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Caption: "St. Josephs Oratore [sic] - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy beneath the entry arch to the complex containing St. Joseph's Oratory, a Roman Catholic basilica and shrine. Work on the building began in 1924, and continued until 1967. Only the first level of the building had been completed when this photograph was taken.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Biltmore Hotel -- Coral Gables -- Miami -- Florida. June 30, 1934." View of the Miami Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, part of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel chain. The luxury hotel, designed by Schultze and Weaver, was the tallest building in Florida at the time of its completion in 1926. It held this record until 1928, when the Miami-Dade Courthouse was constructed.

Date: 6/30/1934

Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c. 1906. A man-made lake created in 1893 as part of Golden Gate Park. The lake surrounds Strawberry Hill Island, seen in the center of this photograph. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking.

Date: 1906

Caption: "C.P.R. Depot Vancouver B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the imposing, gothic chateau-like Vancouver Station, serving the Canadian Pacific Railway. Built in 1899, this station only stood until 1914, when it was replaced with a newer facility and subsequently demolished.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Maricopa Point - Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Erroneously labeled, this photograph shows Grace McCarthy standing at the Powell Memorial on Powell Point, rather than Maricopa Point. The granite Powell Memorial commemorates John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River in 1869 and 1872. The 1869 expedition included the first known descent of a person of European ancestry into the Grand Canyon.

Date: 1925

Caption: "St. Josephs Oratore [sic] - Montreal.," c. 1925. Unidentified man and Grace McCarthy pose in front of the St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, a Roman Catholic basilica and shrine. Work on the building began in 1924, and continued until 1967. Only the first level of the building had been completed when this photograph was taken.

Date: 1925

Caption: "First Apt. House in America -- New Orleans -- Jun 16, 34." One of the Pontalba Buildings occupies the right side of this photograph. These large, matching, red brick buildings, constructed in the late 1840s by Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba, form two sides of Jackson Square in New Orleans' French Quarter. Popular belief holds that these are the oldest continuously-rented apartment buildings in the U.S. However, that assertion has been challenged by historians who state that the buildings served as row houses for almost a century, not functioning as apartment buildings until the 1930s.

Date: 6/16/1934

Caption: "A Chrysler Car Maneuver Chicago Fair. Sept. 23, 1934." A car appears to be rolling over in this photograph of the Chrysler Track at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

Date: 9/23/1934

Drifted Snow

Date: 1891

Occidental XXXX Flour

Date: 1887