Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 298
  No Caption: Shows William McCarthy at the wheel and Grace beside him in an automobile on an unidentified dirt road, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 045
  Caption: "Court of the Universe," with Grace and William McCarthy standing before a fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-034.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000k
  Caption: "Western States Tour - Left San Francisco May 21, 1935, Returned Sept. 10, 1935 - Traveled 7,124 Mi. Note Dark Line." The California State Automobile Association map of the U.S. shows the route that William and Grace McCarthy took during their 1935 tour of the western states, including national parks.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 377
  Caption: "Entering the Tropic of Cancer, fifteen miles south of Victoria, Torrid Zone, Mexico," shows William McCarthy standing beside a sign reading: Tropico de Cancer.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 306
  Caption: "In The Asti Vineyards - In Days Gone By," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy posing in front of a giant sculpture of a wine bottle at the Italian Swiss Colony winery, Asti Vineyards, in the Alexander Valley in Sonoma County.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 066
  caption: "In Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (standing in the center) and four unidentified men with horse-and-buggies in the Gorge. The Gorge is a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The inlet became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 307
  Caption: "On Top of an Immense Wine Cistern," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy (on right) with three unidentified people, posing before an immense wine cistern at Asti Vineyards.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 132
  Caption: "Highway Beggar. Bears never refuse. Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 309
  Caption: "Armstrong," c. 1915, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing in the Armstrong Grove near Guerneville.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 133
  Caption: "Woodchuck gets a treat. Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding a woodchuck.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 310
  Caption: "Grove," c. 1915, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing in the Armstrong Grove near Guerneville.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 134
  Caption: "Feeding Bear - Yellowstone," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding a bear at Yellowstone National Park.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 311
  Caption: "Sacramento Causeway," c. 1916, shows Grace McCarthy at the wheel of an automobile, and William in the passenger seat, on the newly constructed Yolo Causeway, between Sacramento and Davis, California.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 312
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Office," c. 1915. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 238
  Caption: "Picturesque Connecticut Highway. U.S. No 1. Sept. 4, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a tree-lined highway. U.S. Route 1 is a north-south highway connecting the eastern seaboard from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 313
  No Caption: c. 1915, William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 137
  Caption: "Snow in July - Yellowstone," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding a bear next to a pile of snow.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 074
  Caption: "Port Townsend Autoists.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (second from the left) and three unidentified friends in an early, open-roofed automobile.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 139
  Caption: "Bruin stands for a bite," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding a bear, while another man looks on.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 265
  Caption: "Crater Lake, At Watchman Point," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy at Watchman Point, overlooking Crater Lake.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 075
  Caption: "Walther Home, Port Townsend.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (far left) with five unidentified friends in front of a residence in Port Townsend.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 392
  Caption: "Pan-American Highway monument marking the highway completion, July 1, 1936 Altitude 8209 feet. Highest point on route - 15 miles south of Octopan [sic], Mexico." Pictured is William McCarthy standing before the "Monument of Good Friendship (El Monumento de Buena Amistad), near Actopan, Mexico.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 132
  Caption: "St. Josephs Oratore [sic] - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a bronze statue of St. Joseph placed at the base of the hill upon which St. Joseph's Oratory is under construction. The statue, created by Alfred Laliberté, was erected in 1923.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 063
  Caption: "Motor Chairs," shows Grace and William McCarthy, and unidentified woman riding in an electric motor chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 064
  No Caption: shows Grace and William McCarthy, and unidentified woman riding in an electric motor chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 027
  Caption: "South Gardens," Grace and William McCarthy riding in an electric motor chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 203
  Caption: "INDIAN over 100 years old," c. 1905. Elderly man, possibly of Native American ethnicity, standing in front of a barn. Taken around 1905 in San Diego near the Old Mission, If William McCarthy's description is accurate, this person was born while California was under Spanish rule. Possibly of the Kumeyaay tribe, whose members had lived in the area long before the Spanish arrived, he may have lived and worked at Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego) or at a nearby Indian village.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 134
  Caption: "Mount Royal Park - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a horse and buggy at Montreal's Mount Royal Park.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 157
  Caption: "Varied Industries Building." William McCarthy is seen standing near the Varied Industries Building, with the California Building in the background, at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 019
  Caption: "Huntington Art Gallery Grounds-Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy standing in the gardens of the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, Los Angeles County.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 147
  Caption: "Angel Terrace, Mammoth Springs - Yellowstone Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy standing near the travertine (limestone) terrace.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 265
  Caption: "Driveway Through the Dead Giant - Tuolumne Grove - Yosemite," c. 1917. Grace (next to automobile) and William (far right) McCarthy pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman in the tunnel of "The Dead Giant," the remains of a giant sequoia in the Tuolumne Grove. The tunnel was cut into the trunk in 1878.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 066
  Caption: "Prof. C.F. Graber's Mandolin Club," c. 1905. Pictured is a large group of mandolin players entertaining an audience. William McCarthy can be seen seated in the second row (fifth from left, with mustache).
