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Caption: "Performing Elephants. Chicago Fair. Sept 23 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring 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
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Caption: "Carlsbad Caverns -- New Mexico, May 30, 34." View looking into dark cave mouth of Carlsbad Cavern, a series of natural underground chambers including the "Big Room," the fifth-largest such chamber in North America with a length of 1,000 feet, a width of 625 feet, and a maximum height of 255 feet. The site was named Carlsbad Cave National Monument in 1923, and declared Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 1930.
Date: 5/30/1934
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No caption. William McCarthy in a swimsuit at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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No caption, c. 1906. William McCarthy in suit and bowler hat, posing next to a stream.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: Several unidentified people posing for a group photograph at an unidentified location, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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No caption. William McCarthy poses for a photograph at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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No caption. Several unidentified men and a piece of heavy artillery at an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "State St. - Chicago," c. 1923. A busy street scene with people, automobiles, and trollies.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Tallac." A resort in the area around Mount Tallac, near Lake Tahoe.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Bell [sic] Isle Park - Detroit," c.1925. This photograph features the Belle Isle Casino, on the edge of Lake Tacoma on Belle Isle, in the Detroit River. The building is the second structure at the site, built in 1908 to replace a dilapidated wooden structure. The building is not a gambling facility, but is instead called a "casino" in the older sense of the word: a public building for meetings, dancing, reunions, and other recreation.
Date: 1925
