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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 002

    Caption: "Steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA at Vancouver [sic] dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. The Princess Victoria was constructed in 1902 by England's C.S. Swan and Hunter Company shipyards. The luxury passenger ship was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on routes between Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle in Washington until she was sold in 1951 to an oil carrier. Shortly thereafter, in 1953, she struck a rock and sank.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 206

    Caption: "Call Building," c. 1906. The remains of the Call building after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Completed in 1898 and designed by civic leader Claus Spreckels, the Call building on the corner of 3rd and Market streets was one of the first skyscrapers in San Francisco, built to house the San Francisco Call newspaper offices. While the structure withstood the 1906 earthquake, the interior caught fire and sustained considerable damage. After major renovations, the building is today known as The Central Tower.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 071

    Caption: "San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. View of an artificial lagoon, with the Commerce and Industries Building (tower at left, now called Casa de Balboa) and the Foreign Arts Building (tower at right, now called the House of Hospitality). The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego in 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It was smaller in scale and less well-funded than the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb04-111, and 112.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 326

    No Caption: An unidentified California Indian man standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark, and wearing a feather headdress, feather skirt, beads, and moccasins, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 213

    Caption: "Independence Hall - Philadelphia," c. 1925. Pedestrians outside of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, completed in 1753. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both debated and adopted within the walls of this red brick state house.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 272

    Caption: "General Motors Building, Chicago Fair. Sept. 17, 1934." Grace McCarthy stands at a railing with the General Motors Building in the background. The building was part of the Century of Progress 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." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.

    Date: 9/17/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 298

    Caption: "Mountain Scene - Yosemite," c. 1917. Granite cliffs and evergreen trees dominate this photograph.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 048

    Caption: "Trestle in Northern California," c. 1906, shows a railroad trestle nestled among trees and hills.

    Date: 1906

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    Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler of Veterans Home, Yountville. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 111

    Caption: "State St. Chicago.," c. 1925. A busy street scene with people, cars and trollies.

    Date: 1925