Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 295
  Caption: "Pacific Grove," c. 1915, shows the rocky shoreline at Pacific Grove in Monterey County.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 098
  Caption: "Biltmore Hotel -- Coral Gables -- Miami -- Florida. June 30, 1934." View of the Miami Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, part of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel chain. The luxury hotel, designed by Schultze and Weaver, was the tallest building in Florida at the time of its completion in 1926. It held this record until 1928, when the Miami-Dade Courthouse was constructed.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 245
  No Caption: A view of the Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 370
  Caption: "The bull turns for another charge at the Matador. Bull fight at Monterey [sic], Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 002
  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 01, Photograph 130
  Caption: "Over the Fair Railway," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 008
  Caption: "Late Model 6" Breach," c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 052
  Caption: "Pt. Townsend Court House," Washington, c. 1908. See also 96-07-08-alb08-033. View of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington. Built the early 1890s (W.A. Ritchie, architect), the Romanesque-style building features a 124-foot clock tower, red bricks from St. Louis, and sandstone from Alaska.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 056
  Caption: "Bent piston rod," c. 1908-1912. View of a damaged piston rod, that appears to be part of a disappearing carriage for a heavy artillery gun, most likely at Fort Flagler.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 178
  Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate.," c. 1906. A birds eye view of the Presidio at San Francisco, California, c. 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb02-024.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000c
  No Caption: A Zion National Park decal, 1935, octagon- shaped, blue and white, with an image of a porcupine in a grove of pine trees.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 221
  Caption: "Vancouver, Wash," c. 1905-1909. Train tracks in Vancouver, Washington running by a train station. One set of tracks is being worked on by a crew of six men, while on another track a man is working on cleaning or maintaining a rail car.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 036
  No caption. The façade of an Italianate building that appears to be of mixed residential and commercial use in San Francisco. The sign on the building reads "The Kinriu Co. Wholesale Baskets and Matting Import Silk & Tea," c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 161
  No Caption: A scene from the 1909 Portola Festival, a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 237
  Caption: "Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, on the Colorado River.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 040
  Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-029.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 168
  Caption: "Food Products and Educational Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-143.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 296
  Caption: "Russian River - Guerneville," c. 1915, shows a bird's eye view of the Russian River at Guerneville in Sonoma County, California.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 120
  Caption: "Lucky Woodchuck, Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935. An unidentified woman seen feeding a woodchuck.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 371
  Caption: "The bull charging while the Matador stands motionless. Bull fight - Monterey [sic], Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 003
  Caption: "Panama-Pacific International Exposition, General View." The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 131
  Caption: "Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotive," Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 009
  Caption: "6" Battery," c. 1906. Unidentified location, could be Baker Beach, San Francisco.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 053
  Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Entrance." See also 96-07-08-alb08-121. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 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 08, Photograph 057
  Caption: "Snow Scene -- Port Townsend.," c. 1908-1912. Group of unidentified men standing in two groups in the snow.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 179
  Caption: "The Alameda of Presidio," c. 1906. View of a dirt or graveled drive, lined by cannonballs, leading to a small roundabout. The Alameda served as the principle gateway into the Presidio of San Francisco from the 1860s to 1895.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000d
  No Caption: A Grand Canyon National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, orange and white, with an image of a beaver surrounded by canyons.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 162
  Caption: "Don Gasper [sic] de Portola and Queen," 1909. Participants at the Portola Festival on horseback and dressed in period costume as Don Gaspar De Portola and Queen. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 288
  No caption. A view of the deck of the USS Connecticut, c. 1908. The Connecticut was commissioned on September 29, 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy. Because the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 stipulated that older battleships would be disposed of, the USS Connecticut was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1923.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 110
  Caption: "Power Plant of the Ford Factory - Detroit," c. 1925. View of the power house at Ford's Highland Park Plant (considered to be the birthplace of the industrial assembly line). The plant's five smoke stacks have a "FORD" sign across them, flanked by two water towers.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 238
  Caption: "Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, on the Colorado River.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 041
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb01-032, with caption: "Beauty and the Beast Fountain," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 169
  Caption: "The Zone" was an area of popular amusements and concession stands at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-146.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 224
  Caption: "Aug. 22, 1934." Unidentified man and woman posing in a garden.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 121
  Caption: "Bruin robbing the garbage cans," c. 1935, shows a bear raiding garbage cans at Yellowstone National Park.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 247
  Caption: "Portland Auto Camp - Portland, Oregon - Population 310,000." c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 372
  Caption: "One of the many beautiful homes, in Monterey [sic], Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 132
  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.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 010
  Caption: "Work of Mounting Big Guns, Point Benito [sic]," c. 1906. This may actually be Point Bonita in the San Francisco Bay.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 054
  Caption: "Dry Dock, Bremerton." Bremerton, Washington, c. 1908-1912. See also 96-07-08-alb08-085. View of a dry dock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. Established in 1891 as a naval station, it became Naval Yard Puget Sound in 1901. During World War I the shipyard constructed hundreds of ships to support the war effort, while in World War II, the shipyard was dedicated primarily to repairing damaged ships. Today, it contains a portion of the U.S. Navy's mothball fleet (ships retired but retained in case of future need), as well as building, repairing, and maintaining sea-going vessels of all kinds.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 058
  Caption: "Mount Ranier [sic], Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View of Mount Rainier, the highest peak in the Cascade Range and in the state of Washington, and part of the eastern rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Although it is now dormant, it is considered to be a high-risk volcano.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000e
  No Caption: A Yosemite National Park decal, 1937, octagon-shaped, blue and white, with an image of a mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 223
  Caption: "Motor Railroad Car.," c. 1905-1909. Shows a trolley car or railcar labeled "U.S. Mail 333."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 163
  No Caption: A view of the large crowds surrounding an enormous United States flag and the Spanish-American War Memorial (Douglas Tildon, sculptor) at the Portola Festival of 1909. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 289
  Caption: "Market St, S.F," c. 1908. A view of San Francisco's Market Street at night. Electric lights are strung along the length of the street, ending at the Ferry Building, which is also decorated with electric lights.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 111
  Caption: "State St. Chicago.," c. 1925. A busy street scene with people, cars and trollies.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 239
  Caption: "Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, on the Colorado River.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 042
  Caption: "Court of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-030.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 170
  Caption: "Buddha" statue within the Japan Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-145.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 101
  Caption: "Alligator Farm -- Miami -- Florida. July 1, 1934." View of a holding pen at an alligator farm, with over a dozen alligators sunbathing.