Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 062
  Caption: "Central Street, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Population 51,000," c. 1935 shows a busy street scene in Phoenix, Arizona.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 188
  Caption: "Lake Louise - Victoria Glaciers in the distance," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 072
  Caption: "Pensylvania [sic] Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 034
  Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 079
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-080 with caption: "City Park - Port Townsend." c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 001
  Caption: "Government building, Victoria, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria. Designed by Francis Rattenbury, the construction began on the complex in 1893 and finished four years later. The buildings were first used in 1898.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 123
  No Caption: View of the Government Building, neighboring buildings, and Geyser Basin at 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. For instance, Geyser Basin became Drumheller Fountain, now at a slightly different location.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 248
  Caption: "Smashing the Target." and "(8) June 19 -- [illegible]." Image of a plume of water presumably caused by an artillery shell during target practice on an ocean or lake. The date is illegible (mostly cut off).
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 432
  Caption: "National Palace - housing the Presidents [sic] executive offices."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 163
  Caption: "Golden Gate Park -- Portals of the Past," c. 1910. A monument in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on the shores of Lloyd Lake, consisting of a white marble archway and columns. The archway was originally part of the Nob Hill mansion belonging to railroad tycoon Alban Towne. The mansion was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, but the entryway still stood. It was moved to the shore of Lloyd Lake in 1909, as a memorial to the pre-1906 city.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 110
  No Caption: shows the Fountain of the Rising Sun,(Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor) in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 041
  Caption: "Atchafalay [sic] River Bridge -- Morgan City, LA. June 13, 1934." The Long-Allen Bridge spans the Atchafalaya River between Morgan City and Berwick, in Louisiana. The through truss bridge opened in 1933.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 290
  Caption: "A Nebraska Corn Bin, Many of These are Seen in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. Sept. 27, 1934." A simple corn crib in Nebraska, where the corn ears are contained by wire fencing and sheltered by a gabled roof.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 063
  Caption: "Indian Hut Made from Adobe and Bush Branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation - Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. View of a small adobe building with a porch area across the length of the façade. The porch is sheltered by a low roof supported by tree trunks or thick tree branches and thatched with grass or sticks. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 189
  Caption: "Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935, shows the luxury Chateau Lake Louise Hotel in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 073
  Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 035
  Caption: "Ferry Boat Contra Costa," c. 1920. Built in 1914, the Contra Costa ferried locomotives and train cars across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa. The largest rail ferry ever built, the Contra Costa operated until the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge opened in 1930. She made the crossing as many as 52 times in 24 hours.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 080
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-217 with 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 US 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.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 002
  Caption: "Steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA at Vancouver [sic] dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. The Princess Victoria was constructed in 1902 by England's C.S. Swan and Hunter Company shipyards. The luxury passenger ship was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on routes between Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle in Washington until she was sold in 1951 to an oil carrier. Shortly thereafter, in 1953, she struck a rock and sank.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 123a
  No Caption: White ribbon commemorating Seattle Day at 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. Several buildings constructed for the exposition now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 432a
  No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing the National Palace in Mexico City.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 164
  Caption: "On Strawberry Hill. Golden Gate Park.," c. 1910. Image of small waterfall and pond on Strawberry Hill. This hill rises above Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, surrounded by the man-made Stow Lake.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 111
  Caption: "Fountain - Rising Sun," (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-089.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 239
  No Caption: see also 96-07-08-alb01-160, with the caption: "Cabrilla [sic] Bridge." Built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, the Cabrillo Bridge continues to provide access between Balboa Park and the uptown area of San Diego.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 042
  Caption: "A Louisiana Plantation Home. June 13, 34." A single-story residence featuring a long porch with paired columns, set back from the road. Picturesque trees dripping with Spanish moss bracket the home.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 169
  Caption: "Negro Home and Family, Hardeeville, South Carolina, July 16, 1934." Unidentified woman posing with several children in front of a small home. Another woman can be glimpsed seated on the porch of the home in the background.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 291
  Caption: "On the Extensive Plains of Nebraska. Sept. 28, 1934." Automobile parked on the side of a highway stretching in to the distance, flanked by fields.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 064
  Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 190
  Caption: "Victoria Glaciers at Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 317
  No Caption: An unidentified young girl riding a donkey at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 074
  No Caption: California Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 294
  No caption, c. 1910. Unidentified woman holding a baby while standing in a park or garden.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 081
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb05-199 with caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," at unidentified location, c. 1905.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 433
  Caption: "Office buildings and stores at the Zocalo - Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 053
  Caption: "Gibbons Falls," c. 1923. Yellowstone National Park's Gibbon Falls is located on the Gibbon River. The falls drop roughly eighty-four feet in a gradual descent.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 181
  No caption. Young unidentified boy seated on a horse saddled with English tack in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 112
  Caption: "Fountain - Setting Sun," or Descending Night (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-090.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 240
  Caption: "Cabrilla [sic] Bridge. P.C. Exp. San Diego. July 18, 1915," Built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, the Cabrillo Bridge continues to provide access between Balboa Park and the uptown area of San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-161.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 043
  Caption: "Louisiana Negro Bungalows, June 14, 34." An unidentified African-American family sits on the front porch of a small home sided with wood planks. A row of similar structures can be seen to the right.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 170
  Caption: "Hardeeville, S.C. July 16, 1934." Four unidentified white children posing with an unidentified African-American woman, possibly their nanny, given the manner of dress of all parties.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 292
  Caption: "State Capitol, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sept. 29, 1934". Wyoming's State Capitol Building in Cheyenne was built between 1886 and 1890. Designed by the architectural firm David W. Gibbs & Company, the building features Renaissance Revival styling and elements.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 065
  Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 191
  Caption: "Victoria Glaciers at Lake Louise - Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 318
  Caption: "Mariposa Grove big redwood tree, California. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 075
  Caption: "Yacht Harbor," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 037
  Caption: "Benicia Cal," c. 1905-1906. Group of eight unidentified people posing around a cannon.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 295
  No caption, c. 1910. Unidentified man leaning against tree.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 125
  No Caption: This postcard shows a 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-alb05-212.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 251
  No Caption: undated. View of train tracks, carried on a levee or jetty, disappearing into the distance, with water on either side.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 434
  Caption: "View of the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma with a portion of Mexico City on the left. Photo taken from the Columna de Independencia."