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  • Old Series Trademark No. 2936

    A. Van Hoboken and Co., Rotterdam

    Date: 1897

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 284

    Caption: "Chicago Fair Grounds at Night. Sept. 22, 1934." View of a portion of the Century of Progress Exposition as seen at night. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

    Date: 9/22/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 139

    Caption: "Benicia Wharf Disaster," c. 1906, shows a collapsed building on the Benicia wharf, likely due to the April 1906 earthquake that devastated the city of San Francisco.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 342

    No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing on a snow covered landscape next to a series of snow sculptures with "1932" written in rocks below.

    Date: 1932

  • eichler_f3274_123_019

    Caption: "Entrance to Social Hall, Students Union, Fresno." Drawing of Student Activities Building, Fresno State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1940

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 081

    No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified woman standing at the gate to a white picket fence in front of a residence.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 152

    Caption: "Turpentine Still, Darien, Georgia. July 13, 1934." Two unidentified men standing in front of a large barn or shed, with numerous barrels surrounding them, presumably for turpentine and other resin products. After being harvested from pine trees, resin is then subjected to steam distillation to evaporate off the turpentine.

    Date: 7/13/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 009a

    Caption: "Chas Chaplin Residence Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of a castle-like building, with crenellated parapets and a tower. William McCarthy labeled this as a residence of Charlie Chaplin. The sign in front appears to indicate that the building is a church rather than a residence, but is difficult to read.

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 041

    No Caption: Santa Fe Depot, Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Santa Fe Depot (William Benson Storey, architect) was completed in 1899 for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the depot was renovated and restored it to its original design and reopened in 2005.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 182

    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