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Caption: "Russian River Healdsburg, Cal." William and Grace McCarthy (at far left) on wood bridge over the Russian River near Healdsburg. They are standing with three unidentified people.

Date: 1914-07

No Caption: undated. View of train tracks, carried on a levee or jetty, disappearing into the distance, with water on either side.

Date: Undated

Caption: "San Diego Mission," with small photograph inset of unidentified landscape, c. 1905. See also 96-07-08-alb08-228 with caption: "Old Mission, San Diego." William McCarthy standing before the dilapidated church building of Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego). The first mission established in California, Mission San Diego was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1769.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Street Scene, Los Angeles," c. 1908. A view of an early twentieth street scene in Los Angeles, with horse-drawn vehicles, trolley cars, and numerous buildings.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Mountain Scenery - Yellowstone," c. 1923. A domed mountain dominates this photograph, with sheer rocky cliffs and other geologic formations on its flanks.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night Scene," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-116, with caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View."

Date: 1915

Caption: "Healdsburg, Cal Aug 15, 1915," shows the McCarthys with a group of unidentified people on the Russian River at Healdsburg.

Date: 1915