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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 010

    Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906, shows many Presidio buildings pictured in the foreground, with ships in the bay. 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: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 034

    Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 170

    Caption: "Shasta Springs, Calif.," c. 1910. View of a waterfall behind a small gabled building and attached patio. Shasta Springs, just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the Trinity Mountains, was a resort area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centered around natural springs, which became a featured stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Shasta Route. The resort operated until the 1950s, when it was purchased by private interests.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 147

    Caption: "Seaside Beach, Or.," undated. View of a rocky ocean beach, with hills in the distance across a small bay. Piles of driftwood appear at the right side of the photograph.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Menerva [sic] Terrace," c. 1923. A prominent feature of the Mammoth Hot springs, the Minerva Terrace is a series of travertine terraces, formed from limestone. In this photograph, two unidentified men stand at the upper left, viewing the terrace.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 222

    Caption: "Entering The Redwoods, Mt Tamalpais RR," c. 1907. A view of the Muir Woods Railway tracks, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.

    Date: 1907

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 094

    Caption: "Coast Defense." Photograph of part of a print from the Illustrated London News, titled "A Modern Method of Coast Defense: The Arrangement of an Up-To-Date Battery." See also 96-07-08-alb08-230.

    Date: 1910-09-03

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 320

    Caption: "Damaged German Submarine.," c. 1917. Shows the above-water portions of a German U-boat, or submarine, likely docked in either Petaluma or San Francisco, given the presence of a Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway ferry in the background.

    Date: 1917

  • Detail of Alice Piper at about 15 years old from a photograph of Big Pine Paiute peoples standing in front of the Paiute Community Center

    This item has no description.

    Date: Circa early 1920's

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 388

    Caption: "Maguey, a most useful plant from which is made paper, rope, twine, cloth, vinegar, molases [sic], medicine and native drinks, pulque, mezcal & tequila."

    Date: 1938