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Caption: "Beauty and the Beast Fountain" (Edgar Walter, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Cascade Falls," c. 1917. Erroneously labeled as Cascade Falls, this photograph actually shows both the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls as viewed from the floor of Yosemite Valley. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Huasteca Indian and their thatched hut, one tiny room. Tamzunchale, Mexico." **PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 381 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-381) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
Date: 1938
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb01-066, with caption: "Fountain of the Earth Views," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Market Street, Knights of Honor Parade," the Knights of Honor were a fraternal and secret society in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. A Knights of Honor Grand Lodge was established in San Francisco in 1880, and at one time twenty subordinate lodges existed.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-060.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "State St. Salt Lake City. Capitol Bldg. in the Distance, Oct. 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide road stretching toward the Utah State Capitol Building in the distance. Trolley tracks appear on the roadway, with wires overhead.
Date: 10/4/1934
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Caption: "On Top of an Immense Wine Cistern," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy (on right) with three unidentified people, posing before an immense wine cistern at Asti Vineyards.
Date: 1915