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Date: 1881

Caption: "Fort Stevens, Oregon," c. 1905. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Casa Del Rey - Santa Cruz," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy with an unidentified woman in an automobile in front of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1911 by developer Fred W. Swanton. The hotel was demolished after it sustained considerable damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses at the entrance to what William McCarthy 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: 1917

No Caption: A "ANA Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica 'Protection - Service," decal in yellow, red, and blue, with the Mexican symbol of an eagle holding a serpent in its beak and talons, based on the Aztec symbol that represented the founding of the city, Tenochtitlan, today Mexico City.

Date: 1938

Caption: "Spanish Club and Street Car -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 34." Street Car #116 rolls through the center of this photograph, with one of the elaborate towers of Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," visible in the background.

Date: 7/4/1934

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

Caption: "Turpentine Still, Darien, Georgia. July 13, 1934." Two unidentified men standing in front of a large barn or shed, with numerous barrels surrounding them, presumably for turpentine and other resin products. After being harvested from pine trees, resin is then subjected to steam distillation to evaporate off the turpentine.

Date: 7/13/1934

Caption: Eureka Court House, CAL. Eureka Population 1500," c. 1935. The Eureka County Courthouse was completed in 1889 (Curtis and Bennett, architects) in the Italianate style. The building survived several fires and earthquakes with some damage. It was condemned in 1956 and subsequently demolished to build a new, more modern facility.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Chas Chaplin Residence Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of a castle-like building, with crenellated parapets and a tower. William McCarthy labeled this as a residence of Charlie Chaplin. The sign in front appears to indicate that the building is a church rather than a residence, but is difficult to read.

Date: 5/18/1934