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Caption: "Parliament Building, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935. Constructed in the Neo-baroque, Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival architectural style (Francis Rattenbury, architect), the British Columbia Parliament Buildings were completed in 1897, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Date: 1935

Caption: "S.P. Track - Crossing Great Salt Lake.," c. 1923. The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed the trestle shown in this photograph, known as the Lucin Cutoff, between 1902 to 1904. It crosses the Great Salt Lake, between Ogden and Lucin. The trestle was replaced by a causeway of dirt and rock in the 1950s.

Date: 1923

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

Caption: "Aug. 27, 1934." Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing beside large bird bath or fountain, in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island. See also 96-07-08-alb04-071 and 96-07-08-alb09-208.

Date: 8/27/1934

Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy pose at the entrance to what William labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Yellowstone - Grand Canyon," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The Yellowstone River can be glimpsed at the bottom of the Canyon near the center of the photograph. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.

Date: 1923

No caption: Grace McCarthy (standing, second from right), with several unidentified adults and children posing for photograph in front of a small house with a hillside of crops in the distance, and an automobile in the foreground, in Solano County, c. 1910 - 1915.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Berkeley University," c. 1906. Founded in 1868, the University of California at Berkeley was the first of the University of California campuses. This image shows a field of grass and trees in the foreground, three unidentified university buildings in the background, and the Berkeley Hills in the distance.

Date: 1906

Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, Population in San Francisco 750,000, May 21, 1935." The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 21, 1935) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Court House, Port Townsend, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington. Built the early 1890s and designed by W. A. Ritchie, the Romanesque-style building features a 124-foot clock tower, red bricks from St. Louis, and sandstone from Alaska.

Date: 1908