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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 166

    Caption: "Market Street Burning." A view of the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the 1906 earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 013

    Caption: "Portola. King & Queen." Actors portraying explorer Gaspar de Portolà and Queen Vergilia in a parade, part of the San Francisco Portola Festival held October 19-23, 1909. The festival celebrated Portolà as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay. It was held annually until 1913. See also 96-07-08-alb06-162.

    Date: 1909-10

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 051

    Caption: "Yellowstone - Grand Canyon," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of a portion of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The 308-foot tall cascade of Lower Yellowstone Falls can be seen at the top of the photograph, flowing into the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 008

    Caption: "Berheimer [sic] Brothers Japanese Garden, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of a portion of the grounds of the mansion built by brothers Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer in 1914, in the Hollywood Hills area. Palm trees dominate the view, and an Asian-inspired outbuilding is visible at the left.

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 139

    Caption: "Watervliet Arsenal Entrance," c. 1925. A tree-lined driveway to the Watervliet Arsenal Entrance. The Arsenal was founded in 1813 in Watervliet, New York, to support the War of 1812. Today the Arsenal houses the U.S. Army's Benét Laboratories, part of the Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 136

    Caption: "Market St. Sept 9. 1910 S.F." Market Street in San Francisco, decked with bunting and flags for California's Admissions Day, the anniversary of the Golden State's entry as a state in the U.S. See also 96-07-08-alb07-008.

    Date: 1910-09-09

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 262

    Caption: "Crater Lake - View from the Lodge," c. 1935, shows clouds and sky reflected in the lake. Located in the Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is a caldera lake formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama. Its 1,949 foot depth makes it the deepest lake in the United States.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 007

    Caption: "Berheimer [sic] Brothers Japanese Type Home, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the mansion built by brothers Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer in 1914, in the Hollywood Hills area. Designed by Franklin Small, the form of the mansion is based upon a Japanese villa. It is now home to the Yamashiro restaurant and hotel.

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 197

    Caption: "Fort Stevens, OR," c. 1915. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 168

    Caption, c. 1905. Sixteen camels pull the Ringling Brothers Egyptian Circus Wagon down a street in Santa Rosa in this photograph. The Ringling Brothers Circus first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.

    Date: 1905