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No caption. William and Grace McCarthy and two unidentified women pose next to a bird bath in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Empire State Bldg. in the Distance. Height 1250 Feet, 102 Stories. 34th St. New York. Aug. 16, 1934." Street scene dominated by the Empire State Building rising a few blocks away. Construction began on this iconic 102-story building, designed by William F. Lamb, in 1930. Completed by early 1931, it held the title of world's tallest building for almost 40 years, until being surpassed in 1970 by the construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower. It is now the fifth-tallest building in the U.S., and the 28th-tallest in the world.
Date: 8/16/1934
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Caption: "Main Engine, Crockett Sugar Refinery," c. 1906. William McCarthy (left) and unidentified man pose next to the main engine at the sugar refinery.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Angel Terrace, Mammoth Springs - Yellowstone Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy standing near the travertine (limestone) terrace.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Great Southern Hotel -- Gulfport -- Mississippi -- June 19, 34." The Great Southern Hotel, built in 1902-1903 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones (also the founder of Gulfport), offered luxurious amenities such as telephones in each room, baths, hot and cold running water, billiards, gardens, and a tennis court. The hotel was hit hard by the Great Depression in the 1930s, even closing briefly. After a short-lived revival in the 1940s, the hotel was demolished in 1951 to make way for U.S. Highway 90.
Date: 6/19/1934
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No Caption: A page from an informational tourist brochure describing Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "In Tiajuana [sic], Mexico.," c. 1905. Street scene in Tijuana, showing several buildings with false fronts along a dirt road.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "A Few Buildings Stand as Monuments." A view of San Francisco buildings in ruins after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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No caption. Unidentified woman and boy sitting in a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Court of the Universe," with William and Grace McCarthy standing before a fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The McCarthy Home, Watsonville, Cal," c. 1906. A view of the façade of the crossed-gabled McCarthy home, with large front porch and lush vegetation.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Giant Cactus Arizona Desert, Salome, AR. June 1, 1935," shows William McCarthy standing next to a large cactus at Salome, Arizona.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "San Pedro," c. 1915, shows two ships docked at the harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles.
Date: 1915