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  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 112
    McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 112

    No Caption: Night view of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 075
    McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 075

    Caption: "St. Francis Hotel," c. 1905. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square and the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904 and fortunately suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 114
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 114

    Caption: "Ferry Boat Tacoma on the Columbia River.," c. 1905. View of the railroad ferry Tacoma, with a train on board. The Tacoma operated from 1884 until 1908, when a railroad bridge was constructed across the Columbia connecting Portland, Oregon with points north of the river.

    Date: 1905