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Caption: "Tours to the East." Two National Park decals for Yellowstone Park (with handwritten date of Aug. 14, 23, featuring a bear) and Yosemite National Park in 1920 (with handwritten date of July 4, featuring a mountain lion).
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Court House -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the second courthouse built by San Diego County, completed in 1889. Designed by architectural firm Cornstock & Trotsche of San Francisco, this elaborate building featured a bell and clock tower, statues of four presidents, and 42 stained-glass windows honoring each state in the Union at the time of installation. The tower was removed in 1939. Twenty years later, the entire building was demolished in favor of a newer facility.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Beaver Dam - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Court of the Universe from Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-031.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy standing before the Palace of Horticulture and reflecting pool, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-054.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Lake Louise - view from Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Kingsbury Grade -- Nevada." Shows a hairpin turn on the Kingsbury Grade in Douglas County, Nevada. Now part of Nevada State Route 207, the road intersects U.S. Highway 50 near the southeastern corner of Lake Tahoe.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Yellowstone River - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Genius of Creation Monument," (Daniel Chester French, sculptor), in the Avenue of Progress at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-092.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "France" French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.
Date: 1915