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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 189

    Caption: "Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935, shows the luxury Chateau Lake Louise Hotel in the distance.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 185

    Caption: "Market Street Burning." Fire engulfing buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, including the Call Building.

    Date: 4/18/1906

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 304

    Caption: "Cascade Falls," c. 1917. Erroneously labeled as Cascade Falls, this photograph actually shows both the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls as viewed from the floor of Yosemite Valley. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 220

    Caption: "Coney Island, Sunday Crowd. New York. Aug. 19, 1934." Very crowded beach scene on New York's Coney Island. The construction of several resort hotels on the island in the 1870s and 1880s encouraged construction of amusement parks to provide tourist destinations. Coney Island has hosted several large amusement parks over the years, including one of the world's first roller coasters (built in 1884). Numerous smaller attractions were available as well. The island's popularity peaked in the World War II era, but despite some decline is still a world-renowned recreation area.

    Date: 8/19/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 276

    Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1910. Bathers enjoying the surf at Long Beach. Long Beach pier runs through the center of the photograph.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 262

    Caption: "Happy Isles," c. 1917. The Merced River tumbles over rocks and around several small isles in this photograph. The isles are collectively known as the Happy Isles.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 119

    Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of Horseshoe Falls, largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York. At the right side of the photograph is a parking area with groups of tourists taking in the view.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 227

    Caption: "Washington Monument," c.1925. The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 224

    Caption: "July 4th Healdsburg," c. 1921. View of river bank along the Russian River near Healdsburg. People are gathered along the shore, watching the beginning of a swimming contest. A line of swimmers is in the process of leaping into the river, in the middle right portion of the photograph.

    Date: 1921

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 067

    Caption: "Mechanics of Hendy Machine Works, 1894." The Joshua Hendy Machine Works operated in San Francisco until the facilities were destroyed by the 1906 earthquake. The company relocated to Sunnyvale, California, after the local government there enticed them with free land. William McCarthy can be seen standing (sixth from left) in the second from back row.

    Date: 1894