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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 275

    Caption: "Sky Ride Across Lagoon. View from Swifts Music Stand. Chicago Fair, Sept. 18, 1934." One of the 628-foot towers making up the Sky Ride, an aerial tramway which carried fair goers in small gondolas or trams (visible in the center of the photograph) over the harbor around which the Century of Progress Exposition was held. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

    Date: 9/18/1934

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0194

    Champion Soap

    Date: 1871

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3841

    Achilles, Vulcan, Pilgrim, Puritan, Pearl, Axe, National, Nubian Mechanic, Kaiser, Hercules, Kranko

    Date: 1901

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 055

    Caption: "Desert View Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows William and Grace McCarthy looking out over the Grand Canyon from the top of the Desert View Watchtower.

    Date: 1935

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0654

    Navy

    Date: 1880

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 017

    Caption: "Fort Casey Barracks," c. 1908-1912. View of two barracks 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 U.S. Army used the facility until the 1950s, when the fort was decommissioned. The area is now a state park.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 056

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-024 with caption: Ordnance Avenue, Fort Casey," Washington, c. 1908. 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. Construction began on the fort in 1897, and the U.S. Army used the facility until the 1950s, when the fort was decommissioned. The area is now a state park.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 253

    Caption: "Del Monte Hotel Cal July 15, 1915," shows the entrance to the Hotel Del Monte (Lewis P. Hobart and Clarence A. Tan Tau, architects), in Monterey, California. Originally opened in 1880, it was the world's largest luxury resort in that time. During World War II, the hotel and grounds was leased to the U.S. Navy. It later became the Naval Postgraduate School of the U.S. Navy and today functions as administrative offices and residences for the school.

    Date: 1915

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0896

    Reception

    Date: 1882

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 198a

    No caption. Commemorative U.S. postage stamp issued in 1931, featuring the Statue of Liberty, with the word "Liberty" on a scroll across the bottom of the stamp. This was only the second time the Statue of Liberty was featured on a postage stamp.

    Date: 1931