrying two large watering cans near an unidentified structure.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 273
  Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 095
  Caption: "Michigan AV. - Chicago," c. 1923. Michigan Avenue filled with cars, a double decker bus, and a traffic officer.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 026
  Caption: "South Gardens," with Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor) on the left, and Festival Hall, center right, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 154
  Caption: "Iowa Exhibit," features a horn of plenty with a mountain of corn cobs, with "Corn is King - in Iowa," spelled out in corn, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-132.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 085
  Caption: "Lakeland Florida June 26, 1934." View of the skyline of Lakeland across Mirror Lake. Founded by Abraham Munn and incorporated in 1885, the city of Lakeland is located east of Tampa.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 209
  Caption: "General U.S. Grants [sic] Tomb, Riverside Drive. New York, Aug. 10, 1934." The remains of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the U.S. and Commanding General of the Union Army during the last year of the Civil War, were laid to rest in this elaborate tomb. Grant died in 1885, but construction on the tomb did not begin until 1891. Grant's remains were transferred to the tomb on April 27, 1897.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 333
  Caption: "U.S. Battle Ship California. May 28, 1937." The USS California, a Tennessee-class dreadnaught battleship, was the fifth U.S. ship named after the Golden State. Launched in 1915, the California served as the Pacific Fleet's flagship for twenty years. The California was docked at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941. Two bombs struck and eventually sunk her, killing ninety-eight of her crew and wounding sixty-one more. The California was subsequently refloated, with repairs done first at Pearl Harbor and then at Puget Sound Navy Yard. She then sailed to assist numerous campaigns in the Pacific Theater of the war, earning seven battle stars for this service. The California was decommissioned in 1947, and sold for scrapping in 1959.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 106
  Caption: "Bryce Canyon, Utah. Painted Desert in the distance," c.1935.