Search All Items

Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Expo.," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Sacramento Causeway," c. 1916, shows Grace McCarthy at the wheel of an automobile, and William in the passenger seat, on the newly constructed Yolo Causeway, between Sacramento and Davis, California.

Date: 1916

No Caption: An American Express Travel Bureau brochure in red, yellow, and green, and titled: The Way to See Mexico, from The Emporium travel agency in San Francisco. c. 1938.

Date: 1938

Caption: "Embassy Club Royal Palm Garden -- Palm Beach, Fla. Designed by Adison [sic] Mizner of Benicia Calif. July 8, 1934." William McCarthy leaning on an ornamental fence in a garden, surrounded by palm trees and manicured hedges. The Embassy Club was a popular Palm Beach club in the mid-twentieth century.

Date: 7/8/1934

Caption: "End of the Trail," (James Earl Fraser, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-095.

Date: 1915

No Caption: An unidentified newspaper clipping of an obituary for the Mother of William McCarthy, Mrs. C.P. McCarthy. Hand written on the top of the page: "Chas P McCarthy Died Jan 25 1903, Age 56 years 6 Months 10 Days."

Date: 1903

Caption: "Residence in Chapultepec Heights - Mexico City."

Date: 1938

Caption: "Riverside Villa Aug 15, 1915," shows William (seated at center) and Grace McCarthy (standing eighth from right) with friends and family at the riverside Villa resort on the Russian River at Healdsburg.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Rangers Home - Mount Royal Park," c. 1930. The Smith House, seen in this photograph surrounded by trees and a beautifully manicured flower garden, is a residence in Montreal's Mount Royal Park. Built in 1858 and purchased by the city when the ground was bought for the park's creation, the Smith House has been used for a variety of functions. It currently houses an interpretive center for the park as well as operating as the headquarters for Les amis de la montagne (The Friends of the Mountain), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the environment of Mount Royal.

Date: 1930

Caption: "Central Park Scene N.Y.," c. 1925. New York City's Central Park, established in 1857, was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and landscape designer and architect Calvert Vaux. This photograph shows one of the water features within the park, crossed by a pedestrian bridge.

Date: 1925