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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 129

    No Caption: Photograph of a display of lemons at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 121a

    No Caption: Yellow ribbon commemorating "San Francisco Day" at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

    Date: 9/4/1909

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 151

    Caption: "Museum -- Golden Gate Park," c. 1922. The Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park, designed by Louis Christian Mulgardt in the Spanish-Plateresque style, was built in 1919. Michael H. de Young, co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, added the central tower in 1921. The museum's name was later changed to honor de Young, becoming the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (now commonly known as the de Young Museum). This building has since been replaced with a more modern facility.

    Date: 1922

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 117

    Caption: "Sutro Baths S.F.," c. 1910. Interior shot of the Sutro Baths, north of the Cliff House. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. See also 96-07-08-alb02-023.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 266

    No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy on the steep trail to the summit of the iconic Half Dome, in the Yosemite Valley. The cables used to assist hikers follow a route laid down by George Anderson, who reached the summit in 1875.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 032

    No Caption: Fountain of Summer (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 122

    No caption, c. 1920. River scene with a boat, possibly a paddle steamer, traveling close to the riverbank at the left side of the photograph.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 230

    Caption: "Entrance - California Building," (Bertrum Goodhue, architect), shows the richly-decorated entranceway to the California Building at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 252

    Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of a portion of the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.

    Date: 9/10/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 104

    Caption: "Alligator Wrestler at the Alligator Farm -- Miami Fla. July 1, 1934." Unidentified man kneeling with his knees entrapping an alligator, and holding its mouth closed with his hands.

    Date: 7/1/1934