Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 235
  Caption: "Main Entrance, 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 057
  Caption: "Jupiter Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. Jupiter Terrace is part of the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. A group of riding horses is seen at lower left, and a road flanks what appear to be observation points at the bottom right.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 185
  No caption. Two unidentified boys hugging a dog in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 312
  Caption: "Sierra Summit Scene - Tioga Pass," c. 1917. Patches of snow litter the walls of Tioga Pass, while a small stream cascades down the hillside. California State Route 120 runs through the pass, providing an eastern entry into Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 116
  No Caption: Court of Abundance, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-094.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 244
  Caption: "California Building. P.C. Exp. San Diego. July 18, 1915," shows the Cabrillo Bridge to the entryway of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, with the California Building on the right. See also 96-07-08-alb01-164.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 047
  Caption: "Mississippi River Ferry -- New Orleans, June 14, 34." A ferry owned by the Bisso family carrying automobiles and their owners across the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Ferries were extremely important to commerce and other activities along the Mississippi River before the construction of bridges capable of carrying automobile traffic.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 296
  Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near Evanston, Wyoming. Oct. 2, 1934." Automobile parked along a narrow road, flanked on one side by brush and trees in a field, and on the other by steep rocky bluffs.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 069
  Caption: "House of Charm - San Diego Exposition," 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 195
  Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Alberta, 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 322
  Caption: "Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 041
  No caption, undated. Image of small, man-made waterfall flowing into a pool made of rocks, apparently in a garden or park.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 005
  Caption: "FAIR BUILDING, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1901-1907. View of an exhibition building with multiple turrets and flags, constructed in Oak Bay (near Victoria) circa 1891. Designed by Cornelius Soule, the building was destroyed by fire in 1907.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 255
  Caption: "U. S. 12" Mortar Dismounted." View of the barrel of a 12-inch mortar, dismounted from its carriage and set upon a tower made of lumber.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 438
  No Caption: An unidentified woman wearing a marching band costume.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 170
  Caption: "Fort Worden Wash.," c. 1909. Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898. By 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the State of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 236
  Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c.1910. Stow Lake is a man-made lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 186
  No caption. Two unidentified men laughing as they pose in grass skirts and long-haired wigs while holding a mandolin and ukulele, in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 117
  Caption: "End of the Trail," (James Earl Fraser, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-095.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 245
  Caption: "Promenade. Panama California Exposition. San Diego," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-152.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 048
  Caption: "Canal Street -- New Orleans, June 14, 34." Street scene along Canal Street in New Orleans.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 175
  Caption: "Post Office, Richmond, Virginia, July 21, 1934." View of the Richmond Custom House and Post Office. The Custom House, the first federal building in Richmond, was designed by Ammi Burnham Young in 1858. The post office was located on the first floor (for easy access by citizens), the custom house occupied the second floor, and the third floor held a federal courtroom. The building was expanded between 1887 and 1889 to include two short wings on either side of the facade. A story was added to the building in 1910, and wings added in 1910 and 1930, so that now the building occupies the entire block.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 297
  Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near Evanston, Wyoming. Near Wyoming and Utah State Line. Oct. 2, 1934." A narrow road twists into the distance, flanked on one side by bottomland along a river or stream, and on the other by dramatic, steep, rocky bluffs.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 070
  Caption: "Night Scene - San Diego Exposition," 1935, a night scene at San Diego's California-Pacific International Exposition shows the Arch of the Future with its multi-colored lights built within the Plaza del Pacifico.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 196
  Caption: "Kicking Horse Pass or Great Divide - Line dividing Banff Natl. Park, Alberta and Yoho Natl. Park, B.C.. Alt. 5332 FT. July," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 323
