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Caption: "Scene in Washington," c. 1909. River scene, with lush vegetation on the banks, and a small shed and barn on the right side of the photograph. A trestle bridge crosses the river in the distance.

Date: 1909

Caption: "Russian River Healdsburg July 1914." Grace McCarthy (far left) and four unidentified people (family and/or friends) being pulled in a rowboat by William McCarthy, on the Russian River near Healdsburg.

Date: 1914-07

No Caption. Group photograph of twelve unidentified individuals, and a small dog, likely friends and family of the McCarthys, posing at the base of a large oak tree at an unidentified location, c. 1908.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Butte, Montana. In miner's suits after a 3,000 foot descent in the cage of Leonard Mine - Anaconda Copper Mining Co.," c. 1935, shows William and Grace McCarthy in miner's suits and helmets.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Summit -- Tioga Pass -- Elevation 9940 feet." Grace McCarthy standing beside automobile on an unpaved road, near a stone monument declaring the elevation of Tioga Pass and road signs providing directions and distances to other locales.

Date: 1927

Caption: "Bamboo Grows 12 to 16 Inches Per Day and 50 or 60 Feet High in 6 or 7 Weeks. Bamboo Propagating Farm, Burrows, Georgia. July 13, 1934." Grace McCarthy stands next to an automobile on the side of a road under trees. The other side of the road is flanked by rows of bamboo plants. This may be part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Savannah Plant Introduction Station, established in approximately 1919 in the Burroughs Station area southwest of Savannah. The station remained open until 1979, when it was closed by USDA budgetary downsizing. The property was subsequently deeded to the University of Georgia, in 1983.

Date: 7/13/1934

Caption: "Hs. Maj. Kong Christian X. i Flyvemaskine" and "100 Kobenhavn." This postcard shows Denmark's King Christian X in an early biplane. It was sent to William and Grace McCarthy on December 29, 1915.

Date: 1915

No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man and woman on horseback in front of trees and bushes, near picnic table, in the Searsville Lake area. See also 96-07-08-alb04-231.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Mary." Elderly woman with shawl and metal pail standing in front of fence.

Date: 1927

Caption: "Supts. Res. Pac. Colony." Drawing of Library, Superintendent's residence, Pacific State Hospital; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, c. 1932. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals. The hospital was initially named Pacific Colony (1927-1953), followed by Pacific State Hospital (1953-1979); Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center; and finally Lanterman Developmental Center, which closed in 2015.

Date: 1932