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No Caption: Canadian one-cent postage stamp commemorating the three-hundred year anniversary of the founding of Quebec in 1608. This stamp features portraits of Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, early explorers of Canada. Cartier was the first to claim Canada for the French crown in 1534, while Champlain founded New Canada and Quebec City in 1608.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Expo.," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of Horseshoe Falls, largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 9/10/1934
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-229 of drawing, with caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun & Carriage, Model 1896, Wm McCarthy, July 20, 1905." Unidentified location.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Russian River -- Healdsburg." William and Grace McCarthy in swimsuits enjoying summer fun on the Russian River near Healdsburg. William stands on a rock along the bank, while Grace is sitting in a rowboat on the river.
Date: 1914-07
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Los Tres Angeles J. V. Habana, El Rey de Tabacos J. V. Habana
Date: 1865
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No Caption: A view of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Group photograph of twelve unidentified individuals, likely friends and family of the McCarthys, posing on the branches of a tree at an unidentified location, c. 1908.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Subtreasury, Wall Street, New York. Washingion [sic] Statue Marking the Spot Where Washington took his Oath of Office, April 30, 1789, Aug. 6, 1934." The original building on this site, constructed in 1700, served as New York's City Hall, then as the Capitol for the newly-created United States under the Constitution of 1789, and was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first U.S. President. The original building was demolished in 1812, but a new building, designed to house the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York, was opened in 1842. It is this building that is seen in the photograph. The new building subsequently housed one of six U.S. sub-treasuries between 1862 and 1920. A statue of George Washington (John Quincy Adams Ward, sculptor) was erected in front of the building in 1882, to commemorate the approximate site of Washington's inauguration.
Date: 8/6/1934
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No Caption: An unidentified California Indian man standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark, and wearing a headdress, feather skirt and shawl, beads, and moccasins, and holding a small drum decorated with arrows, c. 1935.
Date: 1935