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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 269

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun, Firing Position." A close-up view of a large gun in the firing position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Union Square & Dewey Monument," c. 1908. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square, with the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904, and, fortunately, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 426

    Caption: "Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Mexico."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215

    Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 240

    Caption: "Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, on the Colorado River.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 112

    Caption: "California St. S.F." Shows the devastation from the 1906 earthquake and fires, along California Street in San Francisco, 1906.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 084

    Caption: "The City Disaster." Photograph of The Seattle Daily Times front page and photographs of the San Francisco earthquake's aftermath with headline: "City Wiped Out! Fire Still Raging!" Dated April 20, 1906.

    Date: 1906