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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 021

    Caption: "Baker's [sic] Beach S.F.," c. 1906. Baker Beach begins just south of Golden Gate Point and extends approximately one half-mile southward to Seacliff Peninsula.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 213

    Caption: "Old Spanish Fort -- Petaluma," c. 1920. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo began construction on the Petaluma Adobe in 1836, as a ranch house and defensive structure. It is now the centerpiece of Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, having been reconstructed after deterioration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is the largest existing, privately-built adobe in the state.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 103

    No caption, c. 1910. Image of parlor or dining room decorated for a celebration. Strings of beads or bells hang around the entry to the room.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 035

    Caption: "Ferry Boat Contra Costa," c. 1920. Built in 1914, the Contra Costa ferried locomotives and train cars across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa. The largest rail ferry ever built, the Contra Costa operated until the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge opened in 1930. She made the crossing as many as 52 times in 24 hours.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 195

    Caption: "Bijou Inn -- Lake Tahoe.," c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing next to automobile near Bijou Inn and store in the Lake Tahoe area.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 018

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb07-286 with caption: "Harold and Lena, Healdsburg, Aug. 15, 1915."

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 166

    Caption: "Blackfeet Indians. Glacier National Park," c. 1935, shows a woman, a young child, and three men of the Blackfeet Nation standing in front of a teepee.

    Date: 1935