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Caption: "Buddha" statue within the Japan Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-145.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Court of Flowers," William and Grace McCarthy standing in the Court of Flowers at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "California St. S.F." Shows the devastation from the 1906 earthquake and fires, along California Street in San Francisco, 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Gaviota Pass," c. 1915-1916. Shows concrete bridge over Gaviota Creek at Gaviota Pass, a pass in the Santa Ynez mountains just north of Santa Barbara. The pass allows U.S. Route 101 to pass through the coastal mountains to the interior.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Government building, Victoria, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria. Designed by Francis Rattenbury, the construction began on the complex in 1893 and finished four years later. The buildings were first used in 1898.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City." View of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Truman O. Angell, architect) in Salt Lake City, Utah, dedicated in 1893. Portions of the surrounding areas of Salt Lake City can be seen in the background. See also 96-07-08-alb11-300.

Date: 1934-10-03

Caption: "Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. July 24, 1934." View of the Lincoln Memorial's façade. The memorial's outer structure, styled after a Greek Doric temple, was designed by architect Henry Bacon, while the statue of Abraham Lincoln within was designed by Daniel Chester French. The memorial was dedicated in 1922.

Date: 7/24/1934

Caption: "Fort Whitman, Wash," c. 1910. View of Goat Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Goat Island was the location of Fort Whitman, a small coastal defense fortification built in 1909. The fort consisted of a single battery and a mine field patrol and observation outpost. The buildings were torn down in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II.

Date: 1910

Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco.," c. 1925. View of the Beaux Arts-style building that replaced San Francisco's City Hall after the original building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Designed by architect Arthur Brown, Jr., the building occupies two full city blocks. See also 96-07-08-alb09-005, 96-07-08-alb10-001, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Parlor interior at home," c. 1905. A view of the parlor at the McCarthy family residence in Watsonville, with a piano in foreground and framed portraits and landscapes adorning the walls.

Date: 1905