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Caption: "Subtreasury - Wall Street - Washington Statue Marking Spot Where Washington Took His Oath of Office April 30 1789." The original building on this site, constructed in 1700, served as New York's city hall, then as the Capitol for the newly-created United States under the Constitution of 1789, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first U.S. President. The original building was demolished in 1812, but a new building, designed to house the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York, was opened in 1842. It is this building that is seen in the photograph. The new building subsequently housed one of six U.S. sub-treasuries between 1862 and 1920. A statue of George Washington (John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor) was erected in front of the building in 1882, to commemorate the approximate site of Washington's inauguration. See also 96-07-08-alb11-204.

Date: 8/6/1934

No caption, c. 1915. William McCarthy posing in garden. See also 96-07-08-alb05-090, 092, 096, and 097.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Balance Rock," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses in front a massive boulder balanced on its tip, appearing ready to fall over at any moment.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Sutter [sic] Fort. Sacramento.," c. 1920. A gun tower at Sutter's Fort, and a gate bracketed by two cannons. John Sutter established the fort in 1839, calling it New Helvetia. After the discovery of gold at one of Sutter's mills (at Coloma, on the American River), almost all of the fort's inhabitants left for the gold fields in the foothills. The fort deteriorated until being restored from 1891-1893. The fort is now the site of a State Historic Park. See also 96-07-08-alb05-118.

Date: 1920

No Caption: " A stained glass reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in the Memorial Court of Honor at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Fallen Leaf Lake." Grace and William McCarthy standing on wood plank dock, with lake and mountains in background.

Date: 1927

Caption: "San Jose Court House," San Jose, c. 1905. The Old Courthouse was completed in 1868, the Hall of Records next door was built in 1893.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Boundary monument and division line. Banff Natl. Park, Alberta, and Kootenay Natl. Park, B.C., Canada," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing by the monument and dividing line between the national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

Date: 1935

Caption: "U. S. and Mexico Border Monument. May 20, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy standing in front of the monument placed at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico.

Date: 5/20/1934

Caption: " Casino Santa Cruz," c. 1910, on the Santa Cruz boardwalk, opened in 1907, replacing the original 1904 casino that had burned down in 1906.

Date: 1910