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Caption: "Copy of Mechanical Drawing," (William McCarthy, Artist). A drawing of the main engine of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. in Crockett, California.

Date: 1903

No Caption: Grace McCarthy sitting in a horse-drawn buggy next to an apple tree, likely on the McCarthy property in Watsonville, c. 1906.

Date: 1906

No caption, undated. A locomotive steams through the center of this photograph, in an unidentified location. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.

Date: Undated

Caption: "Rebuilding Market St., Fourth & Market," c.1906. A view of the rebuilding efforts on Market Street after the 1906 earthquake.

Date: 1906

No Caption: Two unidentified people standing before a building at an unidentified location, likely the Alhambra Springs of Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County, c. 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Bijou Lake Tahoe," c. 1915-1920. Grace McCarthy standing in front of a small garden with the Bijou Inn in the background.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Watsonville High School, construction," c. 1903. A view of the Watsonville High School under construction, featuring Spanish style design elements.

Date: 1903

Caption: "St. Lawrence River Scene," c. 1925. This photograph looks across the Saint Lawrence River toward a large house and wooded area on the far bank.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Fountain of Energy and Tower," shows the Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), and the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "U. S. 10" Gun, Firing Position.," c. 1905. William McCarthy standing next to a 10" disappearing gun, raised to its firing position. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

Date: 1905