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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 051

    Caption: "Devils Gate -- Nevada -- Elevation 7540 Feet." Devil's Gate is a rock formation near Silver City, Nevada. In the nineteenth century a portion of the formation was blasted away to create enough space for a wagon road, which became a toll road serving as an entryway to the Nevada silver fields.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 142

    Caption: "Columbia River Jetty, Or.," c. 1910. View of a jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River, carrying a railroad trestle. Train cars loaded with large rocks are visible at the left side of the photograph. This is likely the so-called South Jetty, extending more than six miles into the ocean from Point Adams on the Oregon side of the river mouth. The jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River was constructed between 1885 and 1917. Designed to funnel water from the Columbia River in a more concentrated fashion into the Pacific Ocean, the jetty system helped create a deeper, more stable shipping channel.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 299

    No Caption: An unidentified waterfall at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 124

    Caption: "Fountain of Winter," shows the Fountain of Winter (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-102 and 96-07-08-alb03-033.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 075

    Caption: "Varied Industries Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 255

    No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing in the yard of a house. William McCarthy is seated in the middle of the photograph, his profile turned to the camera.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 063

    Caption: "Steamer, Princess Beatrice, Seattle.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Princess Beatrice, a steamship operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between Seattle, Washington, and Victoria, British Columbia. Built in 1903, she made her first trip in January 1904. The CPR operated several ships in the Pacific Northwest, all of which were christened with "Princess" in the name. As a result, the CPR naval fleet was often referred to as "The Pacific Princesses" or the "Princess Fleet."

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 044

    No Caption: Colonnades structure at the Court of the Universe, with Fountain of the Setting Sun, or Descending Night (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 027

    Caption: "South Gardens," Grace and William McCarthy riding in an electric motor chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 403

    Caption: "Avenida del Ayuntamiento - principal street of Puebla, Mexico. This is an attractive street - note the arcades on the right."

    Date: 1938