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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 319

    Caption: "Vernal and Nevada Falls - View From Glacier Point," c. 1917. Example of the spectacular views available from Glacier Point on the south wall of the Yosemite Valley. Vernal and Nevada Falls can be seen in the distance.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 031

    No Caption: A view of the Ferry Building, located at the end of Market Street along the San Francisco Embarcadero, which survived the 1906 earthquake and fires with little damage.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 029

    Caption: "Conservatory Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. Built in 1879, the Conservatory is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park, and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory in the country.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 052

    Caption: "Mono Lake -- Craters in the Distance." Mono Lake, in Mono County, California, is a shallow saline lake used as a resting stop by almost two million migratory birds each year.

    Date: 1927

  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) members walking from New York City to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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    Date: 1963

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 066

    caption: "In Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (standing in the center) and four unidentified men with horse-and-buggies in the Gorge. The Gorge is a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The inlet became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 088

    Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the 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 07, Photograph 219

    No Caption: shows Broadway in Los Angeles, c. 1915, with M.A. Hamburger's department store on the right, which later became the May Co. The Majestic Theatre, opened in 1908, can be seen at the end of the block in the distance.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 151

    Caption: "Tannery Ruins, Benicia," c. 1905, shows the destroyed building of the Benicia Tannery.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 120

    Caption: "Prado -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." Street scene in Havana. A park appears at the right of the photograph, while buildings line the left side of the street.

    Date: 7/4/1934