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Caption: "Wantses," caption label only, refers to photographs 116, 117, and 118 of album 06.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Potato Race - July 4, 1917." Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 7/4/1917
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Caption: "State Sign, Between Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming. Oct. 1, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to an informational road sign in Wyoming, noting the location as being along the U.S.'s primary Continental Divide.
Date: 10/1/1934
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Caption: "South Portal Golden Gate Tunnel. Marin County approach to Golden Gate Bridge." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Placing the Bandarillias [sic]." Two images pasted into the photograph album next to each other, both showing bulls in a bullring. In both photographs, banderilleros are attempting to place banderillas (short barbed sticks) in each bull's shoulders.
Date: 1905
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No caption. Grace McCarthy poses next to a bird bath in a garden, c. 1925.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "S.S. Santa Rosa." Wreck of the S.S. Santa Rosa off Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County. The steamship ran aground on July 6, 1911. Unable to break free, the turbulent waters eventually cracked the ship in half. All two hundred passengers got to shore alive, the only fatalities coming when four sailors were accidentally thrown out of a lifeboat by rough seas while attempting to establish a land line to stabilize the wreck.
Date: 1911
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Caption: "Tamalpais Views." A label in album 6 referring to photographs 218-222.
Date: Undated