Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 230
  Caption: "Entrance - California Building," (Bertrum Goodhue, architect), shows the richly-decorated entranceway to the California Building at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 229
  Caption: "California Building Tower - July 18, 15," (Bertrum Goodhue, architect), at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, 1915. The exposition's Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture designed by Bertrum Goodhue is credited with giving the style national exposure.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 228
  No Caption: Scenic railway at Venice beach wharf, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 227
  No Caption: shows a street scene in Venice, California, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 226
  No Caption: A view of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 225
  Caption: "Casa Del Rey - Santa Cruz," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy with an unidentified woman in an automobile in front of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1911 by developer Fred W. Swanton. The hotel was demolished after it sustained considerable damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 224
  No Caption: Grace McCarthy is seen standing near the entrance of the Hotel Virginia, on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1908 by Col. Charles Rivers Drake, a Civil War veteran and early Long Beach developer. During the Great Depression, the hotel suffered the fate of many businesses during that time and closed its doors in October of 1932.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 223
  Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1915, shows a view of a portion of "The Pike," which was an amusement zone along the shoreline in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1902 by Charles Rivers Drake, a Civil War veteran and early Long Beach developer. The Pike included arcades, gift shops, food stands, a variety of rides, and a grand bath house (the two-story building pictured on the right). After years of disrepair, The Pike was closed in 1979.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 222
  Caption: "San Pedro," c. 1915, shows two ships docked at the harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 221
  Caption: "Point Firmin [sic] Lighthouse," c. 1915, shows the Point Fermin lighthouse, built in 1874 in San Pedro Bay, which was the first navigational light into the bay. It served as a federally-operated lighthouse until 1927, when its operations were turned over to the City of Los Angeles. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the west coast was blacked out for fear of being an easy target to enemy forces. It was never lit again, but during WWII it served the U.S. Navy as a lookout tower and signaling station for ships coming into the San Pedro Bay. In 2003, the lighthouse was opened after being restored, retrofitted, and rehabilitated for public use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and managed by the Department of Recreation and Parks of the City of Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 220
  Caption: "Art Museum - Los Angeles," c. 1915. Located in Exposition Park, the Beaux Arts building, opened in 1913, was originally known as the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. In 1963, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art moved to its current location on Wilshire Blvd. The Exposition Park facility became the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. After two years of renovation and restoration, it was reopened in 2009. See also 96-07-08-alb01-148.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 219
  No Caption: shows Broadway in Los Angeles, c. 1915, with M.A. Hamburger's department store on the right, which later became the May Co. The Majestic Theatre, opened in 1908, can be seen at the end of the block in the distance.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 218
  No Caption: c. 1915, shows a monument with a statue of Stephen M. White on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Courthouse. Stephen M. White, a former Los Angeles district attorney, served in the California Senate, as well as acting Lieutenant Governor from 1887-1891. He also served in the United States Senate from 1893 -1899. White was also responsible for the creation of Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro. The monument was moved in 1989 to the entrance of Cabrillo Beach near the harbor where it resides today.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 217
  No Caption: shows the Venice Miniature Railway on a bridge over a canal in Venice, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 216
  Caption: "Venice," c. 1915, shows the site of Villa City Boating, where visitors to the resort seaside village of Venice could purchase gondola rides on the canals to visit the town. The seaside resort was founded by tobacco millionaire, Abbot Kinney in 1905, and designed to be like the namesake Italian city.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 215
  No Caption: c. 1915. Shows a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. On the right side of the street is Woodley Theatre, a vaudeville theater that opened in 1913.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 214
  Caption: "Broadway, Los Angeles." Broadway is a major thoroughfare of Los Angeles and one of the oldest in the city, laid out in 1849 as Fort Street, and renamed Broadway in 1890. In this image, construction can be seen at the top of the street between the two buildings of the Alhambra Hotel and Apartments. May 18, 1934. See also 96-07-08.alb11.006.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 213
  Caption: "Green Hotel Pasadena," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing before the Hotel Green in Pasadena, built by George Gill Green in 1893, and expanded by him in 1898 and 1903 with two additional structures. The hotel complex was sold to private investors and by 1924, the 1898 Central Annex structure (Frederick L. Roehrig, architect) was turned into apartments and renamed the Castle Green. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Places, and the City of Pasadena's list of historic places. See also 96-07-08-alb07-212.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 212
  Caption: "Pasadena," c. 1915, shows the Hotel Green, built by George Gill Green in 1893, and expanded by him in 1898 and 1903 with two additional structures. The hotel complex was sold to private investors and by 1924, the 1898 Central Annex structure (Frederick L. Roehrig, architect) was turned into apartments and renamed the Castle Green. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Places, and the City of Pasadena's list of historic places.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 211
  Caption: "Bush Gardens, Pasadena," c. 1915., shows Grace and William McCarthy relaxing in chairs at Bush Gardens in Pasadena.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 210
  Caption: "Echo Park, Los Angeles," c. 1915, shows a man on a bridge in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 209
  Caption: "Echo Park, Los Angeles," c. 1915, shows palms and trees lining a small lake in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 208
  No Caption: Echo Park in Los Angeles with gazebo in the distance, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 207
  Caption: "Court House - Los Angeles." c. 1915-1920. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, also known as the Red Sandstone Courthouse, was completed in 1891. Located at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, the courthouse was damaged beyond repair by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and demolished in 1936. To the left of the courthouse stands the Hall of Records, built in 1911 and used, along with other buildings, as the county courthouse from 1934 until 1959, when the current courthouse was occupied. The Hall of Records was demolished in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb01-147.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 206
  Caption: "Street Scene-Los Angeles," c. 1915. Shows an unidentified busy street scene in Los Angeles.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 205
  Caption: "Santa Barbara Mission", c. 1910. View of Mission Santa Barbara, established by Spanish Franciscan monks in 1786. See also 96-07-08-alb05-296.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 204
  Caption: "Linnard Hotel Santa Barbara.", c. 1920. Grace McCarthy sitting in front of the Hotel Potter. Opened in 1903 by Milo M. Potter, the hotel sold in 1919 to the Santa Barbara Hotel Company, controlled by D.M. Linnard. The famous luxury resort burned down in 1921. See also 96-07-08-alb05-070, and 96-07-08-alb04-097.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 203
  Caption: "Sulfur Springs," c. 1915, shows a large body of water, likely fed by sulfur springs, at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 202
  No Caption: shows William McCarthy in a swimsuit near what appears to be a pond in an unidentified location, c. 1915.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Hasting [sic] Residence - Benicia," c. 1915, was a grand home built for Daniel N. Hastings, a prominent landowner. The home, completed in 1881 at the tremendous cost of $350,000, including furnishings, was called "Hastings' folly," because it nearly bankrupted its owner. It was dismantled in 1937.
• McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 200
  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 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.