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No Caption: undated. View of a locomotive pulling a passenger train in an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Glacier Point (x)," c. 1917. In this photograph of the walls of Yosemite Valley, taken from the valley floor, William McCarthy has marked the location of Glacier Point with an "x." Glacier Point, on the south wall of the valley 3,200 feet above what is now known as Half Dome Village, provides panoramic views of the valley and many of its features.
Date: 1917
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing for a photograph. The occasion seems to have been a masquerade, as most of the individuals are in costume. William McCarthy, in a clown or jester costume, is seated near Grace McCarthy in the bottom row, second and third from the right.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing for photograph in park setting. Grace McCarthy appears seated in the middle row, at far left.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Boulder Canyon - Showing Power Houses and Tramway Below the Dam," c. 1935. Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, is located above Boulder/Hoover Dam and is now flooded by Lake Mead.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Court House - Los Angeles." c. 1915-1920. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, also known as the Red Sandstone Courthouse, was completed in 1891. Located at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, the courthouse was damaged beyond repair by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and demolished in 1936. To the left of the courthouse stands the Hall of Records, built in 1911 and used, along with other buildings, as the county courthouse from 1934 until 1959, when the current courthouse was occupied. The Hall of Records was demolished in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb01-147.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: The Cliff House, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. The Victorian structure shown here is the third iteration of the Cliff House, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.
Date: 1905