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No Caption: Pink ribbon commemorating Agricultural Days at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (September 28 and 29, 1905). Held in Portland, Oregon, from June 1st to October 15th, 1905, the international exposition celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 9/28/1905
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Caption: "View from Grinnell Glacier. Grinnell, Josephine and Sherburn Lakes - Glacier Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: An ice skating rink at Yosemite National Park, c. 1932.
Date: 1932
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Caption: "Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1920s. Overview of first large canyon along Yellowstone River below Yellowstone Falls, in Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1917. William McCarthy standing next to a 6" Howitzer at Camp Kearney. Camp Kearney was established by the U.S. Army in 1917 just north of San Diego. The post was largely abandoned by the government in 1920, used as a military and civilian airfield. It did not see increased military service again until the 1930s.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Boulder Dam. View Taken From Launch on Boulder Lake," c. 1935, shows Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, providing water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Date: 1935
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Caption: Snow Tunnel on Crater Lake Trail to Watchman Point," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing on the trail.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Portland Auto Camp - Portland, Oregon - Population 310,000." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "El Portal," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses with two unidentified people in front of the Hotel del Portal (or Del Portal Hotel) in El Portal, California. The resort hotel was constructed in 1908 by the Yosemite Terminal Company, a subsidiary of the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company, to provide accommodations for visitors to the park who arrived by train. The hotel burned to the ground in late October of 1917.
Date: 1917