Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 026
  Caption: "Indian Hut Made From Adobe and Bush Branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona, May, 24, 1934." View of a small adobe building with a porch area across the length of the façade. The porch is sheltered by a low roof supported by tree trunks or thick tree branches and thatched with grass or sticks. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 025
  Caption: "Central St. Phoenix, Arizona. May 24, 1934." View from street-level of Phoenix's Central Street.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 024
  Caption: "Biltmore Hotel -- Phoenix, Arizona, May 24, 34." View of the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, part of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel chain. Designed by Albert Chase McArthur (with some collaboration from Frank Lloyd Wright), the hotel opened for business in 1929.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 023
  Caption: "State Capitol, Phoenix Arizona, May 24, 34." View of the façade of the Arizona State Capitol Building in Phoenix. Designed by James Riely Gordon, the building opened for use in 1901.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 022
  Caption: "The Casino -- Agua Caliente, Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the exterior of the casino at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 021
  Caption: "Agua Caliente Swimming Pool -- Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the swimming pool, with bathers and people socializing around the water, at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 020
  Caption: "Agua Caliente -- Mexico, May 20, 34." Grace McCarthy standing in front of a fountain at the Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 019
  Caption: "Agua Caliente Mexico, May 20, 34." View of an elaborate large arch over a roadway, pointing the way to Hotel Agua Caliente in Tijuana. The Agua Caliente Casino and Resort Hotel, designed by Wayne McAllister, opened in Tijuana in 1928. The resort closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
• 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 11, Photograph 017
  Caption: "Coronado Hotel, May 20, 1934." View of the Coronado Hotel, with sand dunes in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 016
  Caption: "Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif. May 19, 1934." View of an artificial lagoon in San Diego's Balboa Park, with the Panama-California Exposition's Commerce and Industries Building (tower at left, now called Casa de Balboa) and the Foreign Arts Building (tower at right, now called the House of Hospitality).
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 015
  Caption: "San Diego Water Front, May 19, 1934." View from across the harbor of San Diego's waterfront.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 014
  Caption: "Broadway, San Diego, Calif, May 19, 1934." Bird's eye view of Broadway, a main street in San Diego.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 013
  Caption: "Public Market, Long Beach, Calif, May 18, 1934." Small street market in Long Beach, showing a flower vendor, fruit or vegetable vendors, and a few other stalls too distant to make out the merchandise.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 012
  Caption: "Colorado St. Main Thoroughfare of Pasadena, May 18, 1934." Scene on Colorado Street in Pasadena.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 011
  Caption: "City Hall, Pasadena, Cal. May 18, 1934." View of Pasadena's City Hall, designed by San Francisco firm Bakewell and Brown. Built in 1927, the building reflects the City Beautiful movement of that decade.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 010
  Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Section of Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
• 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 11, Photograph 009
  Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Market Place, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 008
  Caption: "Berheimer [sic] Brothers Japanese Garden, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of a portion of the grounds of the mansion built by brothers Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer in 1914, in the Hollywood Hills area. Palm trees dominate the view, and an Asian-inspired outbuilding is visible at the left.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 007
  Caption: "Berheimer [sic] Brothers Japanese Type Home, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the mansion built by brothers Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer in 1914, in the Hollywood Hills area. Designed by Franklin Small, the form of the mansion is based upon a Japanese villa. It is now home to the Yamashiro restaurant and hotel.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 006
  Caption: "Broadway, Los Angeles. Calif. May 18, 1934." Street scene showing a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. Hotel Alhambra is visible in the foreground on both sides of the street, while the clock tower of the Los Angeles County Courthouse is visible at the left.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 005
  Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of Los Angeles' City Hall, built in 1928 and designed by architects John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 004
  Caption: "Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of one wing of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. A planting bed in front of the wing has been planted with flowers in such a way as to portray the California flag and the letters "California Diamond Jubilee, 1850-1925." The date on this photograph may not be accurate, given the dates included in the flower bed. The Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park, dating to 1879. The Victorian-style building has housed rare and exotic plants since its completion.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 003
  Caption: "Ocean Beach -- San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Ocean Beach, with a crowded parking lot in the foreground and the Cliff House (the fourth iteration of this San Francisco landmark) visible just to the right of the photograph's center. The date on this photograph may not be accurate, as several of the vehicles shown appear to date from later in the 1930s.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 002
  Caption: "Lower Market St. San Francisco, Calif., May 14, 1934." Bird's eye view of a street scene along San Francisco's Market Street. The Ferry Building is visible in the upper right-hand corner of the photograph, while the Flatiron Building appears in the photograph's center.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001
  Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Beaux-Arts style City Hall (principle architect: Arthur Brown, Jr.). This building, opened in 1915, replaced San Francisco's original City Hall, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 14, 1934) 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-alb10-01.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001c
  Caption: "United States Tour -- Left San Francisco May 14, 1934, Returned Oct. 10, 1934 -- Traveled 10,014 Mi. Note Dark Line." This photograph of a roadmap published by the California State Automobile Association shows the route taken by William and Grace McCarthy on an automobile tour of the United States.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001b
  This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features an article by Paul Harrison called "Rattlesnakes Used in Canapes." It discusses the use of rattlesnake meat in a New York restaurant.
• McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001a
  This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features a 1946 article by A. L. Simon called "How To Run A Bridge." The article discusses the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, opened ten years before the article was written.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 319
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Harem," c. 1918, shows a group of unidentified women wearing face masks at the Benicia Arsenal.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 318
  No Caption: Shows a group of unidentified women posing on the grounds of the Benicia Arsenal, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 317
  Caption: "Storehouse Rebuilt," shows the reconstructed storehouse at the Benicia Arsenal, undated.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 316
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Storehouse Ruins," c. 1915, shows some remaining walls of the Benicia Arsenal storehouse, which suffered damage from a 1912 explosion.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 315
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Shops," c. 1915, shows three large structures surrounded by assorted machinery and equipment at the Benicia Arsenal.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 314
  Caption: "Commanding Officers Quarters - Benicia Arsenal," c. 1915.
• 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 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 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 310
  Caption: "Grove," c. 1915, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing in the Armstrong Grove near Guerneville.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 309
  Caption: "Armstrong," c. 1915, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing in the Armstrong Grove near Guerneville.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 308
  Caption: "Santa Cruz Beach," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy wearing swim suits and standing on the beach at Santa Cruz.
• 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 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 07, Photograph 305
  Caption: The Chapel - Italian Swiss Colony - Asti, Calif.," c. 1915, near Cloverdale in Sonoma County.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 304
  Caption: "Highway - Cloverdale to Ukiah," c. 1915, shows a view of foothills and valley from an unidentified highway (likely U.S. 101) in Sonoma County.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 303
  Caption: "Boating-Healdsburg Calif.," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy rowing a small boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 302
  No Caption: Shows Grace McCarthy rowing a small boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 301
  Caption: "Boating on the Russian River - Healdsburg," c. 1915, shows Grace and William McCarthy in a row boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 300
  No Caption: Shows a group of people on a boat and standing in the Russian River at Healdsburg, c. 1915.