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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 009
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 009

    Caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate," c. 1906. Fort Point in the foreground, with ships in the bay. Fort Point was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861 of brick and mortar, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 056
    McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 056

    Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle." Cascading fountains at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

    Date: 1909