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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 288

    No caption. A view of the deck of the USS Connecticut, c. 1908. The Connecticut was commissioned on September 29, 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy. Because the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 stipulated that older battleships would be disposed of, the USS Connecticut was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1923.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 100

    Caption: "Vendome San Jose," c. 1910, was a luxury hotel in San Jose that opened in 1889. It was purchased by a real estate syndicate in 1930 and subsequently demolished in order to subdivide the property into lots for residential housing.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 079

    Caption: "Parlor interior at home," c. 1905. A view of the parlor at the McCarthy family residence in Watsonville, with a piano in foreground and framed portraits and landscapes adorning the walls.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 332

    No Caption: William McCarthy (right) and an unidentified man at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 214

    Caption: "Broadway, Los Angeles." Broadway is a major thoroughfare of Los Angeles and one of the oldest in the city, laid out in 1849 as Fort Street, and renamed Broadway in 1890. In this image, construction can be seen at the top of the street between the two buildings of the Alhambra Hotel and Apartments. May 18, 1934. See also 96-07-08.alb11.006.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 291

    Caption: "Bridal Veil Falls [sic]," c. 2017. The 617-foot-tall Bridalveil Fall, one of the iconic natural wonders of Yosemite National Park.

    Date: 1917

  • "A Summary of the Civilian War Assistance Program"

    Sections: Early program activity; Philippine evacuees; Repatriates; Reception operation; Handling of individual cases; Unaccompanied children; Services to repatriates; Termination of program; Size of program

    Date: February 6, 1942-June 30, 1948