Exhibits

Items

• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 209
  Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. Image of Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 208
  Caption: "Gatling Gun," c. 1905. William McCarthy sitting in the operator's position of a Gatling gun, 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 Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.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 05, Photograph 207
  Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 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 05, Photograph 206
  Caption: "Government Exhibit -- Portland Exposition." Exhibit of various types of heavy ordnance shells, including armor piercing shells as well as torpedoes. The exhibit was located in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries. See also 96-07-08-alb08-159.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 205
  Caption: "Government Building. Portland Exposition." Shows the Government Building, Guild's Lake, and the Bridge of Nations, a long pedestrian bridge over the lake. Some of the more than 100,000 light bulbs used to outline the exposition's buildings can be seen along the arches and decorative molding of the bridge. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries. See also 96-07-08-alb08-158.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 204
  Caption: "Camp Grounds -- Marysville, Calif," c. 1910-1913. Shows two rows of open-sided shelters, designed so that sheets could be mounted for walls if desired. Each shelter has an accompanying space for an automobile. Small auto camps like this sprang up across the U.S. as the automobile gained popularity as tourist transportation.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 203
  Caption: "Bathers at Monte Rio," c. 1910-1913. Crowd of people on the Monte Rio beach along the Russian River, many wearing bathing suits while others are in suits and dresses. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 202
  Caption: "Tent City Coronado," c. 1910-1913. View of rows of tents and sheds thatched in palm fronds along the coast near Coronado Hotel, with people strolling along the roadways. Established in 1900 for travelers who could not afford to stay in the resort hotel, the Coronado Tent City consisted of a grid of streets lined with furnished tents, near the sea shore. It also featured restaurants, a library, soda fountain, theater, bandstand, and other recreational facilities. See also 96-07-08-alb08-210, and 263.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 201
  Caption: "Coronado Hotel," c. 1910-1913. The Coronado Hotel, with beach in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall. See also 96-07-08-alb08-198.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 200
  Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1915. View of the gateway to Benicia Arsenal, where William McCarthy worked (starting in 1903). Established in 1851, the Benicia Arsenal was the primary ordnance facility of the U.S. Army on the West Coast. The facility was deactivated in 1963, and closed completely the following year. The area now serves a vastly different function, providing work and retail space for artists and artisans.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 199
  Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Looking up at the undercarriage of a 12" disappearing gun aimed over a high parapet. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 198
  Caption: "A 12" Disappearing Battery," c. 1915. View of a barbette equipped with a 12" disappearing gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 197
  Caption: "Fort Stevens, OR," c. 1915. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 196
  Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 195
  Caption: "3" Barbett [sic] Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a barbette (gun emplacement) featuring a 3" heavy artillery gun (firing projectiles three inches in diameter).
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 194
  Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a coastal defense gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 193
  No caption, c. 1915. Twelve-inch disappearing coastal defense gun, showing the breech of the barrel where shells are loaded and ejected. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 192
  Caption: "Columbia River Scene," c. 1910. Train tracks running into the distance with the Columbia River to the right.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 191
  Caption: "Sacramento River Scene," c. 1910. Train running along Sacramento River in foothills or mountains. See also 96-07-08-alb08-037.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 190
  Caption: "R.R. Trestle -- Siskiyou Mountains," c. 1910. Train trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California or southern Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 189
  Caption: "R.R. Trestle -- Siskiyou Mountains," c. 1910. View from below of a train trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California or southern Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 188
  Caption: "R.R. Grades in the Siskiyou Mountains -- Scene Taken from the Track Above.," c. 1910. Mountain scene, looking down on railroad tracks in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California or southern Oregon.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 187
  No caption, c. 1910. Train trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains, over Wall Creek.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 186
  Caption: "Tacoma Bridge.," c. 1913. Double leaf, Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the rare instances where William McCarthy's labeling of the photographs in the albums is incorrect. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1913, was Portland's first bascule bridge, or drawbridge. It retains the distinction of being the longest bascule bridge span in the world.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 185
  Caption: "Council Crest -- Portland," c. 1909. Buildings and benches in a park setting, with a tall observation tower, labeled the "Observatory," at the right side of the photograph. Council Crest Park in Portland, Oregon was the site of an amusement park between 1907 and 1929. The buildings in this photograph were part of that park. The Observatory, built in 1907, was demolished in 1941 to make room for a water tower. The area is still in use as a municipal park.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 184