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 266
  Caption: "Arched Rock- Merced River Drive - Yosemite.," c. 1917. Grace and William McCarthy (to right of the car) pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman underneath the arched rock on what is now Highway 140, the El Portal Road. The area is now known as the Arched Rock Entrance to Yosemite Valley.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 067
  Caption: "Mechanics of Hendy Machine Works, 1894." The Joshua Hendy Machine Works operated in San Francisco until the facilities were destroyed by the 1906 earthquake. The company relocated to Sunnyvale, California, after the local government there enticed them with free land. William McCarthy can be seen standing (sixth from left) in the second from back row.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 151
  Caption: "Butte, Montana. In miner's suits after a 3,000 foot descent in the cage of Leonard Mine - Anaconda Copper Mining Co.," c. 1935, shows William and Grace McCarthy in miner's suits and helmets.
• McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 034
  Caption: "Court of the Universe," with William and Grace McCarthy standing before a fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 200
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Office," c. 1915. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 131
  Caption: "Sloppy Joes Bar, Havana July 4, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy (at the far right) having drinks with three unidentified men in Sloppy Joe's Bar, a drinking establishment owned by Jose Garcia. American tourists flocked to the bar in the 1930s and 1940s, as it attracted illustrious visitors such as John Wayne and Clark Gable. The bar was closed in 1959 after the Cuban revolution.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 257
  Caption: "Niagara River Tourist Camp. Niagara, New York. Sept. 10, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to an automobile in an early auto camp near Niagara Falls.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 009a
  Caption: "Chas Chaplin Residence Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of a castle-like building, with crenellated parapets and a tower. William McCarthy labeled this as a residence of Charlie Chaplin. The sign in front appears to indicate that the building is a church rather than a residence, but is difficult to read.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 089
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1905, Benicia, California. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops, from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 019
  Caption: "Feeding a Bear - Yellowstone," c. 1923. William McCarthy feeding a bear at Yellowstone National Park.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 046
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-108, with caption: "Crockett Mandolin Club," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen strumming the mandolin, second from left.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 410
  Caption: "This convent was operated secretly since 1857, - discovered in 1935. Garden in the Santa Monica convent which has been closed by the government and is now a museum. Puebla, Mexico." William and Grace McCarthy standing by a fountain in the garden described above.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 280
  Caption: "Yosemite Driveways," c. 1917. William (right) and Grace (left, near vehicle) McCarthy pose with an unidentified woman next to an automobile on a dirt road in Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 223
  Caption: "Indian over 100 years old," c. 1905. Elderly man, possibly of Native American ethnicity, standing in front of a barn. Taken around 1905 in San Diego near the Old Mission, If William McCarthy's description is accurate, this person was born while California was under Spanish rule. Possibly of the Kumeyaay tribe, whose members had lived in the area long before the Spanish arrived, he may have lived and worked at Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego) or at a nearby Indian village.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 018
  Caption: "U. S. and Mexico Border Monument. May 20, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy standing in front of the monument placed at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 055
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-066 with caption: "In Victoria, B.C." Five men (William McCarthy in the center) sitting in and standing near horse-drawn buggies in Victoria, British Columbia, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 084
  No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified women on horseback at an unidentified location, c. 1910.