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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 046

    Caption: "Giant Cactus Arizona Desert, Salome, AR. June 1, 1935," shows William McCarthy standing next to a large cactus at Salome, Arizona.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 098

    Caption: "Main Engine, Crockett Sugar Refinery," c. 1906. William McCarthy (left) and unidentified man pose next to the main engine at the sugar refinery.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 021

    Caption: "Baker's [sic] Beach S.F.," c. 1906. Baker Beach begins just south of Golden Gate Point and extends approximately one half-mile southward to Seacliff Peninsula.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 195

    Caption: "Bijou Inn -- Lake Tahoe.," c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing next to automobile near Bijou Inn and store in the Lake Tahoe area.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 103

    No caption, c. 1910. Image of parlor or dining room decorated for a celebration. Strings of beads or bells hang around the entry to the room.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 160

    Caption: "Portola Celebration,"1909. The Portola Festival of 1909 was 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 11, Photograph 238

    Caption: "Picturesque Connecticut Highway. U.S. No 1. Sept. 4, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a tree-lined highway. U.S. Route 1 is a north-south highway connecting the eastern seaboard from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida.

    Date: 9/4/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 308

    Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Arranging Sleeping Quarters. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy is arranging pads for sleeping in the car that the couple used to travel across the U.S. The vehicle appears to be a Studebaker sedan, possibly dating from the mid-1920s.

    Date: 10/10/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 226

    Caption: "Congressional Library Interior," c. 1925. View of part of the book stacks within the Library of Congress. The building, originally called the Library of Congress Building, opened to the public in 1897. Its name was changed in 1980 to honor Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third President of the U.S.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 152

    Caption: "Museum of Natural History N.Y.," c. 1925. View of the original building of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Victorian Gothic-style building, often referred to as a "castle," was designed by J. Wrey Mould. It opened in 1877. Later expansions added to the complex around this building and have disguised much of it from view.

    Date: 1925