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Caption: "Parlor interior at home," c. 1905. A view of the parlor at the McCarthy family residence in Watsonville, with a piano in foreground and framed portraits and landscapes adorning the walls.

Date: 1905

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-193, with caption: "Fillmore St. Dec. 10, 1906." A view of a flooded Fillmore Street in San Francisco during the winter of 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Riverside Villa Scenes," c. 1915, shows William (standing in water) and Grace McCarthy (in the water) with a group of unidentified people in a boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg.

Date: 1915

Caption: "El Capitan," c. 1917. El Capitan is a vertical granite rock formation in Yosemite Valley. It's sheer cliff face, rising almost 3,000 feet above the Valley, is a favorite rock climbing location.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Louisiana Negro Bungalows, June 14, 34." An unidentified African-American family sits on the front porch of a small home sided with wood planks. A row of similar structures can be seen to the right.

Date: 6/14/1934

No caption, c. 1917. William McCarthy in the driver's seat of a small, camouflaged tank or other military transport, with a caterpillar-style propulsion system. The photograph was likely taken at Camp Kearney.

Date: 1917

Caption: "In The Red Bug." Two unidentified boys and a dog pose in a small go-cart near the carport in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

Date: 1934

Caption: "Garden at American Radiator Co. Exhibit. Chicago [sic] Fair. Sept. 18, 1934." William McCarthy stands in front of a series of pools cascading into one another, surrounded by manicured plants at the Century of Progress Exposition. 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: 9/18/1934

Caption: "Court of the Universe," with William and Grace McCarthy standing before a fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Tavern of Tamalpais," c. 1907, shows a train leaving the Tamalpais Tavern on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.

Date: 1907