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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 226

    Caption: "Butcharts Gardens, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing in the gardens.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 021

    Caption: "Panama Pacific International Exposition, General View Looking North," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 119

    Caption: "Western Arch," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-097.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 105

    Caption: "View of Chicago From Boston Store Bldg," c. 1923. State Street, the Chicago Theatre, and the Wrigley Building (still under construction) can be seen in this bird's eye view of Chicago.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 119

    Caption: "Rocky Beach, Sea Side, Oregon.," undated. View of a rocky cliff along a beach in Oregon, with a tunnel carved out by wave action and rubble at the base of the cliff.

    Date: Undated

  • Schedule II and III Volume I

    The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.

    Date: 1852

  • Schedule I and Volume I

    The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.

    Date: 1852

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 208

    Caption: "Gatling Gun," c. 1905. William McCarthy sitting in the operator's position of a Gatling gun, an early rapid-fire, crank-turned weapon first used during combat in the Civil War. Developed in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.

    Date: 1905

  • 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 09, Photograph 124

    Caption: "Niagara Falls, c. 1925. William McCarthy poses in front of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, two of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.

    Date: 1925