  Caption: "Trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains," c. 1910. Train crossing trestle in Siskiyou Mountains in northern California or southern Oregon. Smoke obscures the forward cars of the train, presumably from the locomotive. See also Album 96-07-08-alb08-093.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 183
  Caption: "R.R. Grades in the Siskiyou Mountains -- Scene Taken from the Track Above," c. 1910. Mountain scene in northern California or southern Oregon, looking down on railroad tracks, with a train snaking its way through the terrain.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 182
  Caption: "Union Pacific Bridge -- Portland, OR.," c. 1915. Built in 1912, this through-truss, double-deck, vertical lift bridge crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. See also 96-07-08-alb08-038.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 181
  Caption: "Washington St. Portland Or.," c. 1915. Street scene on Washington Street in Portland, Oregon, with an electric trolley, automobiles, and pedestrians. See also 96-07-08-alb08-092.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 180
  No caption, c. 1909. William McCarthy standing in park or garden, with small stream flowing down a hillside in background.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 179
  No caption, c. 1909. Unidentified man standing in park or garden, with small stream flowing down a hillside in background.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 178
  No caption. Street view in Seattle, with Smith Tower in background. See also 96-07-08-alb08-036.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 177
  Caption: "Smith Building -- Seattle." View of the neoclassical Smith Tower in Seattle, built by industrialist Lyman Cornelius Smith. At the time of its completion in 1914, the Smith Tower was the tallest building on the West Coast, until being superseded by the Space Needle in 1962. See also 96-07-08-alb08-035.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 176
  Caption: "Deception Pass -- Wash.," c. 1909. View of the strait known as Deception Pass, separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island in Puget Sound. Deception Island can be seen in the center of the photograph in the distance. See also 96-07-08-alb08-094.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 175
  No caption, c. 1909. View of portion of Puget Sound.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 174
  Caption: "Fort Casey Washington," c. 1909. Overview of several buildings at Fort Casey, located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897. Fort Casey was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The area is now a state park.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 173
  Caption: "Fort Casey Lighthouse.," c. 1909. Located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, the Admiralty Head Lighthouse was built overlooking Admiralty Inlet in 1903. It replaced an earlier structure that had to be moved in 1890 to accommodate the construction of Fort Casey. The second lighthouse, shown here, was built with thick walls in order to withstand earthquakes and the concussion of guns at Fort Casey. Deactivated in 1922, the lighthouse has since been restored by Washington State Parks, and is part of the Fort Casey State Park.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 172
  Caption: "Retracting 6 inch Gun.," c. 1909. View of crew installing coastal defense weaponry. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 171
  Caption: "Scene at Fort Canby, Wash.," c. 1909. Overview of jetty and wharf facilities jutting out from the shoreline near Fort Canby in the state of Washington. See also 96-07-08-alb05-231.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 170
  Caption: "Fort Worden Wash.," c. 1909. Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898. By 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the State of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 169
  Caption: "Second Ave. Seattle.," c. 1915. Street scene, showing Seattle's Second Avenue. An electric streetcar and the Smith Tower can be seen in the distance, as well as the Hotel Savoy, the Vienna Café, and other businesses.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 168
  Caption, c. 1905. Sixteen camels pull the Ringling Brothers Egyptian Circus Wagon down a street in Santa Rosa in this photograph. The Ringling Brothers Circus first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 167
  Caption: "Circus Parade -- Santa Rosa, Calif.," c. 1905. This image shows several elephants walking down a street in Santa Rosa, part of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 166
  Caption: "Tea Garden -- Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 165
  Caption: "Stow Lake. Golden Gate Park.," c. 1910. Created in 1893 as part of Golden Gate Park, this man-made lake surrounds Strawberry Hill Island. Several pleasure rowboats appear in this photograph.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 164
  Caption: "On Strawberry Hill. Golden Gate Park.," c. 1910. Image of small waterfall and pond on Strawberry Hill. This hill rises above Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, surrounded by the man-made Stow Lake.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 163
  Caption: "Golden Gate Park -- Portals of the Past," c. 1910. A monument in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on the shores of Lloyd Lake, consisting of a white marble archway and columns. The archway was originally part of the Nob Hill mansion belonging to railroad tycoon Alban Towne. The mansion was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, but the entryway still stood. It was moved to the shore of Lloyd Lake in 1909, as a memorial to the pre-1906 city.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 162
  No caption, c. 1906. William McCarthy in a swim suit on a beach, with surf and waves in the background.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 161
  No caption, c. 1910. Grace McCarthy posing with parasol in garden. See also 96-07-08-alb08-236.
• McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 160
  Caption: "Golden Gate Park," c. 1906. Grace McCarthy with two unidentified people in an automobile, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.