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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Home of Mary Clark -- Movie Star -- New Orleans, June 17, 1934." View of large, two-story residence in New Orleans. William McCarthy described this as the home of Helen Marguerite Clark, a silent film actress who married Louisiana businessman Harry Palmerston Williams. California State Archives staff were not able to confirm that this house was one of the New Orleans-area residences owned by the couple.

    Date: 6/17/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 168

    Caption: "Mission Street After the Quake," 1906. A view of the severe damage to Mission Street after the earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 042

    Caption: "Bear Decending [sic] a Tree," c. 1923. The bear in 96-07-08-alb09-041 is seen beginning his descent from the tree in this photograph.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 259

    Caption: "Civic Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1934." View of a busy intersection in Cleveland's Civic Center, a district housing several governmental buildings.

    Date: 9/12/1934

  • eichler_f3274_400

    Pen and ink perspective drawing of a preliminary design for Tower Bridge concrete towers by Alfred Eichler. Note improvement of the towers in final design. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 271

    Caption: "Oregon Caves Chateau," c. 1935. The Oregon Caves National Monument was established in 1909. The Oregon Caves Chateau, built in the rustic style (Gust Lium, architect), opened in 1934. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 005

    No caption, c. 1910. William McCarthy in striped suit and bowler hat, posing in garden for photograph.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 167

    Caption: "Circus Parade -- Santa Rosa, Calif.," c. 1905. This image shows several elephants walking down a street in Santa Rosa, part of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.

    Date: 1905

  • Outline of Problems

    Correspondence from Annie Clo Watson to Martha A. Chickering outlining problems faced by minority groups

    Date: January 30, 1942

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 079

    Caption: "Negro Hut Near Orlando -- Florida -- June 25 1934." An unidentified man and woman stand on the front porch of a small home with wood siding and a corrugated metal roof.

    Date: 6/25/1934