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Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Entrance." See also 96-07-08-alb08-121. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

Date: 1909

Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove," c. 1908. William McCarthy on the left, with four unidentified people at El Campo Grove in Marin County.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Scene On The Tioga Road," c. 1917. In a photograph taken from the Tioga Road, a massive granite dome rises above the trees in Yosemite National Park.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Boulder Lake [Lake Mead], when filled, will extend 115 miles in length," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Crater Lake, Oregon - Crater Lake National Park," c. 1935. Located in the Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is a caldera lake formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama. Its 1,949 foot depth makes it the deepest lake in the United States.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Arched Rock- Merced River Drive - Yosemite.," c. 1917. Grace and William McCarthy (to right of the car) pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman underneath the arched rock on what is now Highway 140, the El Portal Road. The area is now known as the Arched Rock Entrance to Yosemite Valley.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Mascot Monarch Grizzly, G. G. Park," c. 1910. Captured in 1889, by a man hired by William Randolph Hearst as a publicity stunt, Monarch was one of the last known Grizzly bears in California. He lived in captivity for the last 22 years of his life, mostly in an enclosure in Golden Gate Park, before he died in 1911.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Dance of the Queens," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women standing in a dance position at Healdsburg.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Santa Cruz," c. 1920-1925. William and Grace McCarthy posed in front of an unidentified, stuccoed building in Santa Cruz, California.

Date: 1920

Caption: "D. & R. G. Locomotive - Length 105 FT. - Salt Lake City," c. 1923. View of Locomotive #3501 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.

Date: 1923