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Calic Remedy

Date: 1895

Caption: "George Washingtons [sic] Tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia, July 22, 1934." The gated entrance to the tomb holding the remains of George Washington are seen in this photograph, overgrown by ivy. Two unidentified people stand at either side of the entry. The brick tomb was constructed after Washington's death in 1799.

Date: 7/22/1934

Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy pose at the entrance to what William labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.

Date: 1935

Stoner and Nicholas

Date: 1882

Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañon del Triunfo, or Virgenes boundaries. Volume 1, page 200.

Date: 1834

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Date: undated

Hand-drawn sketch map of Dos Pueblos boundaries. Volume 2, page 2.

Date: 1842

Caption: "Lake Louise - view from Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Court House -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the second courthouse built by San Diego County, completed in 1889. Designed by architectural firm Cornstock & Trotsche of San Francisco, this elaborate building featured a bell and clock tower, statues of four presidents, and 42 stained-glass windows honoring each state in the Union at the time of installation. The tower was removed in 1939. Twenty years later, the entire building was demolished in favor of a newer facility.

Date: 1910

No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing on a snow covered landscape next to a series of snow sculptures with "1932" written in rocks below.

Date: 1932