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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 235

    Caption: "O.W.R. & N. R.R. Depot -- Seattle.," c. 1915. Station building for the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, formed in 1910 from the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. Designed by architect Daniel J. Patterson, the Beaux Arts-style station opened in 1911.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 174

    No caption, c. 1915-1920. Shepperd's Dell Bridge, built in 1914, spans Young Creek along the Historic Columbia River Highway.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 169

    No caption, c. 1920. Waterfall with lush vegetation along the Columbia River in Oregon. The Benson Footbridge, built in 1914, is featured at the center of the photograph.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 434

    Caption: "View of the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma with a portion of Mexico City on the left. Photo taken from the Columna de Independencia."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Puablo [sic] Indian Mother and Child, Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows a Pueblo Indian mother with three children.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 227

    Caption: "Field Piece in Action." Unidentified location, c. 1905-1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 069

    Caption: "House of Charm - San Diego Exposition," 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 133

    Caption: "Night Scenes," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • Sayent or Zaygente or Zayanta Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Sayent or Zaygente or Zayanta boundaries. Volume 1, page 196.

    Date: 1833

  • Paso de Bartolo, Viejo Rancho

    Hand-drawn sketch map of Paso de Bartolo, Viejo. Volume 1, page 132.

    Date: 1833

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 145

    Caption: "Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. July 10, 1934." Walkway atop what appears to be the ramparts of the Castillo de San Marcos (Castle of Saint Mark). The core structures of this coastal defense fort were completed by Spanish forces in 1695. Numerous additions, renovations, and repairs have occurred since that time. When Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. in 1821, the Castillo was designated a U.S. Army base and renamed Fort Marion, in honor of Frances Marion (also known as the Swamp Fox, Marion was an American Revolutionary War hero known for his guerilla war tactics). The fort was deactivated in 1933, and turned over to the National Park Service.

    Date: 7/10/1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 195

    Caption: "Congress Springs.", c. 1910. Grace McCarthy seated on an unusual bench made from a tree branch and logs, in front of a timber shelter at Pacific Congress Springs, near Saratoga in California's Santa Clara Valley. Pacific Congress Springs, a mineral spring named after Congress Springs in New York, operated as a resort area from the nineteenth century until the 1930s. See also 96-07-08-alb05-108.

    Date: 1910