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Caption: "Fallen Giant - Mariposa Grove," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses with two unidentified people next to the Fallen Monarch, the enormous trunk of a fallen Giant Sequoia in Maripose Grove. It is estimated that the tree fell more than 300 years ago, but the natural resistance of Giant Sequoias to rot has preserved the trunk to the present time.

Date: 1917

Caption: "San Francisco April 17, 1906. Center of Town." Bird's eye view of the center of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Call Building (built in the 1890s to house the San Francisco Call newspaper) is the tallest building in the photograph, just to the right of center. See also 96-07-08-alb02-026.

Date: 4/17/1906

caption: "In Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (standing in the center) and four unidentified men with horse-and-buggies in the Gorge. The Gorge is a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The inlet became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.

Date: 1906

Caption: "George Washingtons [sic] Home, Mt. Vernon, Virginia. July 22, 1934." View of Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Built between 1758 and 1778, the Palladian-style mansion is now owned in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and open to the public.

Date: 7/22/1934

Caption: "Devils Gate -- Nevada -- Elevation 7540 Feet." Devil's Gate is a rock formation near Silver City, Nevada. In the nineteenth century a portion of the formation was blasted away to create enough space for a wagon road, which became a toll road serving as an entryway to the Nevada silver fields.

Date: 1927

Caption: "Pan-American Highway monument marking the highway completion, July 1, 1936 Altitude 8209 feet. Highest point on route - 15 miles south of Octopan [sic], Mexico." Pictured is William McCarthy standing before the "Monument of Good Friendship (El Monumento de Buena Amistad), near Actopan, Mexico.

Date: 1938

Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Exposition," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.

Date: 1935

No caption, c. 1910. Large-caliber mortars with associated gun crews at target practice. At least one gun has just been, or is about to be, fired, given that the men are all holding their hands against their ears. See also 96-07-08-alb05-105 and 107.

Date: 1910

Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun Dismounted.," c. 1905. View from the side of a 10" disappearing gun, a heavy coastal artillery weapon. It has been dismounted from its carriage, with one end held up by timbers. An unidentified man is seated near the barrel of the gun.

Date: 1905

Caption: "York Hazzard. He has Never Been Arrested for Speeding. Old Negro and His Mode of Traveling, Darien, Ga. July 13, 1934." York Hazzard, an elderly man of African-American ethnicity, seated in a small wooden cart drawn by a cow or steer. An automobile is parked on the street behind the cart.

Date: 7/13/1934