  No Caption: An unidentified California Indian woman wearing a long skirt and shawl, and carrying a small pail at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 080
  Caption: "Avenue of Progress," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 042
  Caption: "Crockett Park," c. 1905-1906. Scene in a park in Crockett, California, showing a landscaped hill with flowers or rocks arranged to depict the California State Flag.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 300
  Caption: "San Diego Fair Grounds." and "39-6, 3,400 Men, Naval Training Station, Balboa Park, San Diego Cal.," c. 1917. With the advent of World War I, the U.S. Navy needed additional training grounds for sailors. In 1917, the City of San Diego offered to lease the Navy a portion of Balboa Park as a temporary training site until a new, more permanent facility could be constructed. This postcard shows 3,400 sailors lined up to form a Navy flag while at the temporary training ground.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 002
  Caption: "State Capitol, Sacramento," c. 1910. The Capitol building in Sacramento, California. Located on the west end of Capitol Park, the neoclassical building's construction began in 1860 and was completed in 1874. It houses the state legislature and offices of the governor. The capitol and grounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as a California Historical Landmark in 1974.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 130
  No Caption: View of a garden 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 08, Photograph 256
  Caption: "Tally Ho Ride, San Diego.," c. 1905. Group of unidentified people in a horse-drawn wagon, with fringed cover. The wagon has "Kelly's Tally-Ho, Cor. 3rd & F Sts." written on one corner.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 171
  Caption: "Scene at Fort Canby, Wash.," c. 1909. Overview of jetty and wharf facilities jutting out from the shoreline near Fort Canby in the state of Washington. See also 96-07-08-alb05-231.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 237
  Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 059
  Caption: "Jupiter Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs," 1923. Jupiter Terrace is part of the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 187
  No caption. Unidentified woman and boy sitting in a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 314
  Caption: "Bridal Veil Falls [sic]," c. 2017. The 617-foot-tall Bridalveil Fall, one of the iconic natural wonders of Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 118
  Caption: "The Pioneer," (Solon Borglum, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-096.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 246
  Caption: "Interior of California Building, P.C. Expo. San Diego, July 18, 1915," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-153.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 049
  Caption: "New Orleans Ferry to Angiers [sic] June 15, 34." Ferry New Orleans getting ready for a trip to Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (now one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans). Ferries were critical to the movement of people and freight between the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for more than a century. There are still several that serve the New Orleans area.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 176
  Caption: "Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. July, [sic] 21, 1934." View of a wide thoroughfare, with a grass median, lined by trees.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 298
  Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near State Line East of Salt Lake City. Trees are Scarce in the Rockies. Oct. 2, 1934." Automobile parked along a road, with train tracks on one side and dramatic, steep, rocky bluffs on the other.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 071
  Caption: "Colonades [sic] - San Diego Exposition," 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 197
  Caption: "Cathedral Mountain - Yoho National Park - B.C. Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 324
  No Caption: Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 081
  Caption: "Court of Palms," with reflecting pool, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 043
  No caption, c. 1925. View of the RMS Franconia, an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She launched in October 1922, operating on the route between Liverpool and New York in the summers, and as a world cruise ship in the winters. The Franconia was requisitioned as a troop ship during World War II, then returned to the Cunard Line until being retired in 1956.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 301
  Caption: "San Diego Fair Grounds." and "39-9, U.S. Naval Training Station, Balboa Park, San Diego," c. 1917. With the advent of World War I, the U.S. Navy needed additional training grounds for sailors. In 1917, the City of San Diego offered to lease the Navy a portion of Balboa Park as a temporary training site until a new, more permanent facility could be constructed. This postcard shows groups of sailors drilling in formation while a small crowd watches.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 257
  Caption: "Bull Fight, Tiajuana [sic], Mexico." Image is dominated by bull in foreground, with several banderillas (short, barbed sticks) in place on his shoulders. Spectators watch from a ring of seats. A paper image of an unidentified matador is also placed in the album at this location.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 172
  Caption: "Retracting 6 inch Gun.," c. 1909. View of crew installing coastal defense weaponry. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.