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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 006
    Caption: "Ocean Beach, San Francisco," c. 1925. Panorama of Ocean Beach, showing crowds not only at the beach but also at San Francisco's Playland, a series of seaside attractions and rides including a carousel, Fun House, and the Big Dipper rollercoaster. Entrepreneurs began erecting concessions and "thrill" rides at the location in the late nineteenth century. By 1913 the area was known as Chutes at the Beach. In 1923, brothers George and Leo Whitney began to purchase the attractions, eventually coming to own the entirety of what became known as Playland. The amusement park was torn down in 1972.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 005
    Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco.," c. 1925. View of the Beaux Arts-style building that replaced San Francisco's City Hall after the original building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Designed by architect Arthur Brown, Jr., the building occupies two full city blocks. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003, 96-07-08-alb10-001, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 004
    Caption: "Ocean Beach, San Francisco," c. 1925. Panorama of Ocean Beach, showing crowds not only at the beach but also at San Francisco's Playland, a series of seaside attractions and rides including a carousel, Fun House, and the Big Dipper rollercoaster. Entrepreneurs began erecting concessions and "thrill" rides at the location in the late nineteenth century. By 1913 the area was known as Chutes at the Beach. In 1923, brothers George and Leo Whitney began to purchase the attractions, eventually coming to own the entirety of what became known as Playland. The amusement park was torn down in 1972.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 003
    Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco.," c. 1925. View of the Beaux Arts-style building that replaced San Francisco's City Hall after the original building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Designed by architect Arthur Brown, Jr., the building occupies two full city blocks. See also 96-07-08-alb09-005, 96-07-08-alb10-001, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 002
    Caption: "Music Stand, San Francisco." View of the Spreckels Temple of Music in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, commonly known as the Music Stand or the Bandshell. The Temple was built in 1899-1900 at the west end of the park's Music Concourse. A gift to the City of San Francisco from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels, the Temple has been extensively renovated over the years to repair earthquake damage.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 001
    Caption: "Cliff House, San Francisco," c. 1920. The building shown here is the fourth iteration of the Cliff House, a neo-classical design built after a fire destroyed the Victorian structure previously at the site in 1907. Reconstruction of the iconic restaurant began in 1908, and a new Cliff House opened in 1909 (the building in this photograph). The building was extensively remodeled in the 1930s.
  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 000
    Caption: "Tours to the East." Two National Park decals for Yellowstone Park (with handwritten date of Aug. 14, 23, featuring a bear) and Yosemite National Park in 1920 (with handwritten date of July 4, featuring a mountain lion).
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 303
    No Caption: An unidentified newspaper clipping of an obituary for the Mother of William McCarthy, Mrs. C.P. McCarthy. Hand written on the top of the page: "Chas P McCarthy Died Jan 25 1903, Age 56 years 6 Months 10 Days."
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 302
    No caption. An unidentified piece of machinery at unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 301
    No caption. Several unidentified men and a piece of heavy artillery at an unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 300
    No caption. A close-up view of a piece of unidentified heavy artillery.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 299
    Caption: "Big Tree Grove - Santa Cruz," c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 298
    Caption: "The Yum Um Tree, This is Where it Began, July 12, 1908." A view of a large tree with a dense vine wrapped around its bark.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 297
    No caption. Grace McCarthy poses for photograph, wearing a man's hat, at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 296
    No caption. William McCarthy poses for a photograph at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 295
    No caption. A smiling Grace McCarthy is seen sitting at the foot of a hillside, possibly a beach, c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 294
    Caption: "Casino-Santa Cruz," c. 1910. A view of the beachside casino resort with many beachgoers enjoying the sand and water. The casino, designed by William Weeks, was constructed in 1907, replacing a previous casino building that burned down in 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb05-075.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 293
    Caption: "Old Sea Beach Hotel - Santa Cruz," c. 1910. The Sea Beach Hotel, located on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz, was built in the 1870s by S.A. Hall. Originally called the Ocean View House, it was sold in the 1880s. Its new owner dubbed the building the Sea Beach Hotel. The resort hotel operated until burning down in 1912, never to be reconstructed.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 292
    No caption. A portrait of an unidentified baby sitting in a high chair in an outdoor location, c. 1908.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 291a
    No caption. An undated and unidentified newspaper article titled, "What Ships Make Up the Armada in the Harbor." c.1908. The article describes the forty-three battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, torpedo boat destroyers, and auxiliary ships in the San Francisco Bay under the Flag of Rear Admiral Evans.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 291
    No caption. A view of numerous and well-lit ships at night in the San Francisco Bay, during a visit by the Atlantic Fleet in 1908.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 290
    Caption: "Fillmore St," c. 1908. A view of San Francisco's Fillmore Street at night, which has been decorated with garlands of electric lights along the length of the street.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 289
    Caption: "Market St, S.F," c. 1908. A view of San Francisco's Market Street at night. Electric lights are strung along the length of the street, ending at the Ferry Building, which is also decorated with electric lights.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 288
    No caption. A view of the deck of the USS Connecticut, c. 1908. The Connecticut was commissioned on September 29, 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy. Because the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 stipulated that older battleships would be disposed of, the USS Connecticut was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1923.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 287
    Inscribed on photograph: "The Arrival of the Atlantic Fleet at the Golden Gate - May 6, 1908. San Francisco, California. Copyright Charles Weidner, S.F." This photograph, by Charles Weidner, shows the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet, consisting of sixteen battle cruisers and various support vessels, steaming toward the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Atlantic Fleet (later called the "Great White Fleet" because the ships were painted white with gold trim) on a tour around the world, beginning in December 1907, to show American goodwill and also demonstrate the power of the U.S. Navy. The Fleet reached the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay, on May 6, 1908.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 286
    Caption: "USS Connecticut, Admiral Evans," c. 1908. View of the USS Connecticut, with an inset circular photograph of Admiral Evans. The USS Connecticut was commissioned on September 29, 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy. Because the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 stipulated that older battleships would be disposed of, the Connecticut was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1923.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 285
    Caption: "Lands End S.F." Lands End is a rocky shoreline at the mouth of the Golden Gate in San Francisco. Today it is a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 284
    Caption: "Soldier Life," c. 1910. A view of soldiers on horseback, pulling heavy artillery up an embankment, at an unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 283
    Caption: "Solider Life," c. 1910. A view of a group of soldiers, carrying long guns and supplies, and marching in formation at an unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 282
    Caption: "Soldier Life," c. 1910. Unidentified man firing heavy artillery at unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 281
    Caption: "Soldier Life," c. 1910. A view of an unidentified man in military attire, and an unidentified woman, lying on the ground together under a tree, at an unidentified location.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 275
    Caption: "Breach of U.S. Rapid Fire."
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 274
    Caption: "United States Field Piece." Shows a Civil War-era large gun and carriage at an unidentified location.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 266
    Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Rapid Fire." A close-up view of a large gun at an unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 265
    Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun Dismounted." A view of a large gun at an unidentified location.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 264
    Caption: "U.S., Old Timers." A view of two large guns in carriages, at an unidentified location.
  • 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.
  • 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.