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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 211

    Caption: "Obelisk - Central Park," c. 1925. The obelisk in this photograph was erected in Central Park on February 22nd, 1881. It is an authentic Ancient Egyptian artifact, having been created during the rule of Thusmose III in the 18th Dynasty (despite the nickname, the obelisk has no known connection to Cleopatra). It was acquired in 1877 as a gift from the Egyptian Khedive.

    Date: 1925

  • 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.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 139

    Caption: "Canada" pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 051

    Caption: "In the Court of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 252

    Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of a portion of the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.

    Date: 9/10/1934

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 080

    Caption: "Cliff House." People standing on Ocean Beach watching the third Cliff House burning in San Francisco, in 1907. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907, as seen in this image. A fourth Cliff House was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.

    Date: 1907

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 215

    No Caption: c. 1915. Shows a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. On the right side of the street is Woodley Theatre, a vaudeville theater that opened in 1913.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 398

    No Caption: A section of an informational tourist brochure describing the Palace of Fine Arts, or National Theater in Mexico City.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 261

    Caption: "In the Sierras," shows a train traveling in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001

    Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Beaux-Arts style City Hall (principle architect: Arthur Brown, Jr.). This building, opened in 1915, replaced San Francisco's original City Hall, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 14, 1934) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb10-01.

    Date: 1925