Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Publication Information
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
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.
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