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No Caption: shows the Tower of Jewels with the Fountain of Energy (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Fountain of Autumn (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Potomac River, View from Mt. Vernon. July 22, 1934." Trees obscure much of the photograph, but the Potomac River can be glimpsed in the distance.
Date: 7/22/1934
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Caption: "Seaside Beach, Or.," undated. View of a rocky ocean beach, with hills in the distance across a small bay. Piles of driftwood appear at the right side of the photograph.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Turista - Mexico - March 26th to June 8th, 1938," handwritten on a Mexico tourist brochure indicating the McCarthys' trip to Mexico in 1938. The brochure itself reads: Mexico - Visit Fiesta Land the Fiesta Way."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun." Two unidentified men sit on a 6" disappearing gun at an unidentified location. The disappearing guns were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports, primarily during the first half of the twentieth century.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Damaged German Submarine.," c. 1917. Shows the above-water portions of a German U-boat, or submarine, likely docked in either Petaluma or San Francisco, given the presence of a Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway ferry in the background.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Mrs Eliza Smarts Home and Kin -- Chattahoochee, Florida, June 22, 34." Eliza Smart (standing, on the left), two unidentified women, and nine children posing on the porch of a house with wood siding. This is one of the few photographs in which the McCarthys identified some of the people who they met along their travels.
Date: 6/22/1934
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Caption: "France," shows the French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb01-135.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "U.S. Capitol," c. 1925. View of the domed U.S. Capitol, housing both the Senate and House of Representatives. Constructed between 1793 and 1800 and designed by architect William Thornton, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.
Date: 1925
