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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 209

    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

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 001c

    Caption: "United States Tour -- Left San Francisco May 14, 1934, Returned Oct. 10, 1934 -- Traveled 10,014 Mi. Note Dark Line." This photograph of a roadmap published by the California State Automobile Association shows the route taken by William and Grace McCarthy on an automobile tour of the United States.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 233

    Caption: "Stockton Court House," c. 1906, (E.E. Meyers, Architect). San Joaquin County Courthouse, Stockton, California. The neo-classical building was completed in 1890 and demolished in 1961 to may way for a new courthouse.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 275

    Caption: "Sky Ride Across Lagoon. View from Swifts Music Stand. Chicago Fair, Sept. 18, 1934." One of the 628-foot towers making up the Sky Ride, an aerial tramway which carried fair goers in small gondolas or trams (visible in the center of the photograph) over the harbor around which the Century of Progress Exposition was held. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934. 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."

    Date: 9/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 009

    Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Market Place, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."

    Date: 5/18/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215

    Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • Cañada de los Capotancillos or San Vicente or San Jose Pueblo Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Capotancillos or San Vicente or San Jose Pueblo boundaries. Volume 1, page 770.

    Date: 1842

  • eichler_f3274_438_14

    Caption: "Mess Hall - Veterans Home - Yountville." Reflected plan; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Date: 1943

  • eichler_f3274_395

    Preliminary design study of Tower Bridge, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • eichler_f3274_196_012

    Caption: "Industrial Education Building, Santa Barbara State College." Drawing by Alfred Eichler. Negative. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1929