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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 199
    Caption: "Ver De Leu [sic], Santa Cruz", c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with rocks, waves, and high spray. The Vue de L'eau (View of the Water) was a station on the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway electric streetcar line. The station, built in 1891, was located at the very end of the line, on a promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It featured an observatory on the top story. The same company also built a casino, ballroom, and restaurant nearby. The station burned down in 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb05-079.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 198
    No Caption: Grace McCarthy sits before the crashing surf at Santa Cruz, c. 1910. See also 96-07-08-alb08-195.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 197
    Caption: "Casino Santa Cruz," c. 1910-1915, on the Santa Cruz boardwalk, opened in 1907, replacing the original 1904 casino that had burned down in 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb03-007.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 196
    Caption: "Casino Santa Cruz," c. 1910-1915, on the Santa Cruz boardwalk, opened in 1907, replacing the original 1904 casino that had burned down in 1906.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 195
    Caption: "Congress Springs.", c. 1910. Grace McCarthy seated on an unusual bench made from a tree branch and logs, in front of a timber shelter at Pacific Congress Springs, near Saratoga in California's Santa Clara Valley. Pacific Congress Springs, a mineral spring named after Congress Springs in New York, operated as a resort area from the nineteenth century until the 1930s. See also 96-07-08-alb05-108.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 194
    Caption: "Alum Rock", c. 1910. Grace McCarthy standing in front of the gazebo of Alum Rock Park. The park, founded in 1872, is one of California's oldest municipal parks. The gazebo, the park's oldest standing structure (built in about 1890), features a fountain that used to supply water from the mineral springs in the area. Today, the fountain's water comes from the City of San Jose's municipal supply. See also 96-07-08-alb05-116.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 193
    Caption: "Hotel Vendome," c. 1910, was a luxury hotel in San Jose that opened in 1889. It was purchased by a real estate syndicate in 1930 and subsequently demolished in order to subdivide the property into lots for residential housing. See also 96-07-08-alb03-100 and 96-07-08-alb05-115.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 192
    Caption: "Chino Avenue-Chino Cal," c. 1915, shows a long, dirt road through a grove of trees in Chino, California.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 191
    Caption: " Monte Rio." Boat landing and foot bridge at C.W. Meadows' place of business at Monte Rio, along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, c. 1910. See also 96-07-08-alb03-008.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 190
    Caption: "Shasta Springs," resort in Siskiyou County, c. 1906.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 189
    Caption: "Main Street Watsonville," c. 1910, shows a street scene in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 188
    Caption: "Pajaro River-Watsonville," c. 1910, shows a railroad trestle in the distance over the Pajaro River in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. See also 96-07-08-alb02-019.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 187
    Caption: "S.P. Depot, Third St. S.F.," c. 1915, shows the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot on Third and Townsend Streets in San Francisco. The mission revival architectural - style depot was built as a temporary structure in 1914 to serve the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. It remained in service for almost sixty years before it was demolished and replaced by a new station on 4th and King Streets in 1975-1976.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 186
    Caption: "Portals of the Past," c. 1915, on the shore of Lake Lloyd in Golden Gate Park, was originally the entranceway to the Nob Hill mansion of railroad tycoon, A.N. Towne. The entranceway was the only part of the home that was not destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and was moved to Golden Gate Park in 1909 as a reminder of much that was lost. See also 96-07-08-alb05-065.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 185
    Caption: "Old State Capitol-Benicia," c. 1918, shows the Benicia State Capitol building, built in 1852, the third location of the state capital from February 1853 to February 1854, before it was moved permanently to Sacramento. The historic building was listed as a California State Historic Landmark in 1935, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Today the site is known as the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 184
    Caption: "Fairfield Courthouse," c. 1918, shows the Solano County Courthouse in Fairfield, built in 1911 and festooned with United States flags, possibly for an event to welcome home WWI troops from overseas.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 183
    No Caption: shows four women (Grace McCarthy is second from left) sitting on or beside an automobile while having a picnic, at an unidentified location, c. 1918.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 182
    Caption: "San Juan," c. 1918, shows the Plaza Hotel, established in 1856, near Mission San Juan Bautista in San Benito County.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 181
    Caption: "San Juan Mission," c. 1918, in San Benito County was established by Spanish Franciscans in 1797.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 180
    Caption: "Mission Carmel," c. 1918, at Carmel-by-the-Sea in Monterey County, was established by Spanish Franciscans in 1770.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 179
    No Caption: shows a building of what appears to be a large house, with several automobiles parked nearby at an unidentified location, c. 1918.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 178
    No Caption: shows a beachhead at San Francisco, c. 1918.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 177
    Caption: "City Hall, Return of American Forces from France," in San Francisco after the end of World War I, 1919.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 176
    Caption: "City Hall Monument S.F.," c. 1917, shows a monument at City Hall in San Francisco, topped with a statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, and United States Army and Marines recruitment posters on easels nearby.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 175
    Caption: "General View - Panama Pacific International Exposition."
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 174
    Caption: "Main Entrance," of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 173
    Caption: "The Racetrack," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 172
    Caption: "Motor Boat Speeding," shows a small motor boat and large, unidentified ship in the San Francisco Bay.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 171
    Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 170
    Caption: "Buddha" statue within the Japan Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-145.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 169
    Caption: "The Zone" was an area of popular amusements and concession stands at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-146.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 168
    Caption: "Food Products and Educational Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-143.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 167
    Caption: "Band Concourse," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-144.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 166
    Caption: "The Netherlands," shows the Netherlands Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-142.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 165
    Caption: "Argentine," shows the Argentine Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-141.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 164
    Caption: "Australia," shows the Australian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-137.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 163
    Caption: "Canadian Exhibit," shows a display of wildlife and livestock, in the Canadian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 162
    Caption: "Canada," shows the Canadian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-140.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 161
    Caption: "Canada," shows exhibits inside the Canadian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-139.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 160
    Caption: "Cuba," shows the Cuban Pavilion at the Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-136.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 159
    Caption: "France," shows the French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb01-135.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 158
    Caption: "Washington," State of Washington Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-138.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 157
    Caption: "Illinois State Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 156
    Caption: "Oregon Building Interior," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-134.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 155
    Caption: "Oregon Building," features massive cut logs used as columns for the state of Oregon's presentation building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-133.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 154
    Caption: "Iowa Exhibit," features a horn of plenty with a mountain of corn cobs, with "Corn is King - in Iowa," spelled out in corn, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-132.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 153
    Caption: "Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotive," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-131.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 152
    Caption: "Over the Fair Railway," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-130.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 151
    No Caption: shows various buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-129.
  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 150
    Caption: "Transportation Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-128.