Exhibits

Items

• 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.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 304
  No Caption: An unidentified campground in Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 303
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy is seen standing near the Camp Curry sign at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935. Camp Curry was established in 1899 and renamed Half Dome Village in 2016.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 302
  No Caption: People at the overhanging rocks at Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 301
  No Caption: A birds-eye view of Yosemite Valley with the Merced River running through it, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 300
  Caption: "Happy Isles - Yosemite National Park," c. 1935, shows an unidentified rushing river.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 299
  No Caption: An unidentified waterfall at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 298
  Caption: "Indian Wigwam, Yosemite National Park," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing at the entrance to an Indian abode covered in tree bark.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 297
  No Caption: An unidentified hotel in Yosemite National Park, C. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 296
  Caption: "Glacier Point - Overhanging Rock - Yosemite National Park," c. 1935, shows people standing on the overhanging rock of Glacier Point.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 295
  Caption: "Balance Rock - Yosemite," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing near a precariously balanced rock at Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 294
  Caption: "Mirror Lake - Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 293
  No Caption: An unidentified waterfall at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 292
  Caption: "Cascade Falls - Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 291
  No Caption: In this 1935 photograph, the opening of the Wawona highway tunnel frames the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan (the Captain) on the left, Bridalveil Falls on the right, and Half Dome in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 290
  Caption: "Big trees growing in solid rock. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 289
  No Caption: A birds-eye view of the granite mountains in Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 288
  Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]- Yosemite National Park," c. 1935. A view of Vernal Fall at Yosemite National Park.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 287
  Caption: "Yosemite Falls," c. 1935.
• McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 286
  No Caption: In this 1935 photograph, the opening of the Wawona highway tunnel frames the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan (the Captain) on the left, Bridalveil Falls on the right, and Half Dome in the distance.