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Caption: "In Muir Woods.," c. 1906. Grace McCarthy (in hat with white feather) and an unidentified woman standing at a small platform along a railroad in Muir Woods, being passed by a train car. This was likely part of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County. See also 96-07-08-alb05-017.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Hudson River," c. 1925. A train crosses high above the Hudson River over the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge. Buildings of the C.N. Arnold Co., a lumber company, sit on the bank of the river in the foreground. The Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge first began operation in 1889. The tracks were destroyed by a fire in 1974, but the bridge was subsequently rebuilt, opening as the Walkway Over the Hudson (a pedestrian bridge) in 2003.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Dinner is Served. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy serves part of a meal out of a metal box, with other boxes cooking more food on the engine of his Studebaker sedan. Grace McCarthy is seated to the right at a small folding table awaiting dinner.

Date: 10/10/1934

Caption: "View of the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma with a portion of Mexico City on the left. Photo taken from the Columna de Independencia."

Date: 1938

Caption: "Russian River," c. 1914. View of a bend in the Russian River, likely near Healdsburg.

Date: 1914

No Caption: Two California Indian children standing before a wigwam at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

No Caption: Shows an unidentified pond or lake in a Los Angeles area park, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

No caption, c. 1914. Grace McCarthy in a rowboat on the Russian River near Healdsburg.

Date: 1914

No Caption: A hallway of arches at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Fountain of Energy" (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915