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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 004

    Caption: "Presidio S.F." See also 96-07-08-alb02-021. Entrance to the main post of the Presidio, San Francisco, c. 1910. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 016

    Caption: "Stanley Park Vancouver B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of what may be a campsite, surrounded by tall trees and featuring a small gazebo and bench. The City of Vancouver opened Stanley Park in 1888. The 405-hectare park is even now thickly forested, and remains Vancouver's largest park. It is located on the northern edge of the city, surrounded on three sides by Vancouver Harbor and English Bay.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 024

    Caption: "Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 061

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-049 with caption: "Sleighing - Port Townsend." Grace McCarthy is seen sitting in a sleigh drawn by two horses at Port Townsend, Washington, c. 1908.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 064

    Caption: "Mothers War Memorial, Gulfport, Mississippi, June 19, 34." A columned memorial is visible at the left side of this photograph of Gulfport, Mississippi. Two multi-story buildings stand at the right.

    Date: 6/19/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 418

    Caption: "Home of ex U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow - Cuernavaca, Mexico." Pictured is the former home of Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931). Morrow was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Calvin Coolidge from 1927 - 1930.

    Date: 1938

  • 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.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 066

    No caption, c. 1912-1915. Shows a Curtiss Pusher Model D Biplane, an early biplane with one seat, open to the elements. The "pusher" designation indicates that the propeller is seated behind the engine.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 029

    Caption: "Military Parade -- S.F.," c. 1916. Military parade down Market Street in San Francisco. This is possibly a photograph of the Preparedness Day Parade held on July 22, 1916, in anticipation of U.S. entry into World War I.

    Date: 1916

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 052

    Caption: "Mono Lake -- Craters in the Distance." Mono Lake, in Mono County, California, is a shallow saline lake used as a resting stop by almost two million migratory birds each year.

    Date: 1927