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Caption: "Lookout Point." Shows Grace McCarthy seated near steps and archway leading to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s "Lookout Point" in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, along the Lincoln Highway (now Interstate 80).
Date: 1927
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No Caption: This postcard shows a view of the Government Building and the Cascades (a terraced fountain leading up to the building), part of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus. See also 96-07-08-alb05-212.
Date: 1909
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No Caption. Group photograph of eleven unidentified individuals, likely friends and family of the McCarthys, and William McCarthy (fifth from left in checkered suit) sitting at the base of a large oak tree, at an unidentified location, c. 1908.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge, Construction, July 1, 1936." Image of one terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge, showing the anchoring site of the suspension wires. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay (called the Golden Gate), connecting San Francisco with Marin County to the north. It is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world, and was named in 1994 as one of the Modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Date: 7/1/1936