Exhibits

Items

• 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.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 299
  Caption: "Russian River - Camp Rose," c. 1915, shows the Russian River and Valley at Camp Rose in Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 298
  No Caption: Shows William McCarthy at the wheel and Grace beside him in an automobile on an unidentified dirt road, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 297
  Caption: "Armstrong Grove - Guerneville," c. 1915, shows William (seated on right) and Grace McCarthy (standing beside him), posing next to a giant fallen tree with three unidentified people.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 296
  Caption: "Russian River - Guerneville," c. 1915, shows a bird's eye view of the Russian River at Guerneville in Sonoma County, California.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 295
  Caption: "Pacific Grove," c. 1915, shows the rocky shoreline at Pacific Grove in Monterey County.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 294
  Caption: "Benicia, Calif.," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing in the doorway of a home in Benicia.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 293
  No Caption: Shows a snow-covered house and yard, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 292
  Caption: "Snow Storm - Benicia Calif.," c. 1915, shows an unidentified person walking on a snow-covered landscape in Benicia.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 291
  Caption: "Healdsburg, Cal Aug 15, 1915," shows the McCarthys with a group of unidentified people on the Russian River at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 290
  Caption: "Riverside Villa Scenes," c. 1915, shows William (standing in water) and Grace McCarthy (in the water) with a group of unidentified people in a boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 289
  Caption: "The Lucky Pony," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women posing with a pony at a campsite in Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 288
  Caption: "Dance of the Queens," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women standing in a dance position at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 287
  No Caption: Lena (in man's suit) posing with unidentified woman at Healdsburg, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 286
  Caption: "Harold and Lena, Healdsburg, Aug 15, 1915," shows Lena (in man's suit), and Harold (in dress) at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 285
  No Caption: Shows Harold (in dress) and Lena (in man's suit) sitting on a small bench in Healdsburg, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 284
  Caption: "The Fatal Wedding," c. 1915, shows an unidentified bride, groom, and officiator at an outdoor wedding ceremony.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 283
  Caption: "The Sheriff," c. 1915, shows an unidentified woman posing with a shot gun, pipe, and sheriff's badge.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 282
  Caption: "Riverside Villa Aug 15, 1915," shows William (seated at center) and Grace McCarthy (standing eighth from right) with friends and family at the riverside Villa resort on the Russian River at Healdsburg.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 281
  No Caption: William McCarthy (second from left) and four unidentified men standing on a road in an unidentified location, c. 1915.