Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 115
  Caption: "Presidio Nursery," shows gardens and "Presidio" spelled out in flowers, San Francisco, c. 1907.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 118
  Caption: "Sea Side, Oregon.," undated. View of a beach along the Oregon coastline, with a rocky cliffs and ocean waves breaking.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 426
  Caption: "Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Mexico."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 222
  Caption: "Entering The Redwoods, Mt Tamalpais RR," c. 1907. A view of the Muir Woods Railway tracks, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 172
  Caption: "Daybreak Beach." Beach scene in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island. A gazebo stands at the edge of the cliff leading down to the beach.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 103
  Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-085.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 231
  Caption: "Broadway, San Diego," c. 1915, one of the city's main thoroughfares.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 034
  Caption: "Carlsbad Caverns -- Inside Looking Out, May, 30, 34." View looking out of the mouth of Carlsbad Cavern, a series of natural underground chambers including the "Big Room," the fifth-largest such chamber in North America with a length of 1,000 feet, a width of 625 feet, and a maximum height of 255 feet. The site was named Carlsbad Cave National Monument in 1923, and declared Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 1930.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 283
  Caption: "Union Pacific Streamline Train. Chicago Fair. Sept. 22, 1934." View of the engine on the Union Pacific's new M-10000, on exhibit at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The M-10000 was the first lightweight express passenger train powered by an internal combustion engine in the U.S. The train went on an exhibition tour of the US in 1934, which included a stop at the Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 309
  No Caption: Two California Indian children standing before a wigwam at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 066
  Caption: "Fountain of the Earth Views," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), in the Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 116
  Caption: "Japanese Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," San Francisco, c. 1907. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the still existing Japanese Tea Garden is now the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 119
  Caption: "Rocky Beach, Sea Side, Oregon.," undated. View of a rocky cliff along a beach in Oregon, with a tunnel carved out by wave action and rubble at the base of the cliff.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 242
  Caption: "In Tiajuana [sic], Mexico.," c. 1905. Street scene in Tijuana, showing several buildings with false fronts along a dirt road.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 427
  Caption: "Xochimilco - Floating Gardens - the Mexican Venice."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 099
  Caption: "Overland Limited making 50 miles per hour," c. 1906, shows an unidentified man observing a train in motion at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 223
  Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun." Two unidentified men sit on a 6" disappearing gun at an unidentified location. The disappearing guns were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports, primarily during the first half of the twentieth century.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 173
  No caption. An unidentified man poses in the drivers seat of an automobile while two unidentified boys sit on the car's running boards.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 104
  No Caption: Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-086
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 232
  Caption: "Coronado Hotel," c. 1915, shows the luxury seaside resort in San Diego County, founded by Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story, and built in 1888. The hotel was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. See also 96-07-08-alb01-150.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 035
  Caption: "Houston Court House -- Houston Tex. June 7, 34." View of the Harris County Courthouse, a neoclassical building constructed in 1910 and designed by Dallas architectural firm Lang & Witchell. It was the fifth courthouse to be built on the site.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 162
  Caption: "Negro Boys Dancing, Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Population is 50% Negroes, July 15, 34." A group of young boys of various ages show off their dancing skills along a country road. According to census information available online, the population of Savannah in 1930 consisted of 54.2% white, 45.7% black.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 284
  Caption: "Chicago Fair Grounds at Night. Sept. 22, 1934." View of a portion of the Century of Progress Exposition as seen at night. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 057
  Caption: "Arizona Grand Canyon and Colorado River," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 183
  Caption: "Eighth Avenue - Calgary - Alberta -Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 310
  No Caption: Three California Indian children standing before a wigwam, one in traditional clothing, at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 067
  Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 287
  No caption, c. 1910. View of the California State Capitol Building. Trees obscure much of the building.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 117
  Caption: "Sutro Baths S.F.," c. 1910. Interior shot of the Sutro Baths, north of the Cliff House. 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. See also 96-07-08-alb02-023.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 120
  Caption: "Fair Grounds in 1904, Portland, Or." Bird's eye view of the fair grounds in Portland, Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 243
  No Caption: undated. View of a locomotive pulling a passenger train in an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 428
  Caption: "The Zocalo and the Cathedral dating from 1573 - Mexico City. Plaza de la Costitucion [sic]."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 158
  No caption, c. 1906. Unidentified woman in dark-colored dress with fur muff and stole, standing on grassy hill with ocean or lake in background.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 100
  Caption: "Pump Room and Boiler House," c. 1906, shows four unidentified men standing in the pump room and boiler house at the Crockett Sugar Mill.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 301
  Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]," c. 1917. The Merced River tumbles over boulders downstream of the 317-foot tall cascade of Vernal Fall.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 105
  Caption: "Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 233
  Caption: "Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, July 18, 1915," shows a view of the exposition in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 036
  Caption: "Sam Houston Monument -- Houston Tex. June 8, 34." View of the San Houston Monument, a twenty-foot-tall bronze sculpture designed by Enrico Cerracchio and dedicated in 1925. The sculpture commemorates Sam Houston, a prominent soldier and politician who served as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas before its annexation to the U.S. Houston also served as Governor of Texas and as a U.S. Senator for both Texas and Tennessee.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 163
  Caption: "Cypress Forest, Society Hill, South Carolina. July 16, 1934." A grove of cypress trees near the town of Society Hill.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 285
  Caption: "Chicago Fair, Sept. 23, 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 058
  Caption: "Puablo [sic] Indian Mother and Child, Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows a Pueblo Indian mother with three children.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 311
  No Caption: The Ahwahnee Hotel opened in 1927. The rustic design (Gilbert Stanley Underwood, architect) is often described as "parkitecture," meaning it is meant to match its surroundings, like many structures in National Parks built in that era. The hotel was renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel in 2016.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 068
  No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 288
  Caption: "Court House -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the second courthouse built by San Diego County, completed in 1889. Designed by architectural firm Cornstock & Trotsche of San Francisco, this elaborate building featured a bell and clock tower, statues of four presidents, and 42 stained-glass windows honoring each state in the Union at the time of installation. The tower was removed in 1939. Twenty years later, the entire building was demolished in favor of a newer facility.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 118
  Caption: "Fort Point S.F." c. 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb06-009 with caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate." A view of Fort Point in the foreground, with ships in the bay. Fort Point was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861 of brick and mortar, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 121
  No Caption: View of the entryway to 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 08, Photograph 244
  Caption: "Twelve Inch Guns," undated. View of the barrel of a 12-inch heavy artillery gun.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 428a
  No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing the Cathedral and Chapultepec Castle and Park in Mexico City.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 159
  Caption: "Veu-Deleu [sic] Santa Cruz," c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with waves and high spray, with various structures on a promontory in the distance. 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. See also 96-07-08-alb08-193.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 302
  Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]," c. 1917. Closeup view of Vernal Fall, a 317-foot waterfall on the Merced River, downstream of Nevada Fall.