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Caption: "Powell Street Power House Ruins," shows a view of the Powell Street power house in complete disarray after the 1906 earthquake.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The iconic granite Half Dome rises above the Yosemite Valley in this photograph, taken from a neighboring peak.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Capitol Building -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." The building seen in this photograph, reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol, served as Cuba's Capitol from its completion in 1929 until after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Designed by Eugenio Rayneri Piedra, the building now houses the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

Date: 7/4/1934

Caption: "El Tovar Hotel - Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Grace McCarthy posing in front of the El Tovar Hotel, on the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Designed by Charles Whittlesey, the hotel opened in 1905 as part of the Harvey House hotel chain.

Date: 1925

Caption: "P. and O. R.R. -- Key West to Miami -- Florida. July 2, 1934." View of railroad tracks carried on a berm in the foreground and on a trestle over water in the distance. This is likely part of the Overseas Railroad, an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, built to connect Key West with the Florida mainland.

Date: 7/2/1934

Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. Grace McCarthy poses in front of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, two of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.

Date: 1925

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

No caption, c. 1930. Football stadium filled with fans for a game, with a marching band on the field at the lower center of the photograph. The stadium is unidentified, but may be University of California, Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium, built in 1923.

Date: 1930

Caption: "Zion Canyon - Zion National Park - view from Temple of Sinawava," c. 1935. The Temple of Sinwava, a massive natural amphitheater marks the beginning of Zion Canyon. A paved trail following the Virgin River upstream leads through ever narrowing sandstone canyons to the Zion Narrows.

Date: 1935