Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 113
  No Caption: Two unidentified people standing before a building at an unidentified location, likely the Alhambra Springs of Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 238
  Caption: "Street Scene, San Jose," c. 1910. A horse-drawn carriage and several pedestrians can be seen in the distance along a palm-lined street in San Jose.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 060
  Caption: "Angel Terrace," c. 1923. Dead trees around Angel Terrace, along the upper terrace loop of Mammoth Hot Springs.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 119
  Caption: "Western Arch," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-097.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 247
  Caption: "Model Orange Orchard P.C. Exposition, San Diego, Cal."
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 177
  Caption: "Erected by the Women's Club of Richmond Va. Fredericksburg. VA. July 21, 1934." View of the Aquia Crucifix Monument in Virginia's Stafford County. Erected in 1930, the monument consists of a crucifix atop a stone marker with a plaque.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 299
  Caption: "State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 3, 1934." View of Utah's State Capitol Building, designed by Richard K.A. Kletting and built between 1912 and 1916.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 072
  Caption: "Botanical Garden Building - San Diego Exposition," 1935, shows the Botanical Building and Conservatory with reflecting pool that featured lilies, begonias, fuchsias, and a variety of ferns at the California-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 198
  Caption: "The Monarch Lead, Zinc, and Silver Mine - B.C. Canada. The workmen change shifts by crossing a deep canyon in the buckets that are used to transport the ore from the mine to the rock crushers. Note the arrows indicating mine operations on the cliff," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 325
  No Caption: Two girls riding a pony with another girl standing beside them at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 082
  Caption: "Educational Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 044
  Caption: "Healdsburg Court House," Captioned incorrectly, this is actually the Healdsburg City Hall, built in 1886.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 302
  No caption, c. 1915. Unidentified child pulling another unidentified, smaller child in a wagon.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 004
  No Caption: People near the gazebo at Echo Park, Los Angles, c. 1910.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 008
  Caption: "Fort Worden when the snow has come. Greetings from Port Townsend - Wash." and "Photo by P.M. Richardson, 1910." This postcard shows an overview of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898, and 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 08, Photograph 132
  No Caption: View of a portion of the fairgrounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, showing elegantly attired fairgoers strolling pathways and resting on benches. 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 441
  Caption: "One of the many grand residences in Chapultepec Heights, Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 173
  Caption: "Fort Casey Lighthouse.," c. 1909. Located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, the Admiralty Head Lighthouse was built overlooking Admiralty Inlet in 1903. It replaced an earlier structure that had to be moved in 1890 to accommodate the construction of Fort Casey. The second lighthouse, shown here, was built with thick walls in order to withstand earthquakes and the concussion of guns at Fort Casey. Deactivated in 1922, the lighthouse has since been restored by Washington State Parks, and is part of the Fort Casey State Park.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 114
  No Caption: Three unidentified people standing before a building at an unidentified location, likely the Alhambra Springs of Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 239
  Caption: "San Jose Court House Damaged by the Quake," c. 1906. A view of the San Jose Courthouse (left), and Hall of Records, which sustained some damage seen along the roofline, as a result of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 061
  Caption: "American Eagle in Yellowstone Museum," c. 1923. A taxidermized bald eagle perched on a branch, one of the exhibits at a museum housed within the Yellowstone Information Office.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 189
  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 316
  Caption: "Yosemite Falls - View From Ledge Trail," c. 1917. Yosemite Falls in the distance, as seen from across the valley on the Ledge Trail above Half Dome Village. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 120
  Caption: "Colonnades," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-098.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 248
  Caption: "Music Stand PC. Expo. San Diego, Cal. July 18, 1915," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 178
  Caption: "George Washingtons [sic] Home, Mt. Vernon, Virginia. July 22, 1934." View of Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Built between 1758 and 1778, the Palladian-style mansion is now owned in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and open to the public.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 300
  Caption: "Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City." View of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Truman O. Angell, architect) in Salt Lake City, Utah, dedicated in 1893. Portions of the surrounding areas of Salt Lake City can be seen in the background. See also 96-07-08-alb05-245.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 073
  Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts-San Diego Exposition," 1935. Grace is seen here resting before the Palace of Fine Arts at the California-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 199
  Caption: "Kicking Horse River Highway - Yoho National Park. British Columbia, Canada," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 326
  No Caption: An unidentified California Indian man standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark, and wearing a feather headdress, feather skirt, beads, and moccasins, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 083
  Caption: "Fountain of El Dorado" (Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor), within the West Colonnade of the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 045
  Caption: "Russian River," c. 1925. View of a locomotive traversing the Healdsburg Railroad Bridge over the Russian River. The bottom portion of the Healdsburg Memorial Bridge, built in 1921, can be seen downstream of the Railroad Bridge.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 303
  Caption: "Chino Calif.," c. 1915. Unidentified child pulling another unidentified, smaller child in a wagon in front of a Craftsman-style residence.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 005
  No Caption: An unidentified man seen standing on a foot bridge at Echo Park, Los Angeles, c. 1910.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 009
  Caption: "No. 9 Firing 12 inch Rifle, Fort near Pt. Townsend, Washington." Photographer and date unknown, likely c. 1910. This postcard shows a 12-inch coastal defense gun firing from a barbette.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 133
  No Caption: This postcard shows a view of the façade of the Government 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 442
  Caption" A residence in Chapultepec Heights - Mexico City."
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 174
  Caption: "Fort Casey Washington," c. 1909. Overview of several buildings at Fort Casey, located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897. Fort Casey 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 area is now a state park.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 115
  Caption: "On the Sacramento River," c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 240
  Caption: "San Jose City Hall," c. 1905, (Theodore Lenzen, Architect), was built in 1889 with a budget of $150,000. The brick and terracotta structure was demolished and replaced in 1958.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 062
  Caption: "Yellowstone Museum," c. 1923. Two horse-drawn stages, at least one of which was operated by the Yellowstone-Western Stage Company, parked in front of the Yellowstone Information Office, which also housed a museum.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 121
  Caption: "Statues of," shows the Fountain of Summer (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-099 and 96-07-08-alb03-032.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 249
  Caption: "The Isthmus Panama California Exposition July 18, 1915," shows a façade of the USS Isthmus where the "War of the Worlds" science fiction extravaganza was presented, which depicted the future destruction of New York City.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 052
  Caption: "Saint Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana. June 16, 1934." St. Louis Cathedral anchors one end of Jackson Square in New Orleans' French Quarter. The structure of the cathedral largely dates to the 1850 restoration and expansion of an older cathedral built on the site in 1793. Very little of the older church survived, although the central bell tower (added on to the older church in 1819) was reused in the new structure and is still extant today. A statue of Andrew Jackson mounted on a rearing horse (Clark Mills, sculptor) stands in the square in front of the cathedral. The sculpture was erected in 1856. See also 96-07-08-alb09-231.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 074
  Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Expo.," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 200
  Caption: "Yoho National Park - British Columbia, Canada. Switchback in the highway. 200 ft. climb in 1/3 mile," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 327
  No Caption: An unidentified California Indian woman standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 084
  Caption: "South Gardens," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 304
  Caption: "Casa Del Rey -- Santa Cruz.," c. 1911. View of the resort hotel known as Casa del Rey, built in 1911 in Santa Cruz. The hotel operated until sustaining significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The building was subsequently demolished.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 006
  Caption: "Conservatory Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. shows several people about, and a groundskeeper working with plantings, San Francisco, c. 1910.