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  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 132

    Caption: "Iowa Exhibit," features a horn of plenty with a mountain of corn cobs, with "Corn is King - in Iowa," spelled out in corn, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 091

    Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-073.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 124

    Caption: "Annheuser Busch Residence. Los Angeles," c. 1906. Unidentified woman standing in front of Tudor-style mansion, with several gables and chimneys covered in ivy. Built in 1898 in Pasadena and designed by Frederick Roehrig, the Ivy Wall (the mansion's nickname) was purchased by Adolphus Busch in 1905. Busch gradually bought up much of the surrounding property, and subsequently created the first Busch Gardens. After his death in 1913, his wife Lily continued to develop the gardens. Lily died in 1928. Over the next two decades, the gardens were gradually sold off to real estate developers. The Ivy Wall itself was torn down in 1952.

    Date: 1906

  • 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

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 218a

    No Caption: A "Follow the Birds to Victoria, B.C." sticker, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 197

    Caption: "George Washington Bridge. New Jersey to New York. Aug 1, 1934." This suspension bridge, designed by Othmar Ammann, spans the Hudson River between Manhattan in New York City, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Constructed between 1927 and 1931, the bridge included the longest main span in the world at the time, a record it held until construction of the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937. It was originally built with only one deck, but a second deck opened in 1962. Still in active use today, it carried over 51 million vehicles in 2016.

    Date: 8/1/1934

  • Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islae Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islae boundaries. Volume 2, page 143.

    Date: 1843

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 216

    Caption: "A Park Refugee Camp," c. 1906. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using tents or debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 089

    No Caption: The Liberty Bell, on display in the Pennsylvania State Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, after its 3,000 mile journey from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also 96-07-08-alb01-071.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 156

    Caption: "Mount Clements - Logan Pass - Glacier National Park, Mrs. McC.," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy in the foreground holding a snowball.

    Date: 1935