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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 015

    Caption: "Salt Air - Great Salt Lake," c.1923. Grace McCarthy poses in front of the Saltair resort complex on Utah's Great Salt Lake. Constructed in 1893 and designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the Saltair set out to be the Western counterpart of Coney Island. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the building in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925, but a second pavilion was quickly built.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 094

    Caption: "Fine Arts Bldg. of Worlds Fair in 1893 - Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Palace of Fine Arts building shown in this photograph was originally constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. After the fair's completion, the building housed the Columbian Museum, which eventually became the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1920, that museum moved to a new building, and the Palace of Fine Arts building was left vacant. After renovations in the late 1920s, the Museum of Science and Industry opened at the site.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 095

    Caption: "City Hall Ruins," shows the gutted San Francisco City Hall after the 1906 earthquake and fires. 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 003

    Caption: "Conservatory Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. See also 96-07-08-alb03-006, and 96-07-08-alb02-014. The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, originally opened in 1879. After the most recent extensive rehabilitation, the conservatory reopened in 2003 and is a city, state, and national historic landmark.

    Date: 1910

  • eichler_f3274_388_1

    Caption: "Office District III Division of Highways." Design by H. S. Hazen; perspective drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built 1936. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - District III - Marysville.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_377a

    Caption: "Public Works Bldg. Sacramento." Drawing by Alfred Eichler. This part owned by Division of Highways. Other addition owned by Department of Finance. Project for Department of Public Works - Administration.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 048

    Caption: "Fort Flagler Beach," c. 1908-1912. This photograph features a dirt track in the foreground, with various buildings in the middle distance and a headlands and body of water, possibly Puget Sound, in the far distance.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 189

    Caption: "Ogden Canyon," c. 1915-1920. Railroad tracks and a raised roadbed (with stone retaining wall) bracket Ogden Creek in this image, with a bridge and steep canyon walls also visible.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 270

    Caption: "U.S. 1-inch Gun, Subcaliber Practice." c. 1905. William McCarthy poses next to a large piece of heavy artillery at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 118

    Caption: "Spanish Club Building -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." View of the Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," or "Great Theatre of Havana," completed in 1915. It serves as the headquarters for the Cuban National Ballet Company.

    Date: 7/4/1934