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Caption: "Lake Dora near Mt. Dora -- Florida, June 26, 1934." View of Lake Dora, near the town of Mount Dora in Florida. Grace McCarthy can be seen standing next to an automobile in the lower left-hand corner of the photograph. Mount Dora, settled in 1874, is thus named because the town sits on a low plateau approximately 184 feet above sea level, an unusual feature in a state whose mean elevation above sea level is 100 feet.
Date: 6/26/1934
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No Caption: A group of unidentified women and girls on bicycles at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Presidential Palace dining room - hand carved chairs and wall ornaments - tapestry of gold and silver thread-Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Modern Locomotive. Chicago & North Western R.R. Chicago Fair, Sept. 21, 1934." Grace McCarthy is seated next to a large locomotive of the Chicago and North Western Railroad while visiting the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The locomotive was one of the new Class H 4-8-4 engines, capable of pulling either freight or passenger trains. These locomotives were among the heaviest of their class produced in America, and were dubbed the "Zeppelins of the Rails." This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
Date: 9/21/1934
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Caption: "Agua Caliente Mexico, May 20, 34." View of an elaborate large arch over a roadway, pointing the way to Hotel Agua Caliente in Tijuana. The Agua Caliente Casino and Resort Hotel, designed by Wayne McAllister, opened in Tijuana in 1928. The resort closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
Date: 5/20/1934
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Drawing of Industrial Education Unit, Mesa Campus, Santa Barbara State College. Drawing by Harold Nicholaus. Design by Alfred Eichler. Built like this, with modifications. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
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Caption: "Wild Hyacinths in River Bed -- Morgan City, Louisiana, June 13, 34." View of a riverbed choked with wild hyacinths, many of which are in bloom. No water is visible.
Date: 6/13/1934
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Caption: "South Elevation. Fresno State College Students Activities Bldg." Design and pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
