Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 163
  No Caption: A view of the large crowds surrounding an enormous United States flag and the Spanish-American War Memorial (Douglas Tildon, sculptor) at the Portola Festival of 1909. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 162
  Caption: "Don Gasper [sic] de Portola and Queen," 1909. Participants at the Portola Festival on horseback and dressed in period costume as Don Gaspar De Portola and Queen. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 161
  No Caption: A scene from the 1909 Portola Festival, a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 160
  Caption: "Portola Celebration,"1909. The Portola Festival of 1909 was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 159
  No Caption: The photograph has a hand-written inscription stating: "Portola Electric Bell Copyright 1909 Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 800." Installed on the intersection of Third and Market Streets in San Francisco, the Portola Electric Bell contained two thousand bulbs and rose 125 feet above the street. It was part of the Portola Festival of 1909, a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 158
  Caption: "The Chicago," a two stack steam ship plying the waters of an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 157
  Caption: "Street Scene, Los Angeles," c. 1908. A view of an early twentieth street scene in Los Angeles, with horse-drawn vehicles, trolley cars, and numerous buildings.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 156
  Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, San Diego," c. 1908. Built in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company, the small depot station was later demolished to make way for a much larger station, which opened in 1915.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 155
  Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Los Angeles," c. 1910. The La Grande Station opened in 1893 and served as the main passenger terminal for the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). The building, with its Moorish inspired architecture, was heavily damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and was eventually demolished in 1946.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 154
  Caption: "Russian River - Healdsburg," c. 1914. William and Grace McCarthy are seen rowing a boat on the Russian River.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 153
  Caption: "City Hall - Healdsburg," c. 1910. The Healdsburg City Hall was built in 1886 and demolished in 1960.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 152
  Caption: "Sausalito," c. 1908. A view of the town of Sausalito with ships in Richardson Bay.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 151
  Caption: "Tannery Ruins, Benicia," c. 1905, shows the destroyed building of the Benicia Tannery.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 150
  Caption: "Ordnance Machine Shops, Benicia," c. 1905. A view of the Benicia Arsenal's Machine Shops.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 149
  Caption: "Ordnance Mechanics," c. 1905. William McCarthy (center) stands before equipment with several unidentified mechanics at the Benicia Arsenal.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 148
  Caption: "Ordnance Corps," c. 1905. A group photograph of the Ordnance Corps at the Benicia Arsenal. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps was to supply combat weapons and ammunition to U.S. Army forces on the west coast of the United States.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 147
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gardener," c.1905, shows the gardner of the Benicia Arsenal carrying two large watering cans near an unidentified structure.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 146
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Store House," c. 1905. The Benicia Arsenal Store House, also known as the Clocktower building, was erected in 1859 at three stories high. In 1912, an explosion and fire caused extensive damage, after which it was rebuilt as a two-story structure.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 145
  Caption: "United States Field Piece," shows a piece of artillery on a carriage at the Benicia Arsenal.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 144
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal," c. 1905. Overview shot of the Benicia Arsenal. 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 06, Photograph 143
  No Caption. A view of the Benicia Arsenal, with the store house in the distance. 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. Benicia Arsenal store house in the distance, c. 1905.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 142
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Avenue," c. 1905, Benicia, California. 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 06, Photograph 141
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gate," c. 1905, Benicia, California. 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 06, Photograph 140
  Caption: "Ferryboat Solano," c. 1906. The Solano was a large railroad ferry that operated across the Carquinez Straight between Benicia and Port Costa in California.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 139
  Caption: "Benicia Wharf Disaster," c. 1906, shows a collapsed building on the Benicia wharf, likely due to the April 1906 earthquake that devastated the city of San Francisco.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 138
  Caption: "Green Valley Falls Picnic," c. 1908, shows an unidentified group of people riding in horse-drawn carriages in front of the Benicia Brewery building.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 137
  Caption: "Green Valley Falls Picnic," c. 1908. A large group of unidentified people pose for a photograph at Green Valley Falls near Benicia in Solano County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 136
  Caption: "Green Valley Falls Picnic, "c. 1908. A large group of unidentified people pose for a photograph at Green Valley Falls near Benicia, in Solano County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 135
  No caption. Unidentified woman standing in front of a palm at an unidentified location, c. 1908.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 134
  Caption: "Pinole Baseball Team," c. 1908.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 133
  Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove." c. 1908. William McCarthy sitting with two unidentified woman at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 132
  Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove," c. 1908. William McCarthy on the left, with four unidentified people at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 131
  Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove," c, 1908, shows a group of unidentified people at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 130
  Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove," c. 1908, shows a group of unidentified people sitting at a table at an outdoor location at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 129
  No caption. View of an unidentified man, likely of Chinese ancestry, standing on the porch of a building at unidentified location, c. 1908.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 128
  Caption: "Picnic at Fishcamp," c. 1908, shows William McCarthy (third from right) with unidentified people posing for a photograph at Fishcamp in Mariposa County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 127
  No caption. A large group of unidentified people posing for a group photograph on what appears to be a stage, at an unidentified location, c. 1908.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 126
  Caption: "Picnic at Fishcamp," c. 1908. A large group of unidentified people enjoying a picnic at Fishcamp, near Yosemite, in Mariposa County.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 125
  No Caption: Several unidentified people posing for a group photograph at an unidentified location, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 124
  Caption: "President Roosevelt in Vallejo," c. 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt came to California in 1903, visiting several cities and towns, including Vallejo, where he laid the cornerstone of the Navy YMCA. Thousands traveled to Vallejo to greet the president, most by steam railroad.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 123
  Caption: "5 Ton Tractor," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen sitting on a military artillery tractor at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 122
  Caption: "75m/m gun," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen posing next to a large gun at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 121
  Caption: "6" Howitzer," c. 1906. A piece of artillery characterized by a relatively short barrel, used for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 120
  Caption: "The Extremes," c. 1906, shows one large dog and one small dog, in front of a building at an unidentified location.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 119
  No caption. An unidentified young child is seen standing next to a large dog, in a yard at an unidentified location, c. 1906.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 118
  Caption: "Want to get in," c. 1906, shows a small black dog, wearing a ribbon and bow around its neck, and leaning against a door.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 117
  Caption: "Want to go home," c. 1906, shows two unidentified young girls posing for a photograph.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 116
  Caption: "Want to get down," c. 1906, shows a small black dog standing on a chair.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 116.0
  Caption: "Wantses," caption label only, refers to photographs 116, 117, and 118 of album 06.
• McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 115
  Caption: "On the Sacramento River," c. 1906.