Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 166
  Caption: "Tea Garden -- Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 182
  Caption: "Devil On Wheels," c. 1925. Unidentified person in a devil costume posing on a bicycle in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 113
  Caption: "Beauty and the Beast Fountain," (Edgar Walter, sculptor), in the Court of Flowers at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-091.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 241
  Caption: "La Laguna Espejada or Mirror Pool. P.C. Exp. San Diego," shows the reflecting pool at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-162.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 044
  Caption: "Negro Woman and Son -- Morgan City -- Louisiana, June 13, 1934." Unidentified African-American woman and young man along a road in Morgan City. The woman is carrying a pail on her head, while the young man is carrying two wood planks.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 171
  Caption: "Street Scene, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 19, 1934." Busy street in Raleigh, lined with parked cars. The dome and columned entryway of North Carolina's Capitol can be seen in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 066
  Caption: "Broadway San Diego, San Diego Population 160,000," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 192
  Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 319
  Caption: "Yosemite Zip," c. 1935. This is possibly a postcard that shows a comical creature made with parts of pine cones, acorns, feathers, and nuts.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 076
  Caption: "Esplanade," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 038
  Caption: "Benicia-Martinez Ferry," c. 1913. View of the City of Seattle, a steam-powered ferry built in 1888. Purchased in 1913 by the Martinez and Benicia Ferry and Transportation Company, the City of Seattle served as a ferry between Benicia and Martinez until being requisitioned by the U.S. Navy in 1944.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 296
  Caption: "Santa Barbara Mission," c. 1910. View of Mission Santa Barbara, established by Spanish Franciscan monks in 1786.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 083
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-264 with caption: "U.S. Old Timers," at unidentified location, c. 1905.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003b
  No Caption: Canadian one-cent postage stamp commemorating the three-hundred year anniversary of the founding of Quebec in 1608. This stamp features portraits of Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, early explorers of Canada. Cartier was the first to claim Canada for the French crown in 1534, while Champlain founded New Canada and Quebec City in 1608.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 126
  No Caption: View of the Manufacturing Building 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.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 435
  Caption: "Avenida Paseo de la Reforma - apartment houses on the right. Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 167
  Caption: "Circus Parade -- Santa Rosa, Calif.," c. 1905. This image shows several elephants walking down a street in Santa Rosa, part of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 109
  Caption: "Carquinez Parlor, Crockett," c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 233
  Caption: "Stockton Court House," c. 1906, (E.E. Meyers, Architect). San Joaquin County Courthouse, Stockton, California. The neo-classical building was completed in 1890 and demolished in 1961 to may way for a new courthouse.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 183
  No caption. Two unidentified boys boxing in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 310
  Caption: "Bridal Veil [sic] Falls," c. 1917. A road winds through trees while Bridalveil Fall cascades down the south wall of Yosemite Valley in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 114
  Caption: "Genius of Creation Monument," (Daniel Chester French, sculptor), in the Avenue of Progress at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-092.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 242
  No Caption: Shows the reflecting pool at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-163, with caption: "La Laguna Espejada. P.C. Exp. San Diego July 18, 1915."
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 172
  Caption: "Hardeeville, 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 10, Photograph 067
  Caption: "Mission-San Diego," c. 1935, shows Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first of twenty-one missions built by the Spanish Franciscans, and founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 193
  Caption: "Lake Louise - View from the Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 320
  Caption: "Beezle Bill," c. 1935. This is possibly a postcard that shows a comical creature made with parts of pine cones, acorns, feathers, and nuts.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 297
  Caption: "Forbidden Garden -- Santa Barbara Mission," c. 1910. View of the gardens associated with Santa Barbara Mission. The gardens initially served as the location for instructing neophytes (Native American converts living at the mission) in trades and skills deemed necessary to life in European civilization. Later, the garden was used for meditation. The garden was often dubbed "forbidden" because it was closed to female visitors, as were many enclosures in active missions.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 084
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-263 with caption: "12" Gun, Gun Drill," at unidentified location, c. 1905.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003c
  No Caption: c. 1905. Canadian one-cent postage stamp bearing the image of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom from 1901-1910.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 436
  Caption: "Labor Day Parade, flag bearer Miss Felicitas Medrano. Mexico City, May 1, 1938."
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 110
  Caption: "A Crockett Society Picnic," c. 1906, shows a large group of unidentified men and women enjoying a picnic.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 234
  Caption: "Stockton Insane Asylum," 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 09, Photograph 184
  Caption: "The Boys & Kaiser." Two unidentified boys pose with boxing gloves while an older boy sits with a dog in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 115
  Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-093.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 243
  Caption: "California Counties Building P.C. Exp. San Diego," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 046
  Caption: "Mississippi River Bridge Under Construction, New Orleans, June 14, 1934." View of the Huey P. Long Bridge while under construction. The cantilevered steel through truss bridge, designed by Ralph Modjeski, spans the Mississippi River between Elmwood and Bridge City. It opened to traffic in 1935.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 295
  Caption: "Church Butte [sic], near Green River, Wyoming. Oct. 2, 1934." The Church Buttes in Wyoming consist of sandstone eroded by wind and weather into a butte approximately 1,000 feet in diameter and rising up to 100 feet above the surrounding valley floor. Located along the Overland Route used by emigrants to the West Coast, the formation gained additional notoriety for being a camp site for Brigham Young and the first Mormon party to head west, as well as a relay site for the Pony Express.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 068
  Caption: "Avenue of Palaces - San Diego Exposition," 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 194
  Caption: 'Victoria Glaciers above Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 321
  Caption: "Jimmy Seekoya," c. 1935. This is possibly a postcard that shows a comical creature made with parts of pine cones, acorns, feathers, and nuts.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 078
  Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 040
  Caption: "Crockett Calif," c. 1905-1906. Street scene in Crockett, California, in Contra Costa County. American flags appear on the buildings and arched gateway over the street, implying a celebration is at hand.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 298
  Caption: "Grant Hotel -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the U.S. Grant Hotel, built by the son of Ulysses S. Grant (Union General and 18th President of the U.S.), who named the hotel for his father. The building, designed by Harrison Albright, opened for business in October 1910.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 004
  Caption: "THE GORGE, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. View of the Gorge, a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The Gorge became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 128
  No Caption: View of the California Building 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. See also 96-07-08-alb05-214.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 254
  Caption: "U. S. 12" Mortars." View of three 12-inch mortars in firing position behind an earth and concrete embankment. Caps cover the barrel openings.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 437
  Caption: "Beautiful equestrian costumes -beautiful senoritas and escorts - a frequent Sunday morning sight - Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 169
  Caption: "Second Ave. Seattle.," c. 1915. Street scene, showing Seattle's Second Avenue. An electric streetcar and the Smith Tower can be seen in the distance, as well as the Hotel Savoy, the Vienna Café, and other businesses.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 111.0
  Caption: "Alhambra Springs," caption label only, refers to photographs 111 - 114 of album 6.