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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 254
    Caption: "Capitola Calif," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy is seen standing in front of a large building in Capitola.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 249
    No Caption. A view of a train crossing over trestle at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 247
    Caption: "Ocean Beach - S.F," c. 1910, shows a large group of sunbathers on San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 246
    No Caption. An unidentified man riding a horse at an unidentified location, c. 1920.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 244
    No Caption. A Dutch Windmill, at unidentified location, likely at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, c. 1910.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 242
    No Caption. Grace McCarthy posing for a photograph in front of a pine tree, c. 1908.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 241
    No Caption. William McCarthy posing for a photograph in front of a pine tree, c. 1908.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 231
    Caption: "Elementary Principles of Machine Design, WM McCarthy," (William McCarthy, Illustrator).
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 230
    Caption: "Copy of Mechanical drawing," illustrator unknown, but likely William McCarthy.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 229
    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun & Carriage, Model 1896, Wm McCarthy, July 20, 1905."
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 228
    Caption: "Copy of Mechanical Drawing," (William McCarthy, Artist). A drawing of the main engine of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. in Crockett, California.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 227
    Caption: "Field Piece in Action." Unidentified location, c. 1905-1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 226
    Caption: "Gatling gun," c. 1905. three unidentified men and William McCarthy (third from right) stand near a Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was an early rapid-fire, crank-turned weapon first used during combat in the Civil War. Developed in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 225
    No caption: Grace McCarthy in a swimsuit at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 224
    No caption. William McCarthy in a swimsuit at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 223
    Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun." Two unidentified men sit on a 6" disappearing gun at an unidentified location. The disappearing guns were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports, primarily during the first half of the twentieth century.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 222
    Caption: "Entering The Redwoods, Mt Tamalpais RR," c. 1907. A view of the Muir Woods Railway tracks, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 221
    Caption: "San Francisco Bay From Mt Tamalpais," c. 1907. A bird's eye view of the bay from atop Mount Tamalpais.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 220
    Caption: "Mt Tamalpais from Mill Valley," c. 1907 shows a bird's eye view of Mount Tamalpais and the valley below.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 219
    Caption: "Tavern of Tamalpais," c. 1907, shows a train leaving the Tamalpais Tavern on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 219.0
    Caption: "Tamalpais Views." A label in album 6 referring to photographs 218-222.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 218
    Caption: "Looking from the Track Above," c. 1907. A view of a train engine and two cars taken from above at Mount Tamalpais.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 217
    Caption: "California Street looking to the Ferry," 1906. A view of the destruction along California street after the earthquake and fire.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 216
    Caption: "A Park Refugee Camp," c. 1906. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using tents or debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 215
    Caption: "Fallen Pillars, City Hall," shows the pillars of San Francisco City Hall that fell into the street as a result of the 1906 earthquake.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 214
    Caption: "Powell Street Power House Ruins," shows a view of the Powell Street power house in complete disarray after the 1906 earthquake.
  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 213
    Caption: "A Twisted Monument," 1906, shows damage from the earthquake to a monument in a San Francisco cemetery.