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Caption: "Elementary Principles of Machine Design, WM McCarthy," (William McCarthy, Illustrator).

Date: Undated

Caption: "Columbia River Bridge - Portland to Vancouver, Washington," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Chrysler and Travel & Transport Bldg. Chicago Fair. Sept. 16, 1934." View of two buildings at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The Chrysler Motors building dominates the photograph, while the Travel and Transport Building can be seen at the left. The latter building featured a catenary roof, the first one built in the US. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.

Date: 9/16/1934

Caption: "Coronado Tent City.," c. 1910. Beach scene near the Coronado Hotel, showing groups of people enjoying a day at the sea shore. Established in 1900 for travelers who could not afford to stay in the resort hotel, the Coronado Tent City consisted of a grid of streets lined with furnished tents, near the sea shore. It also featured restaurants, a library, soda fountain, theater, bandstand, and other recreational facilities.

Date: 1910

No Caption: See also: 96-07-08-alb06-073, with caption: "Trestle over Pajaro River, Watsonville." c. 1910.

Date: 1910

No caption, c. 1906. Grace McCarthy posing in a feather-plumed hat, fur muff, and fur cape or stole.

Date: 1906

Caption: "6 inch Howitzers -- Camp Kearney," c. 1917. View of several 6" Howitzers, as well as several outbuildings and a line of artillery weapons under canvas covers. William McCarthy is standing next to the middle Howitzer. Camp Kearney was established by the U.S. Army in 1917 just north of San Diego. The post was largely abandoned by the government in 1920, used as a military and civilian airfield. It did not see increased military service again until the 1930s.

Date: 1917

No caption. William McCarthy embracing two unidentified women on a wicker chair in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

Date: 1934

Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gate," c. 1905, Benicia, California. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops, from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The Merced River flows through the photograph in the foreground, while the iconic Half Dome looms in the background.

Date: 1917