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  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 026

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-182, with caption: "San Francsico April 17, 1906. Center of Town." Bird's eye view of the center of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Call Building (built in the 1890s to house the San Francisco Call newspaper) is the tallest building in the photograph, just to the right of center.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 084

    Caption: "Pleasant Beach, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View from across a bay in Puget Sound, looking toward the Pleasant Beach Hotel. Built before the turn of the twentieth century, this resort hotel featured forty rooms, a bowling alley, billiards room, swimming pool, and a pavilion. The resort came to be known as the "Coney Island" of Puget Sound.

    Date: 1908

  • Consumnes or Rancho de Hartnell Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Consumnes or Rancho de Hartnell boundaries. Volume 2, page 103.

    Date: 1844

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 208

    Caption: "Palm Garden, San Diego,," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right, with moustache) and several unidentified friends or family posing in a garden featuring palm trees and birdcages.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 031

    Caption: "Court House -- El Paso Tex. Population of El Paso 100,000, 80% Mexicans. 4000 ft. alt. May 28, 34." View of the El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1917 and designed by Henry Charles Trost. It is not known where William McCarthy got the statistics he quotes in the caption.

    Date: 5/28/1934