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Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Arranging Sleeping Quarters. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy is arranging pads for sleeping in the car that the couple used to travel across the U.S. The vehicle appears to be a Studebaker sedan, possibly dating from the mid-1920s.

Date: 10/10/1934

Caption: "Bathers at Monte Rio," c. 1910-1913. Crowd of people on the Monte Rio beach along the Russian River, many wearing bathing suits while others are in suits and dresses. 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: 1910

Caption: "Column of Progress," in the Forecourt of Stars. At top of column is The Adventurous Bowman (Hermon A. MacNeil, sculptor), and at the base of the column is a four panel frieze (Isadore Konti, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Grant Hotel -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the U.S. Grant Hotel, built by the son of Ulysses S. Grant (Union General and 18th President of the U.S.), who named the hotel for his father. The building, designed by Harrison Albright, opened for business in October 1910.

Date: 1910

Caption: "City of Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." View of Havana taken from across a harbor, or other stretch of ocean. The dome of El Capitolio (then Cuba's Capitol) can be seen just to the left of the photograph's center.

Date: 7/4/1934

Caption: "Columbia River Scenes," c. 1920. Waterfall in upper part of photograph, with stream in foreground. A small footbridge can be seen at the base of the second tier of the falls.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Sacramento Causeway," c. 1916, shows Grace McCarthy at the wheel of an automobile, and William in the passenger seat, on the newly constructed Yolo Causeway, between Sacramento and Davis, California.

Date: 1916

Caption: "Russian River -- Healdsburg." William and Grace McCarthy in swimsuits enjoying summer fun on the Russian River near Healdsburg. William stands on a rock along the bank, while Grace is sitting in a rowboat on the river.

Date: 1914-07

Caption: "St. Lawrence River Scene," c. 1925. This photograph looks across the Saint Lawrence River toward two large houses on the far bank. One of the houses may be on a small island.

Date: 1925

No caption. William McCarthy embracing two unidentified women on a wicker chair in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

Date: 1934