Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 147
  Caption: "Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla. July 10, 1934." William McCarthy standing in front of a corner tower on the ramparts of Castillo de San Marcos (Castle of Saint Mark). The core structures of this coastal defense fort were completed by Spanish forces in 1695. Numerous additions, renovations, and repairs have occurred since that time. When Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. in 1821, the Castillo was designated a U.S. Army base and renamed Fort Marion, in honor of Frances Marion (also known as the Swamp Fox, Marion was an American Revolutionary War hero known for his guerilla war tactics). The fort was deactivated in 1933, and turned over to the National Park Service.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 228
  Caption: "Old Mission, San Diego." William McCarthy standing next to the dilapidated church building of Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego). The first mission established in the U.S., Mission San Diego was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1769.
• McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 104
  Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco," built for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. William McCarthy is seen smiling for the camera, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 062
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-051 with caption: "Sleighing - Port Townsend." William and Grace McCarthy are seen sitting in a sleigh drawn by two horses at Port Townsend, Washington, c. 1908.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 289
  Caption: "California - Living Giant - Mariposa Grove," c. 1917. William and Grace McCarthy, with an unidentified friend, pose with their vehicle in the tunnel through the California Tree, a Giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tunnel was cut through the tree in 1895 to facilitate travel on the road into the grove, and also as a tourist attraction. It is now the only living Giant Sequoia with a tunnel cut through it (so-called "tunnel trees"), the others having all fallen.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 046
  Caption: "Giant Cactus Arizona Desert, Salome, AR. June 1, 1935," shows William McCarthy standing next to a large cactus at Salome, Arizona.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 109
  Caption: "119. Kobenhavn, Raadhuspladsen." This postcard shows a view of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was sent to William and Grace McCarthy on May 12, 1915, from Copenhagen.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 110
  Caption: "Hs. Maj. Kong Christian X. i Flyvemaskine" and "100 Kobenhavn." This postcard shows Denmark's King Christian X in an early biplane. It was sent to William and Grace McCarthy on December 29, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 234
  Caption: "Boundary Monument, Mexican Border." William McCarthy (middle row, far right) and several unidentified people posing in front of an obelisk, one of many Boundary Monuments marking the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 225
  Caption: "Casa Del Rey - Santa Cruz," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy with an unidentified woman in an automobile in front of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1911 by developer Fred W. Swanton. The hotel was demolished after it sustained considerable damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 031
  Caption: "Court House -- El Paso Tex. Population of El Paso 100,000, 80% Mexicans. 4000 ft. alt. May 28, 34." View of the El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1917 and designed by Henry Charles Trost. It is not known where William McCarthy got the statistics he quotes in the caption.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 168
  No caption: William (middle) and Grace (far left) McCarthy posing with four unidentified women in front of a small body of water, c. 1925.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 026
  Caption: "Machine Shop -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1913. Low brick building with tile roof, with William McCarthy (far left) and two unidentified men standing in front. Fort Winfield Scott, formerly Fort Point, was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, however, for in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 055
  Caption: "Desert View Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows William and Grace McCarthy looking out over the Grand Canyon from the top of the Desert View Watchtower.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 098
  Caption: "Main Engine, Crockett Sugar Refinery," c. 1906. William McCarthy (left) and unidentified man pose next to the main engine at the sugar refinery.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 056
  Caption: "At Desert View Tower Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy at the top of the Desert View Watchtower.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 184
  Caption: "In the Banff Springs Hotel Grounds, Banff, Canada," c. 1935, shows William and Grace McCarthy sitting near a fountain on the grounds of the hotel.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 075
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-208 with caption: "Palm Garden, San Diego," A group of people standing around a fountain with William McCarthy at far right, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 076
  No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-228 with caption: "Old Mission, San Diego," c. 1905. William McCarthy standing before the dilapidated church building of Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego). The first mission established in California, Mission San Diego was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1769.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 226
  Caption: "Gatling gun," c. 1905. three unidentified men and William McCarthy (third from right) stand near a Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was an early rapid-fire, crank-turned weapon first used during combat in the Civil War. Developed in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 236
  Caption: "Varied Industries Building P.C. Exp." William McCarthy is seen standing near the Varied Industries Building, with the California Building in the background, at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-157.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 431
  Caption: "Chapultepec Castle - Presidential Palace, Mexico City." William McCarthy in the gardens of Chapultepec Castle, the Presidential Palace.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 228
  Caption: "Copy of Mechanical Drawing," (William McCarthy, Artist). A drawing of the main engine of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. in Crockett, California.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 315
  No Caption: c. 1935. Pictured are William and Grace McCarthy standing at the entrance to the famous Wawona Tunnel Tree, a giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tree's tunnel was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. In 1969, the tree fell during a severe winter storm. Before it fell, the ancient tree measured 234 ft. high, twenty-six ft. in diameter, and was approximately 2,100 years old.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 292
  Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1910. William McCarthy standing on a bridge in Los Angeles' Echo Lake Park. The park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 106
  Caption: "Day Shift, Crockett Sugar Mill," c. 1906. A large group photo of Crockett Sugar Mill employees. William McCarthy is seen seated in the front row (seventh from right, wearing light clothing).
