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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 203

    Caption: "N.Y. Sky Scrapers," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a part of New York City, with the Woolworth building dominating the left side of the photograph. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 137

    Caption: "Australia" Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 249

    Caption: "The Isthmus Panama California Exposition July 18, 1915," shows a façade of the USS Isthmus where the "War of the Worlds" science fiction extravaganza was presented, which depicted the future destruction of New York City.

    Date: 1915