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Caption: "Russian River - Guerneville," c. 1915, shows a bird's eye view of the Russian River at Guerneville in Sonoma County, California.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Bridal Veil [sic] and Leaning Tower," c. 1917. Bridalveil Fall and the adjacent Leaning Tower, a popular rock climbing destination within Yosemite National Park.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Overland Limited making 50 miles per hour," c. 1906, shows an unidentified man observing a train in motion at an unidentified location.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Naples Tourist Camp -- Naples -- Florida -- June 28 1934." William and Grace McCarthy standing near an automobile parked in a thatched shelter.

Date: 6/28/1934

No caption, c. 1910. Image of parlor or dining room decorated for a celebration. Strings of beads or bells hang around the entry to the room.

Date: 1910

No Caption: The Fountain of The Rising Sun (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Currys Garage," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses in front of Curry's Garage, a long, low building with bays at either end for vehicles.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Venice, Calif," c. 1911. Unidentified woman standing on a bridge over Lion Canal in Venice, California. In 1905, Abbot Kinney built a series of canals as part of a development project along Santa Monica Beach, hoping to recreate the look and feel of Italy's iconic "Floating City" in southern California. Called Ocean Park at first, gondoliers sailed boats under elegant bridges such as the one shown in this photograph, in an effort to attract businesses, residents, and investors. In 1911, the name officially changed to Venice. By 1929, however, many of the canals had been filled in to create roadways, and those canals that remained fell into disrepair. A revitalization movement in the early 1990s has restored some of the canals, and made the area a desirable residential neighborhood.

Date: 1911

Caption: "Monte Rio Cal," c. 1906. Scene on the Russian River with wharf at right, some houses along the river bank in the distance, and a wooden footbridge crossing the river. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.

Date: 1906

Caption: "State capitol or Palacio de Cortes, Cuernavaca, Mexico." Built in 1526 as a residence for Spanish conqueror, Hernan Cortes, the Palacio de Cortes is the oldest conserved colonial era civil structure in the continental Americas. It is now El Museo Cuauhnahuac, a regional museum, which features murals by Mexican artist, Diego Rivera.

Date: 1938