Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 205
  Caption: "Santa Barbara Mission", c. 1910. View of Mission Santa Barbara, established by Spanish Franciscan monks in 1786. See also 96-07-08-alb05-296.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 010
  Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Section of Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 135
  Caption: "Palm Beach -- View from Beach. July 8, 1934." View of Palm Beach's skyline and waterfront from a beach across the harbor.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 259
  Caption: "Civic Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1934." View of a busy intersection in Cleveland's Civic Center, a district housing several governmental buildings.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 157
  Caption: "Mount Reynolds - Logan Pass - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 283
  No Caption: A view of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 040
  Caption: " Court of the Universe - Looking East," with Fountain of the Setting Sun, or Descending Night (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 130
  Caption: "Portion of Interior. Fort Point.," c. 1906. View of arched colonnades on ground and middle floors of Fort Point, and an upper tier with barbettes for the future installation of heavy artillery coastal defense weapons. The facilities at Fort Point were 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, but in 1886 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 090
  Caption: "Refugee Hut," shows four people standing in the doorway of a hut built after the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 093
  No Caption: c. 1910. Train crossing trestle in Siskiyou Mountains in northern California or southern Oregon. Smoke obscures the forward cars of the train, presumably from the locomotive. See also 96-07-08-alb05-184.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 216
  Caption: "The Bennington Funeral." Shows several wagons loaded with caskets covered with American flags. This was the funeral procession for the victims of the USS Bennington's boiler explosion, which killed 66 of her crew on July 21, 1905. Solemn citizens line the roadway.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 030
  No Caption: Shows a group of adult African lions in a enclosed area of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles. Charles and Muriel Gay opened the farm in 1925 and operated it until 1942 as a popular tourist attraction where lions were selectively bred and trained for the Hollywood film industry. It was closed during WWII due to wartime meat shortages, and the lions were loaned to zoos around the country, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 405
  Caption: "Cathedral San Miguel - Puebla. Easter Sunday, Mexico April 17th 1938," opened in 1690.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 260
  Caption: "Fairmount [sic] Hotel - S.F.," C. 1906. View of the Fairmont Hotel, a luxury hotel in San Francisco. Although construction was mostly finished in 1906, the advent of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of that year damaged the hotel's interior and delayed opening until 1907. It was the first hotel in what is now the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. In 1945, the San Francisco hotel was host to an international conference that culminated in the formation of the United Nations.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 197
  Caption: "Building up on Market Street," c. 1907. A view of Market Street repairs one year after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 020
  Caption: "Bear & Cub - In Yellowstone," c. 1923. A bear and her cub cross a road or trail in Yellowstone National Park.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 147
  Caption: "Broadyay [sic] from Roof of Woolworth Bldg N.Y.," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of New York City's Broadway, and surrounding skyscrapers.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 078
  Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-061.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 206
  Caption: "Street Scene-Los Angeles," c. 1915. Shows an unidentified busy street scene in Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 011
  Caption: "City Hall, Pasadena, Cal. May 18, 1934." View of Pasadena's City Hall, designed by San Francisco firm Bakewell and Brown. Built in 1927, the building reflects the City Beautiful movement of that decade.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 260
  Caption: "Cleveland. View from Terminal Building. Ohio. Sept. 12, 34." Bird's eye view of a portion of Cleveland's downtown, as seen from the Terminal Tower.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 158
  Caption: "Livingston Mountains - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 284
  Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]- Yosemite Park," c. 1935. A view of Vernal fall at Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 041
  Caption: " Court of the Universe - Colonnades," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 003
  Caption: "San Francisco -- 1906." Overview of San Francisco before the earthquake and fire of April 1906.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 047
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-193, with caption: "Fillmore St. Dec. 10, 1906." A view of a flooded Fillmore Street in San Francisco during the winter of 1906.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 091
  Caption: "Santa Fe Trestle, Alhambra Valley," Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 217
  Caption: "Last Rites." Shows a grave site with dozens of caskets ready for burial. A priest and two altar boys stand at one side of the caskets, while a large group of U.S. Navy sailors looks on from the other side. While sailing from port in San Diego on the morning of July 21, 1905, the boiler of the USS Bennington exploded, killing sixty-six of her crew. The victims were laid to rest in the cemetery at Fort Rosecrans. See also 96-07-08-alb05-142 and 96-07-08-alb08-222.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 031
  No Caption: Seven adult lions perform at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 406
  Caption: "Interior of chapel - Templo de Santa Domingo - Puebla, Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 261
  Caption: "Camp Life -- Chino Calif." Four unidentified children (including a baby) playing on a bed under a tree in a garden or yard.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 199
  Caption: "Examiner Cartoon" (Robert Caster, Cartoonist) c. 1906. A rendering of a giant and fierce grizzly bear labeled with "San Francisco" on its side, standing on a hillside, with three arrows in its hide, tagged with the words: "Earthquake," "Fire," and "Famine.," with the word "Undaunted!" above.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Constant Geyser," c. 1923. Three unidentified people circle Constant Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, so named for its frequent eruptions.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 079
  Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-079.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 207
  Caption: "Court House - Los Angeles." c. 1915-1920. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, also known as the Red Sandstone Courthouse, was completed in 1891. Located at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, the courthouse was damaged beyond repair by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and demolished in 1936. To the left of the courthouse stands the Hall of Records, built in 1911 and used, along with other buildings, as the county courthouse from 1934 until 1959, when the current courthouse was occupied. The Hall of Records was demolished in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb01-147.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 012
  Caption: "Colorado St. Main Thoroughfare of Pasadena, May 18, 1934." Scene on Colorado Street in Pasadena.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 261
  Caption: "Lake Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 12, 1934." Street scene along Cleveland's Lake Avenue. The roadway is lined by trees and grassy verges.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 159
  Caption: "Steam shovel removing snow slide from highway. Logan Pass Summit - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 285
  Caption: "Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 042
  No Caption: Court of the Universe with collonnades and arch, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 004
  Caption: "Market St. San Francisco -- 1906." Street scene of Market Street in San Francisco before the earthquake and fire of April 1906.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 132
  Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1906. Unidentified man leaning on a railing made of tree branches, with palm trees and other vegetation in the background. Echo Lake Park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 092
  Caption: "Stockton Asylum Grounds," Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 095
  Caption: "Hole in the Wall; La Conner, Wash.," c. 1905. This postcard shows a view of the "Hole in the Wall," a narrow gap between Puget Sound's Swinomish Channel and Skagit Bay, near La Conner, Washington.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 218
  Caption: "CHICAGO BOYS LANDING AT FORT ROSECRANS." View of US Navy sailors coming ashore at Fort Rosecrans. The flagship of the US fleet in the Pacific at the time, the USS Chicago was called to the fort after a boiler explosion on the USS Bennington killed sixty-six and wounded dozens more. A board of inquiry into the cause of the explosion was convened on board the Chicago. The board found that no error on the part of the Bennington's crew contributed to the explosion.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 032
  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. No Caption: From a postcard of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte showing Charles Gay riding "Pluto," an adult African Lion, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 407
  Caption: "Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938. Immense 6 foot diameter bell. San Miguel Cathedral, Puebla, Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 262
  Caption: "Chino Calif." Four unidentified children, including a baby, playing on a bed under a tree in a yard or garden.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 200
  Caption: "Rebuilding Market St., Fourth & Market," c.1906. A view of the rebuilding efforts on Market Street after the 1906 earthquake.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 276
  Caption: "Foot Bridge," c. 1917. A pedestrian bridge spans the Merced River as it tumbles over and through chunks of granite and rock in Yosemite National Park.