Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 042
  No Caption: Tower of Jewels, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 168
  No Caption: c. 1910. View of a heavy coastal defense artillery gun with a shield protecting the operator of the rotating carriage in which the gun sits.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 211
  Caption: "Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition," "Agricultural Building" and "A.Y.P.E. Seattle Wash." View of the Agricultural Building of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, often referred to as the "A-Y-P." 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 026
  Caption: "Berkeley University," c. 1906. Founded in 1868, the University of California at Berkeley was the first of the University of California campuses. This image shows a field of grass and trees in the foreground, three unidentified university buildings in the background, and the Berkeley Hills in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 151
  Caption: "Tannery Ruins, Benicia," c. 1905, shows the destroyed building of the Benicia Tannery.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 277
  No caption. A close-up view of a piece of heavy artillery, with a black and white cat standing on it, at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 099
  Caption: "Grant Statue - Lincoln Park - Chicago," c. 1923. Installed in 1891, the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, created by Louis Rebisso (sculptor), is located in the east end of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. It commemorates Ulysses S. Grant, former U.S. Army General and 18th President of the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 227
  Caption: "Washington Monument," c.1925. 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 07, Photograph 030
  Caption: "Avenue of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 158
  Caption: "Washington," State of Washington Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-138.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 286
  Caption: "Harold and Lena, Healdsburg, Aug 15, 1915," shows Lena (in man's suit), and Harold (in dress) at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 089
  Caption: "Stret [sic] Leading to Fords and Edisons Winter Homes, Fort Meyers -- Florida June 28, 1934." Paved street lined by palms and lush vegetation. This road is likely McGregor Boulevard in Fort Meyers. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford purchased adjacent properties in Fort Meyers and built vacation or winter homes that were opened to the public for tours in 1947 and 1990, respectively. The two properties are now known collectively as the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 110
  Caption: "Mormon Temple, Manti, Utah," c. 1935. Completed in 1888, the Manti Temple, built in Gothic Revival architectural style by the Church of the Latter-day Saints, was the third temple built west of the Mississippi River.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 361a
  No Caption: A "ANA Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica 'Protection - Service," decal in yellow, red, and blue, with the Mexican symbol of an eagle holding a serpent in its beak and talons, based on the Aztec symbol that represented the founding of the city, Tenochtitlan, today Mexico City.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 121
  Caption: "Main Entrance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 083
  No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified toddler standing in field with buildings in distance. See also 96-07-08-alb05-085.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 047
  Caption: "Fort Flagler before Barracks were Built.," c. 1899-1906. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 212
  Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle Government Bldg." View of the Government Building and the Cascades (a terraced fountain leading up to the building), part of 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. See also 96-07-08-alb08-125.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 027
  Caption: "Oakland City Hall," c. 1906. Pictured is Oakland's old City Hall at 14th and Broadway. Upon the completion of the new and current city hall in 1914, the old city hall was demolished to make way for City Hall Plaza, now Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 152
  Caption: "Sausalito," c. 1908. A view of the town of Sausalito with ships in Richardson Bay.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 278
  Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. A view of snow-covered Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 159
  Caption: "France," shows the French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb01-135.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 287
  No Caption: Lena (in man's suit) posing with unidentified woman at Healdsburg, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 214
  Caption: "Central Park. View from Radio City Blg. New York. Aug. 14, 1934." Bird's eye view of New York City's 843-acre Central Park. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and architect Calvert Vaux designed the park, the first portion of which opened to the public in 1858. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 111
  Caption: "Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City population 145, 500," c. 1935. The Salt Lake City Mormon Temple was opened in 1893 and is the largest temple (253,015 square feet) built by the Church of the Latter-day Saints.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 237
  Caption: "Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier - Note the ice on slope slowly breaking up," c, 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 362
  No Caption: A map of the highway from Laredo to Mexico City.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 122
  Caption: "The Lagoon," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 044
  Caption: "Fort Columbia, Wash." Washington, c. 1909.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 170
  Caption: "Shasta Springs, Calif.," c. 1910. View of a waterfall behind a small gabled building and attached patio. Shasta Springs, just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the Trinity Mountains, was a resort area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centered around natural springs, which became a featured stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Shasta Route. The resort operated until the 1950s, when it was purchased by private interests.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 213
  Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle Oregon Bldg." View of Oregon Building and bandstand, part of 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 028
  Caption: "Bakers [sic] Beach," 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 153
  Caption: "City Hall - Healdsburg," c. 1910. The Healdsburg City Hall was built in 1886 and demolished in 1960.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 279
  Caption: "Rounding a Curve near Mt. Shasta," c. 1910. A view of a train rounding a curve in the valley below a snow-covered Mount Shasta, seen in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 101
  Caption: "Jackson Park Beach - Chicago," c. 1923. Jackson Park Beach at Lake Michigan, with a line of automobiles parked along the adjacent roadway.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 229
  Caption: "Arlington Cemetry [sic] Memorial," c. 1925. Shows an interior view of Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, dedicated in 1920.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 032
  Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," with several visitors viewing the statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 160
  Caption: "Cuba," shows the Cuban Pavilion at the Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-136.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 288
  Caption: "Dance of the Queens," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women standing in a dance position at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 091
  Caption: "Tamiami Trail Through the Florida Everglades, June 27, 1934." Asphalt-paved road stretching into the distance, flanked on one side by a canal. The Tamiami Trail constitutes a scenic portion of what is now U.S. Highway 41. Work on a road connecting Tampa with Miami began in 1915, but the Trail was not officially opened until 1928. Work on the route required building across a portion of the massive swamp system of the Everglades. Workers dredged and blasted a canal along the route, and used the fill dirt thus removed to construct the roadway proper.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 112
  Caption: "Mormon Tabernacle and Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 238
  Caption: "Tatoosh Mountain Range. At the base of Mount Rainier - Rainier National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 363
  No Caption: A page from a tourist brochure detailing travel information for tourists to Mexico, including automobile permits, money exchange, baggage inspection, accident insurance, firearms, hunting, registration for cameras, furs, and diamonds, and "Negro servants," which "require a cash bond of 250 pesos, which is refunded upon leaving Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 123
  Caption: "Machinery Palace," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 085
  No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified toddler standing in field with buildings in distance, holding a teddy bear and ball. See also 96-07-08-alb05-083.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 001
  Caption: "Battery Spencer. Highest 12" Battery in the World." With construction begun in 1893, Battery Spencer, located at Fort Baker in Marin County on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge, was one of the main protection points for the San Francisco harbor from 1897 until it was deactivated in 1942. It was named for Major General Joseph Spencer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 045
  Caption: "N.P. Ferry. Columbia River." See also 96-07-08-alb08-114 with caption: "Ferry Boat Tacoma on the Columbia River," Pacific Northwest, c. 1905. View of the railroad ferry Tacoma, with a train on board. The Tacoma operated from 1884 until 1908, when a railroad bridge was constructed across the Columbia connecting Portland, Oregon with points north of the river.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 171
  No Caption: c. 1910. View of Mount Shasta, at the southern end of the Cascade Range, looking east. Mount Shasta has an elevation of 14,179 feet, making it the fifth-highest peak in California. It is also rated as a potential high-risk volcano by the U.S. Geological Survey, and is part of the eastern rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 214
  Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle California Bldg." View of California Building, part of 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. See also 96-07-08-alb08-128.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 029
  Caption: "Conservatory Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. Built in 1879, the Conservatory is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park, and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory in the country.