Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 232
  Caption: "Tatoosh Mountain Range - Rainier National Park Lodge," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 359a
  No Caption: A "Mexico by Motor" decal, c. 1938, rectangular, in yellow and purple.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 117
  Caption: "South Gardens -Night," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 079
  Caption: "Ver De Leu [sic], Santa Cruz Beach.," 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 043
  Caption: "Fort Worden Beach.," c. 1908-1912. Ocean shore scene at Fort Worden, near Port Townsend. 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 06, Photograph 024
  Caption: "The Cliff House," c. 1906 view of San Francisco's Cliff House from Sutro Heights Park. The Victorian structure shown here is the third building on the site, constructed in 1896. It was destroyed by fire in 1907.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 274
  Caption: "United States Field Piece." Shows a Civil War-era large gun and carriage at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 096
  Caption: "Apartment Houses - Chicago," c. 1923. Apartment buildings near the shores of Lake Michigan.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 224
  Caption: "U.S. Capitol," c. 1925. An unidentified man sits in the drivers seat of a car parked in front of the U.S. Capitol. His passengers are obscured by shadow.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 027
  Caption: "Avenue of Palms - Looking East," with Fageol car, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb03-041.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 155
  Caption: "Oregon Building," features massive cut logs used as columns for the state of Oregon's presentation building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-133.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 283
  Caption: "The Sheriff," c. 1915, shows an unidentified woman posing with a shot gun, pipe, and sheriff's badge.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 086
  Caption: "Bay Shore [sic] Boulevard -- Tampa -- Florida -- June 27, 1934." Street scene along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, showing a cobbled street lined by large residences.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 107
  Caption: "Silent City-Bryce Canyon National Park - View from Inspiration Point," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 233
  Caption: "Mount Rainier - Rainier National Park," c. 1935, shows glaciers on the 14,410 foot mountain. An iconic landmark on the Washington landscape, Mt. Rainier is an active volcano.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 359b
  No Caption: An American Express Travel Bureau brochure in red, yellow, and green, and titled: The Way to See Mexico, from The Emporium travel agency in San Francisco. c. 1938.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 118
  Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 080
  Caption: "Court House, Redwood City," c. 1912-1915. View of the Redwood City Courthouse building, constructed in 1910 and designed by Glenn Allen. This was the fourth courthouse built on the site. The dome was originally part of the third courthouse building, and was the only portion of that structure to survive the 1906 earthquake. It was subsequently incorporated into the fourth courthouse building, dubbed the Temple of Justice. In 1939 the county removed the courthouse's facade in order to add a new building (the Fiscal Building) to the site. The Fiscal Building was torn down in 2005 and the original facade of the fourth courthouse reconstructed.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 338
  Caption: "Field Artillery -- Camp Kearney," c. 1917. View of heavy artillery carriages and what appear to be small tanks or other vehicles under canvas covers, at Camp Kearney. Camp Kearney was established by the U.S. Army in 1917 just north of San Diego. The post was largely abandoned by the government in 1920, used as a military and civilian airfield. It did not see increased military service again until the 1930s.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 044
  Caption: "Port Townsend Beach.," c. 1908-1912. Tree on edge of cliff, with beach in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 166
  Caption: "Steamer MINNESOTA," c. 1909. View of the steamship Minnesota II, built in 1903. She was said to be the largest U.S. merchant ship afloat at the time. Operated by the Great Northern Steamship Company, she sailed between the U.S. and markets in Asia until 1915. In 1917 the Minnesota II began operating in the Atlantic between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy commissioned her as a troop ship in 1919, changing her name to Troy. She brought over 14,000 U.S. troops home from war-torn Europe. She never resumed active service after this, being scrapped in 1923. See also 96-07-08-alb08-111.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 209
  Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. Image of Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 024a
  No Caption. An unidentified newspaper article detailing a brief history of the Cliff House the day after it was destroyed by fire in 1907.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 275
  Caption: "Breach of U.S. Rapid Fire."
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 097
  Caption: "Mrs. Potter Palmers [sic] Home - Chicago," c. 1923. Constructed between 1882-1885, Palmer Mansion was once the largest private residence in Chicago. It was demolished in 1950.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 225
  Caption: "Congressional Library," c. 1925. Several groups of unidentified people outside the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, on a rainy day. The building, originally called the Library of Congress Building, opened to the public in 1897. It's name was changed in 1980 to honor Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third President of the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 028
  Caption: "Avenue of Palms - Looking West," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 156
  Caption: "Oregon Building Interior," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-134.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 284
  Caption: "The Fatal Wedding," c. 1915, shows an unidentified bride, groom, and officiator at an outdoor wedding ceremony.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 211
  Caption: "The Ghetto. Where People Almost Live on the Street, New York City, Aug. 12, 1934." Crowded street scene in New York City, with numerous open-air stalls and storefronts hawking wares.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 108
  Caption: "Little Bryce Canyon, Utah," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 119
  Caption: "Educational and Liberal Arts Buildings," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 081
  No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified woman standing at the gate to a white picket fence in front of a residence.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 041
  No Caption: Fageol auto train at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 045
  Caption: "Fort Flagler Beach.," c. 1908-1912. Shows a rocky beach with a small cliff in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 167
  No Caption: c. 1910. Side view of a heavy coastal defense disappearing gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 025
  Caption: "Sutro Baths Interior," c. 1906. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 150
  Caption: "Ordnance Machine Shops, Benicia," c. 1905. A view of the Benicia Arsenal's Machine Shops.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 276
  Caption: "Hotshkiss [sic], 1 pounder." The United States purchased artillery from the French arms firm, Hotchkiss, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The arms firm was created by American gunsmith, Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, who moved to France in 1867 to set up the factory. The heavy artillery was first used by the United States against the Nez Perce in 1877. In 1890, they were used at the Wounded Knee Massacre, and also for the attack on San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 098
  Caption: "Garfield Park Conservatory - Chicago," c. 1925. Construction began on the Garfield Park Conservatory in 1906. Opened to the public in 1908, the Conservatory is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 226
  Caption: "Congressional Library Interior," c. 1925. View of part of the book stacks within the Library of Congress. The building, originally called the Library of Congress Building, opened to the public in 1897. Its name was changed in 1980 to honor Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third President of the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 029
  Caption: "Avenue of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 157
  Caption: "Illinois State Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 285
  No Caption: Shows Harold (in dress) and Lena (in man's suit) sitting on a small bench in Healdsburg, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 212
  Caption: "The Ghetto with its Street Venders [sic], New York City. Aug. 12, 1934." Crowded street scene in New York City, with numerous street vendors selling a variety of goods, including vegetables and toiletry supplies.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 334d
  No caption. Undated clippings from unidentified pamphlets or newspapers. The first describes the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, while the second provides details regarding the Golden Gate Bridge.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 109
  Caption: "The Lodge, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 361
  No Caption: A page from a tourist brochure with information about Mexico re: total area in square miles, topography, population, and climate.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 120
  Caption: "Manufacturers and Varied Industries Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 082
  No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified toddler standing in yard or garden. See also 96-07-08-alb05-084.