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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 038
    Caption: "Orange Grove - Foothill Blvd. San Bernardino, May 30, 1935." Shows an orange grove behind a row of stately palms on Foothill Blvd., also known as Route 66.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 037
    Caption: "Bobs Service Station - Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows Bob Spencer's Mobil gas service station, which was built around a grounded Fokker F32, whose wings served as a canopy for the fueling stations.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 036
    Caption: "Wilshirmart - Corner Wilshire Blvd. and Doheny Drive. Los Angeles is Noted for its Excellent Produce Markets," c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 035
    Caption: "Aimee McPherson's Angeles Temple- Los Angeles," c. 1935. Aimee Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee was a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for her theatrical sermons and claims of healing the sick, and for founding the Foursquare Church.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 034
    No Caption: Shows an unidentified pond or lake in a Los Angeles area park, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 033
    No Caption: An adult male African lion at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 032
    Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. No Caption: From a postcard of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte showing Charles Gay riding "Pluto," an adult African Lion, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 031
    No Caption: Seven adult lions perform at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 030
    No Caption: Shows a group of adult African lions in a enclosed area of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles. Charles and Muriel Gay opened the farm in 1925 and operated it until 1942 as a popular tourist attraction where lions were selectively bred and trained for the Hollywood film industry. It was closed during WWII due to wartime meat shortages, and the lions were loaned to zoos around the country, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 029
    No Caption: Chapel at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 028
    No Caption: " A stained glass reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in the Memorial Court of Honor at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 027
    No Caption: Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 026
    Caption: "Statue of Family Love, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. L.A.," c. 1935, shows Family Love (Ernesto Gazzeri, sculptor), on the grounds of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 025
    No Caption: A large marble sculpture, The Mystery of Life (Ernesto Gazzeri, sculptor), on the grounds of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 024
    Caption: "Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 023
    Caption: "Baby Ostriches 3 weeks old. Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 022
    Caption: "Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large group of alligators in a pen.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 021
    Caption: "Alligator said to be over 500 years old. Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large alligator at the animal-themed park, which was a major city tourist attraction from 1907 to 1953.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 020
    Caption: "Huntington Art Gallery- Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing before the Huntington Art Gallery building in San Marino, Los Angeles County.
  • 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 018
    Caption: "Seventh St. at Broadway, Los Angeles," c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 017
    Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, Population of Los Angeles 1, 360,000," The iconic Los Angeles City Hall building, completed in 1928, still houses the offices of the mayor and city council. Defined as "Modern American" by one of the architects who worked on the original building, the landmark was restored to its original grandeur and seismically stabilized in 2001. See also 96-07-08-alb11-005, dated May 18, 1934.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 016
    Caption: "Oil Wells, Venice Beach, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows numerous oil wells along the shoreline of Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 015
    Caption: "Ocean Park - Los Angeles," c. 1935 shows a view of the Ocean Park Pier amusement zone in Santa Monica.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 014
    Caption: "Santa Monica," c. 1935, shows the Santa Monica pier with Auto Park, Overlook Hotel and Apartments, and various shops, restaurants, and amusements.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 013
    Caption: "Thelma Todd's Tavern - Santa Monica," c. 1935. Built in 1928 for Hollywood actress Thelma Todd, the restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean at Malibu. Todd lived in the home above the tavern, where she was found dead in December 1935, under mysterious circumstances.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 012
    Caption: "California Coast Highway - Oxnard to Santa Monica, May 24, 1935."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 011
    Caption: "Santa Barbara Court House," c. 1935, shows a view of the courthouse's landscaped grounds.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 010
    Caption: "Santa Barbara Court House - Interior," c. 1935, shows a view of the murals painted on the interior walls of the courthouse.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 009
    Caption: "Santa Barbara Court House," c. 1935, was built in the Spanish-Colonial Revival style (Charles Willard Moore, architect) and completed in 1929.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 008
    Caption: "Biltmore Hotel-Montecito, Santa Barbara, May 23, 1935, Santa Barbara Population 36,000."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 007
    Caption: "Home of C.B. Raymond, Montecito, Santa Barbara, May 23, 1935."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 006
    Caption: "Santa Barbara Mission, May 23, 1935," was established in 1786 by Spanish Franciscan monks.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 005
    Caption: "Pasa [sic] Robles Hotel, May 22, 1935." View of the Hotel el Paso de Robles (pass of the oaks). This resort hotel opened in 1891, and featured a variety of amenities including a mineral hot springs "plunge" bath. The hotel burned down in 1940, and was replaced by the building that is still in operation today as the Paso Robles Inn.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 004
    Caption: "China Town, San Francisco, May 21, 1935," shows a busy street scene in the Chinese district of San Francisco.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 003
    Caption: "Golden Gate Park Music Stand, San Francisco."
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 002
    Caption: "Market Street, San Francisco, May 21, 1935," shows the busy thoroughfare with the San Francisco Chronicle building on the right.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 001
    Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, Population in San Francisco 750,000, May 21, 1935." The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 21, 1935) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.
  • 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 000j
    No Caption: A Glacier National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, olive green and white, with an image of a mountain goat standing on a rocky cliff.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000i
    No Caption: A Mt. Rainier National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, red and white, with an image of a deer standing before Mt. Rainier.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000h
    No Caption: A Crater Lake National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, brown and white, with an image of a bear on a cliff that with the lake below.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000g
    No Caption: A Yosemite National Park decal, 1936, octagon-shaped, red and white, with an image of a mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000f
    No Caption: A decal for the "Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Alta, Canadian Pacific," c. 1935.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000e
    No Caption: A Yosemite National Park decal, 1937, octagon-shaped, blue and white, with an image of a mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000d
    No Caption: A Grand Canyon National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, orange and white, with an image of a beaver surrounded by canyons.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000c
    No Caption: A Zion National Park decal, 1935, octagon- shaped, blue and white, with an image of a porcupine in a grove of pine trees.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000b
    No Caption: A Bryce Canyon National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, orange and white, with an image of unique rock formations, trees, and clouds.
  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 000a
    No Caption: A Yellowstone National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, green and white, with an image of a buffalo in the foreground and mountain range in the background.
  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x007
    No caption, undated. Photograph of five unidentified men in military uniform, posing in front of a tent with a sign designating it as part of Company H. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.