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 230
  Caption: "Copy of Mechanical drawing," illustrator unknown, but likely William McCarthy.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 003
  Caption: "A DAY ON THE GORGE, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (center, with moustache) posing with four unidentified men and two horse-and-buggies. 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 06, Photograph 107
  Caption: "Machinists and Millrights [sic], Crockett Sugar Mill," c. 1906, shows a group photo of sugar mill employees. William McCarthy is seen kneeling in front row (fourth from right).
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 108
  Caption: "Crockett Mandolin Club," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen strumming the mandolin, second from left.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 252
  Caption: "Mexican Custom House and Officer.," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right) standing in front of a customs house in Mexico, with two other unidentified men. One of the men appears to be of Hispanic ethnicity, and is likely the "Officer" mentioned in the caption.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 294
  Caption: "State Sign, Between Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming. Oct. 1, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to an informational road sign in Wyoming, noting the location as being along the U.S.'s primary Continental Divide.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 056
  Caption: "Mammoth Springs Resort. - Yellowstone," c. 1923. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of the Mammoth Springs Resort with three unidentified people. Originally called the National Hotel, the building opened for business in 1883. It underwent significant alterations and renovations between 1911 and 1913, by which time the resort was known as the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. The hotel was torn down in 1936 in favor of a more modern facility.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 188
  No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman 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 190
  No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman and boy posing in and around a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 046
  Caption: "Russian River -- Healdsburg," c. 1914. William and Grace McCarthy in a rowboat on the Russian River near Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 260
  Caption: "UP A TREE,," c. 1905. William McCarthy (center) posing with several unidentified friends and/or family members in a small patio or treehouse.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Natural Bridge - Kicking Horse River - Yoho National Park, B.C., Canada," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing on the bridge over the Kicking Horse River.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 329
  No Caption: William McCarthy feeding a bear at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 445
  Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 193
  No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman pose in front of a landscaped area with an arbor, c. 1925.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 049
  Caption: "Joy Ride -- Skaggs Springs," c. 1914. William (standing in front to the right) and Grace (third from the left in the wagon) McCarthy and a group of unidentified people all holding bunches of grapes, either getting ready for or coming back from a ride in a horse-drawn wagon. Skaggs Springs was a resort area along the Russian River in Sonoma County, known for its hot springs. The area now lies beneath the waters of Lake Sonoma, flooded after construction of the Warm Springs Dam, completed in 1982.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 307
  Caption: "Causeway -- Sacramento Highway." William and Grace McCarthy driving over the newly-constructed Yolo Causeway, an elevated stretch of I-80 that connects what is now West Sacramento with Davis by traveling across the Yolo Bypass. The Yolo Causeway's official name is Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 446
  Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
• McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 194
  No caption. William and Grace McCarthy and two unidentified women pose next to a bird bath in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 051
  Caption: "Riverside Villa Healdsburg July 1914." William and Grace McCarthy standing in the doorway of a small cabin along the Russian River near Healdsburg. An unidentified woman stands in the doorway of the cabin next door.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 001a
  Caption: "Fotos in San Francisco and Neighboring County's [sic] By Wm. McCarthy." A handwritten label mounted on the first page of the photograph album.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 251
  No caption: Grace McCarthy (standing, second from right), with several unidentified adults and children posing for photograph in front of a small house with a hillside of crops in the distance, and an automobile in the foreground, in Solano County, c. 1910 - 1915.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 132
  Caption: "Soda Bay -- Lake County," c. 1920. Grace McCarthy on the shores of Soda Bay, at Clear Lake.
• McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 007
  Caption: "Lookout Point." Shows Grace McCarthy seated near steps and archway leading to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s "Lookout Point" in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, along the Lincoln Highway (now Interstate 80).