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  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 093
    McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 093

    Caption: "Oakland City Hall," Oakland, California, c. 1910. Completed in 1879, the building was Oakland's second city hall and served until it was demolished in 1914 to create City Hall Plaza in front of the new City Hall that had been completed that year.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 445
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 445

    Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 002
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 002

    No caption, c. 1910. Portrait photograph of William McCarthy.

    Date: 1910