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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 037

    Caption: "Carson City." Street scene with Grace McCarthy standing next to an automobile.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 159

    Caption: "Old Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia, July 15, 1934." The remains of the Hermitage Plantation mansion, built in 1830, can be seen through trees draped with Spanish moss. Hermitage was a 400-acre plantation on the Savannah River, owned by Henry McAlpin. McAlpin not only conducted farming operations at the planation, but also manufactured bricks, barrels, cast iron products, and lumber.

    Date: 7/15/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 188

    No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman sitting in a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 096

    Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-078

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 209

    Caption: "The Hall of Justice," c. 1906. A view of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco shows the building's utter destruction after the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 252

    Caption: "Mexican Custom House and Officer.," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right) standing in front of a customs house in Mexico, with two other unidentified men. One of the men appears to be of Hispanic ethnicity, and is likely the "Officer" mentioned in the caption.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 236

    Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c.1910. Stow Lake is a man-made lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 106

    Caption: "State & Madison St. Chicago," c. 1923. A busy street scene at the intersection of State and Madison Streets in Chicago.

    Date: 1923

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 016

    Caption: "Oil Wells, Venice Beach, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows numerous oil wells along the shoreline of Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 033

    Caption: "Court of the Universe," with the Tower of Jelwels in the background, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 047

    Caption: "Mississippi River Ferry -- New Orleans, June 14, 34." A ferry owned by the Bisso family carrying automobiles and their owners across the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Ferries were extremely important to commerce and other activities along the Mississippi River before the construction of bridges capable of carrying automobile traffic.

    Date: 6/14/1934