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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 280 Caption: "Cliff House Burning," 1907. People standing on Ocean Beach watching the third Cliff House burning in San Francisco, in 1907. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907, as seen in this image. A fourth Cliff House was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 279 Caption: "Rounding a Curve near Mt. Shasta," c. 1910. A view of a train rounding a curve in the valley below a snow-covered Mount Shasta, seen in the distance.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 278 Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. A view of snow-covered Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 277 No caption. A close-up view of a piece of heavy artillery, with a black and white cat standing on it, at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 276 Caption: "Hotshkiss [sic], 1 pounder." The United States purchased artillery from the French arms firm, Hotchkiss, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The arms firm was created by American gunsmith, Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, who moved to France in 1867 to set up the factory. The heavy artillery was first used by the United States against the Nez Perce in 1877. In 1890, they were used at the Wounded Knee Massacre, and also for the attack on San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 275 Caption: "Breach of U.S. Rapid Fire."
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 274 Caption: "United States Field Piece." Shows a Civil War-era large gun and carriage at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 273 Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 272 Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 271 Caption: "U.S. 12" Barbett [sic]." A view of a barbette (gun emplacement) with a 12" gun, at what appears to be a coastal defense battery.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 270 Caption: "U.S. 1-inch Gun, Subcaliber Practice." c. 1905. William McCarthy poses next to a large piece of heavy artillery at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 269 Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun, Firing Position." A close-up view of a large gun in the firing position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 268 Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun, Loading Position." A close-up view of a large gun in a loading position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 267 Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Gun Dismantled." A close-up view of a dismantled large gun at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 266 Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Rapid Fire." A close-up view of a large gun at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 265 Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun Dismounted." A view of a large gun at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 264 Caption: "U.S., Old Timers." A view of two large guns in carriages, at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 263 Caption: "12" Gun, Gun Drill." A view of several unidentified men conducting a gun drill in a coastal defense battery at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 262 Caption: "12" Gun, At the Command Fire." A view of several unidentified men working on a large gun in a coastal defense battery at an unidentified location.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 261 No caption. An unidentified man and woman sitting on a bench near the Russian River, c. 1920. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227 and 228.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 260 No caption. An unidentified man and woman sitting on a bench near the Russian River, c. 1920. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227 and 228.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 259 No caption. See also 96-07-08-alb05-320, with caption: "Damaged German Submarine.," c. 1917. Shows the above-water portions of a German U-boat, or submarine, likely docked in either Petaluma or San Francisco, given the presence of a Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway ferry in the background. Unidentified group of men standing on what appears to be a submarine.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 258 No caption. William and Grace McCarthy, in swimsuits, standing on the shore of Lake Tahoe, c. 1915. See also 96-07-08-alb04-163.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 257 Caption: "Point Benito [sic]. Fort Barry," c. 1910. A view of the Point Bonita Lighthouse near Fort Barry and the Marin Headlands. The lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast to shepherd ships through the narrow straights of the Golden Gate. The lighthouse, still active today, is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 256 Caption: "Point Benito [sic]. Fort Barry." c. 1910. A view of the Point Bonita Lighthouse near Fort Barry and the Marin Headlands. The lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast to shepherd ships through the narrow straights of the Golden Gate. The lighthouse, still active today, is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 255 Caption: "The Tamalpais, Fort McDowell in the distance," c. 1910. The single stack steamer, Tamalpais, cruising on the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Fort McDowell, seen in the distance, is located on Angel , today part of the California State Park system.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 254 Caption: "Capitola Calif," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy is seen standing in front of a large building in Capitola.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 253 Caption: "Fort Baker, California," c. 1910. Fort Baker was constructed between 1901 and 1910 to provide permanent housing for the new seacoast fortifications that were built between 1897 and 1905. The men stationed at Fort Baker were members of the Coast Artillery Corps, officially created in 1907 by the U.S. Army to protect and defend the nation's harbors.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 252 Caption: "Automobiling in Green Valley, Solona [sic] Co, Calif," c. 1915. William McCarthy in driver's seat, and Grace McCarthy in passenger's seat, with several unidentified people in an automobile in Solano County.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 251 No caption: Grace McCarthy (standing, second from right), with several unidentified adults and children posing for photograph in front of a small house with a hillside of crops in the distance, and an automobile in the foreground, in Solano County, c. 1910 - 1915.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 250 Caption: "Monte Rio, Calif," c. 1910. A Boat landing and foot bridge at C.W. Meadows' place of business at Monte Rio, along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 249 No Caption. A view of a train crossing over trestle at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 248 Caption: "Market St. S.F," c. 1910, shows Market Street in San Francisco, possibly during a parade to celebrate Admission Day on September 9, when California was admitted as a state into the U.S.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 247 Caption: "Ocean Beach - S.F," c. 1910, shows a large group of sunbathers on San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 246 No Caption. An unidentified man riding a horse at an unidentified location, c. 1920.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 245 No Caption. Grace and William McCarthy with unidentified young woman, standing on a hillside under a large tree, at an unidentified location, c. 1920.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 244 No Caption. A Dutch Windmill, at unidentified location, likely at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, c. 1910.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 243 No Caption. Grace and William McCarthy standing on a tree stump near a dock at an unidentified location, c. 1920.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 242 No Caption. Grace McCarthy posing for a photograph in front of a pine tree, c. 1908.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 241 No Caption. William McCarthy posing for a photograph in front of a pine tree, c. 1908.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 240 Caption: "San Jose City Hall," c. 1905, (Theodore Lenzen, Architect), was built in 1889 with a budget of $150,000. The brick and terracotta structure was demolished and replaced in 1958.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 239 Caption: "San Jose Court House Damaged by the Quake," c. 1906. A view of the San Jose Courthouse (left), and Hall of Records, which sustained some damage seen along the roofline, as a result of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 238 Caption: "Street Scene, San Jose," c. 1910. A horse-drawn carriage and several pedestrians can be seen in the distance along a palm-lined street in San Jose.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 237 Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 236 Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c.1910. Stow Lake is a man-made lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 235 Caption: "Main Entrance, Stockton Insane Asylum," c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 234 Caption: "Stockton Insane Asylum," c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 233 Caption: "Stockton Court House," c. 1906, (E.E. Meyers, Architect). San Joaquin County Courthouse, Stockton, California. The neo-classical building was completed in 1890 and demolished in 1961 to may way for a new courthouse.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 232 Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Stockton," c. 1906. The Santa Fe Depot (William Benson Storey, architect) was completed in 1899 for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the depot was renovated and restored it to its original design, and reopened in 2005.
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McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 231 Caption: "Elementary Principles of Machine Design, WM McCarthy," (William McCarthy, Illustrator).