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Caption: "S.P. Hospital, S.F.," c. 1910. Constructed in 1908 and designed by architect Daniel J. Patterson, the hospital treated Southern Pacific Railroad workers from across the American West, as well as passengers injured while riding. As the twentieth century progressed and automobiles supplanted trains as the premier method of transportation for people and goods, the hospital entered a period of decline, closing in 1974. It has since been renovated and now serves as a senior housing complex.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Fort Point," c. 1910. This postcard shows a view of Fort Point, at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. The facilities at Fort Point were part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott, but in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.

Date: 1910

Caption: "The Lagoon with the Sky Ride in the distance. Chicago Fair. Sept. 18, 1934." Dominating this photograph is one of the 628-foot towers making up the Sky Ride, an aerial tramway which carried fair goers in small gondolas or trams (visible just to the left of the tower) over the harbor around which the Century of Progress Exposition was held. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934. 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

No Caption: U.S. Naval officers and sailors at the memorial for the victims of the USS Bennington's boiler explosion. The hump of a large mass grave dominates the foreground.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Prof. C.F. Graber's Mandolin Club," c. 1905. Pictured is a large group of mandolin players entertaining an audience. William McCarthy can be seen seated in the second row (fifth from left, with mustache).

Date: 1905

Caption: "The Ghetto with its Street Venders [sic], New York City. Aug. 12, 1934." Crowded street scene in New York City, with numerous street vendors selling a variety of goods, including vegetables and toiletry supplies.

Date: 8/12/1934

Caption: "Russian River," c. 1925. View of a locomotive traversing the Healdsburg Railroad Bridge over the Russian River. The bottom portion of the Healdsburg Memorial Bridge, built in 1921, can be seen downstream of the Railroad Bridge.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Sleighing in Port Townsend," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy sitting in horse-drawn sleigh in front of a snow-covered residence in Port Townsend, Washington. See also 96-07-08-alb08-049.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Hotel Vendome. San Jose.," c. 1910. View of the Hotel Vendome, a resort hotel built in San Jose in 1889. The hotel was demolished in 1930, the land subdivided and sold as residential lots.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Turista - Mexico - March 26th to June 8th, 1938," handwritten on a Mexico tourist brochure indicating the McCarthys' trip to Mexico in 1938. The brochure itself reads: Mexico - Visit Fiesta Land the Fiesta Way."

Date: 1938