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Caption: "Tioga Lake." Glacial lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in Mono County, California, within the Inyo National Forest.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Stockton Asylum Grounds," Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Tacoma Bridge.," c. 1913. Double leaf, Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the rare instances where William McCarthy's labeling of the photographs in the albums is incorrect. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1913, was Portland's first bascule bridge, or drawbridge. It retains the distinction of being the longest bascule bridge span in the world.
Date: 1913