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Caption: "Grant Statue - Lincoln Park - Chicago," c. 1923. Installed in 1891, the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, created by Louis Rebisso (sculptor), is located in the east end of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. It commemorates Ulysses S. Grant, former U.S. Army General and 18th President of the U.S.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Washington Monument," c. 1920. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet. See also 96-07-08-alb09-212.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Picturesque Connecticut Highway. U.S. No 1. Sept. 4, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a tree-lined highway. U.S. Route 1 is a north-south highway connecting the eastern seaboard from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida.

Date: 9/4/1934

Caption: "Mount Hood, Oregon, Elev. 11225 ft. View from Buzzard Point," c. 1935. Mount Hood is a potentially active volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of the Cascade Range in the Clackamas and Hood River counties of northern Oregon. The last eruption of Mount Hood was in 1907.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Arranging Sleeping Quarters. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy is arranging pads for sleeping in the car that the couple used to travel across the U.S. The vehicle appears to be a Studebaker sedan, possibly dating from the mid-1920s.

Date: 10/10/1934

Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of Horseshoe Falls, largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York. At the right side of the photograph is a parking area with groups of tourists taking in the view.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Washington Park, Albany, New York, Sept. 8, 1934." Albany's Washington Park was established in the early 1870s. Washington Park Lake, a portion of which is seen in this photograph, was created by damming Beaverkill Creek in 1873. The Lake House in the photograph was constructed in 1929, replacing an earlier building.

Date: 9/8/1934

Caption: "East Lake [sic] Park, Los Angeles," c. 1906. Eastlake Park in Los Angeles was originally created by the city in 1881 under the name "East Los Angeles Park." Renamed Eastlake Park in 1901, it gained its current name, Lincoln Park, in 1917. This photograph shows the park's elaborate bandstand and portions of the lake for which the park is named.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Washington Monument," c.1925. The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.

Date: 1925

Caption: "A DAY ON THE GORGE, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1906. William McCarthy (center, with moustache) posing with four unidentified men and two horse-and-buggies. The Gorge is a narrow tidal inlet in Victoria running from Selkirk Trestle to the Craigflower Bridge. The inlet became a popular recreation destination for the area's residents as Victoria grew.

Date: 1906