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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 155

    Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Los Angeles," c. 1910. The La Grande Station opened in 1893 and served as the main passenger terminal for the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). The building, with its Moorish inspired architecture, was heavily damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and was eventually demolished in 1946.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 253

    Caption: "Fort Baker, California," c. 1910. Fort Baker was constructed between 1901 and 1910 to provide permanent housing for the new seacoast fortifications that were built between 1897 and 1905. The men stationed at Fort Baker were members of the Coast Artillery Corps, officially created in 1907 by the U.S. Army to protect and defend the nation's harbors.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 221

    Caption: "U.S. Capitol," c. 1925. View of the domed U.S. Capitol, housing both the Senate and House of Representatives. Constructed between 1793 and 1800 and designed by architect William Thornton, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 232

    Caption: "Coronado Hotel," c. 1915, shows the luxury seaside resort in San Diego County, founded by Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story, and built in 1888. The hotel was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. See also 96-07-08-alb01-150.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 222

    Caption: "White House." East Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Neoclassical-style residence and work place of the United States President, designed by James Hoban, was constructed between 1792 and 1800. See also 96-07-08-alb04-085 and 96-07-08-alb11-183.

    Date: 7/23/1934

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 002

    Caption: "Steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA at Vancouver [sic] dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. The Princess Victoria was constructed in 1902 by England's C.S. Swan and Hunter Company shipyards. The luxury passenger ship was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on routes between Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle in Washington until she was sold in 1951 to an oil carrier. Shortly thereafter, in 1953, she struck a rock and sank.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 292

    Caption: "State Capitol, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sept. 29, 1934". Wyoming's State Capitol Building in Cheyenne was built between 1886 and 1890. Designed by the architectural firm David W. Gibbs & Company, the building features Renaissance Revival styling and elements.

    Date: 9/29/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 079

    Caption: "Negro Hut Near Orlando -- Florida -- June 25 1934." An unidentified man and woman stand on the front porch of a small home with wood siding and a corrugated metal roof.

    Date: 6/25/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 225

    Caption: "S.P. & S. Tunnel on the Columbia River.," c. 1908-1910. Shows a tunnel through a hillside along the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway line near the Columbia River and John Day River.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 186

    No caption. Two unidentified men laughing as they pose in grass skirts and long-haired wigs while holding a mandolin and ukulele, in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

    Date: 1934