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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 011

    Caption: "Breaking of Ground, Panama-Pacific International Exposition." See also 96-07-08-alb01-006, which includes the same caption. San Francisco, Oct 14, 1911. The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1911

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 229

    Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 124

    No Caption: View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at dusk, with pathways defined by globe lights. The Government Building can be seen in the center of the photograph. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 098

    Caption: "Setting Up Guns, Fort Ruger Honolulu," c. 1909-1915. Group of unidentified men gathered around unassembled pieces of what appears to be a 12-inch mortar at Fort Ruger, Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. Fort Ruger was established by the U.S. in 1906 as the Diamond Head Reservation. Its name was changed to Fort Ruger in 1909. See also 96-07-08-alb05-099 and 100.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 111

    *Caption: "California Building -- San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked along road to the Panama-California Exposition entrance, with California Building's tower and dome in the background. 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-alb05-071.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 055

    Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle." Exposition building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 330

    No Caption: Pictured is Yosemite master basket weaver, Lucy Parker Telles, a Mono Lake Paiute, who lived at Yosemite and Mono Lake. Telles was one of a group of Mono-Paiute women renowned for the artistry of their stunning baskets, many of which they sold to Yosemite visitors. Here, Telles poses with her beautiful 36" basket, which took her four years to complete, and which captured first prize at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 334b

    Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. This postcard, sent to William and Grace McCarthy in May 1937, commemorates the coronation of George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. The back of the postcard features an image of the Hotel de Ville in Paris.

    Date: 5/12/1937

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 244

    Caption: "California Building. P.C. Exp. San Diego. July 18, 1915," shows the Cabrillo Bridge to the entryway of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, with the California Building on the right. See also 96-07-08-alb01-164.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 280

    Caption: "Yosemite Driveways," c. 1917. William (right) and Grace (left, near vehicle) McCarthy pose with an unidentified woman next to an automobile on a dirt road in Yosemite National Park.

    Date: 1917