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Caption: "Pajaro River-Watsonville," c. 1910, shows a railroad trestle in the distance over the Pajaro River in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. See also 96-07-08-alb02-019.

Date: 1910

Caption: "My Trip in an Aeroplane -- Camp Lewis, Wash.," c. 1917-1920. William McCarthy in the rear seat of a biplane, either getting ready to take off or having just landed.

Date: 1917

Caption: "West Point," c. 1925. The United States Military Academy, commonly referred to as West Point, as viewed from across the Hudson River.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Fillmore St. Dec 10, 1906." Shows the Fillmore Street area flooded, San Francisco, 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Main Entrance, Radio City or Rockefeller Center, N.Y. Aug 11, 1934." William McCarthy standing in front of the Prometheus sculpture in Rockefeller Center. The gilded bronze statue, designed by sculptor Paul Manship, was erected in 1934 in the middle of New York's Rockefeller Center.

Date: 8/11/1934

Caption: "Soldier Life," c. 1910. Unidentified man firing heavy artillery at unidentified location.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Main [sic] Memorial, ial [sic -- cut off in original photograph] Monument and National Hotel. Havana. July 4, 34." Designed by McKim, Mead and White, the Hotel Nacional in Havana opened in 1930. In the foreground is the Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine, two columns topped by an eagle with outstretched wings, built in 1925 to memorialize the American sailors who died in an explosion on the USS Maine in 1898. The eagle and other features of the monument were removed in 1961 as symbols of imperialism.

Date: 7/4/1934

Caption: "Rainbow in the Mist of Lower Falls," c. 1923. A rainbow over Lower Yellowstone Falls appears as an arch of mist in this black-and-white photograph.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Port Townsend Postoffice [sic], Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View from the rear of the Port Townsend U.S. Customs Office and Post Office. The oldest federally-constructed post office in the state of Washington, the Richardson Romanesque-style building was completed in 1893.

Date: 1908