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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 073

    Caption: "Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," c. 1912-1915. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.

    Date: 1915

  • eichler_f3274_251

    Watercolor perspective of New Governor's Mansion. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Not built. The design, made during the tenure of Governor James Rolph, is an adaptation of early California mission style. The painting is made with water color mixed with a small amount of Chinese white; the sky is blown on with a brush. Project for Office of the Governor.

    Date: 1931

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 267a

    No caption. Commemorative U.S. Postage stamp issued in 1933 for Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition, celebrating the one-hundred year anniversary of Chicago's incorporation. This stamp features the Exposition's Federal Building. Its three tall columns represent each branch of the federal government.

    Date: 1933

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0006

    Pioneer Soda Works, S.F.

    Date: 1862

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 193

    No caption, c. 1915. Twelve-inch disappearing coastal defense gun, showing the breech of the barrel where shells are loaded and ejected. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 075

    Caption: "Washington Monument," c. 1920. 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. See also 96-07-08-alb09-212.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 092

    Caption: "St. James Cathedral -- Montreal," c. 1925. The St. James Cathedral in Montreal was consecrated in 1894. At that time, it was the largest church in Quebec. Pope Pious XII rededicated the church in 1955 to Mary, Queen of the World. See also 96-07-08-alb09-129.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 113

    Caption: "Ramona's Marriage Place -- San Diego," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked along adobe building with sign proclaiming "Ramona's Marriage Place," referring to the fictional character Ramona from Helen Hunt Jackson's novel of the same name. The building, known as Casa de Estudillo, was built in 1827 by José María Estudillo.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 180

    Caption: "Grinnell Glacier - Glacier National Park. Method of observing one of the many deep crevasses on Grinnell Glacier. Your life depends on the man on the other end of the rope." c. 1935. William McCarthy tied to a rope and looking into a crevasse on Grinnell Glacier.

    Date: 1935