Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 354
  No Caption: c. 1935. Fannette Island is located in Emerald Bay, on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. In 1928, Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight purchased the property encompassing the head of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island. Knight had a summer home built in Scandinavian architectural style and called it Vikingsholm. The stone structure at the top of Fannette island is the "Tea House," built in 1928-1929, at the same time Vikingsholm was built.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 353
  No Caption: c. 1935, Lake Tahoe.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 352
  No Caption: A group of unidentified men standing and seated at a circular bar at the Cal-Neva Lodge, located on the border of California and Nevada, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 351
  Caption: "Emerald Bay and Mount Tallac - Lake Tahoe, Calif.," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 350
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy at Lake Tahoe, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 349
  Caption: "Lake Tahoe - Calif.," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 348
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy wearing a swimsuit and standing on the shore of Lake Tahoe, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 347
  No Caption: A view of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 346
  Caption: "Lake Tahoe, California," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 345
  No Caption: William McCarthy holding a fish at Lake Tahoe, California, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 344
  No Caption: An ice skating rink at Yosemite National Park, c. 1932.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 343
  No Caption: A view of snow-covered Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, c. 1932.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 342
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing on a snow covered landscape next to a series of snow sculptures with "1932" written in rocks below.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 341
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing in the snow at the entrance to Camp Curry campground in Yosemite National Park, c. 1932.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 340
  No Caption: William and Grace McCarthy standing near Mirror Lake at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 339
  No Caption: A group of people standing at the guard rail on the overhanging rock at Glacier Point, at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 338
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy feeding a deer at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 337
  No Caption: c. 1935. Pictured are vehicles driving through 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 10, Photograph 336
  No Caption: A tunnel tree in Yosemite National Park, with a sign next to it reading: "California HGT: 246' DIAM: 21'," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 335
  No Caption: William McCarthy feeding a deer at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 334
  No Caption: Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 333
  No Caption: An unidentified woman and unidentified man at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 332
  No Caption: William McCarthy (right) and an unidentified man at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 331
  No Caption: William and Grace McCarthy at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 330
  No Caption: Pictured is Yosemite master basket weaver, Lucy Parker Telles, a Mono Lake Paiute, who lived at Yosemite and Mono Lake. Telles was one of a group of Mono-Paiute women renowned for the artistry of their stunning baskets, many of which they sold to Yosemite visitors. Here, Telles poses with her beautiful 36" basket, which took her four years to complete, and which captured first prize at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 329
  No Caption: William McCarthy feeding a bear at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 328
  No Caption: An unidentified California Indian man standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark, and wearing a headdress, feather skirt and shawl, beads, and moccasins, and holding a small drum decorated with arrows, 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 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 10, Photograph 325
  No Caption: Two girls riding a pony with another girl standing beside them at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 324
  No Caption: Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, 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 10, Photograph 322
  Caption: "Yosemite National Park," 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 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 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 10, Photograph 318
  Caption: "Mariposa Grove big redwood tree, California. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 317
  No Caption: An unidentified young girl riding a donkey at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 316
  No Caption: An unidentified young girl sitting atop a donkey, with Grace McCarthy standing beside them at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• 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 10, Photograph 314
  No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy are seen sitting on a wall at a vista point that overlooks the majestic granite mountains of Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 313
  No Caption: A big tree at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 312
  No Caption: Redwood trees in Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 311
  No Caption: The Ahwahnee Hotel opened in 1927. The rustic design (Gilbert Stanley Underwood, architect) is often described as "parkitecture," meaning it is meant to match its surroundings, like many structures in National Parks built in that era. The hotel was renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel in 2016.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 310
  No Caption: Three California Indian children standing before a wigwam, one in traditional clothing, at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 309
  No Caption: Two California Indian children standing before a wigwam at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 308
  No Caption: William and Grace McCarthy standing on a rock near a waterfall at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 307
  No Caption: An unidentified group of California Indian women and children standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark. A young child in front of the group is dressed in traditional clothing.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 306
  No Caption: William and Grace McCarthy standing on a rock near a waterfall at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 305
  No Caption: A group of unidentified women and girls on bicycles at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.