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  McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 306

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  Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy pose at the entrance to what William labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.

  Date: 1935

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  McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 252

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  Caption: "Bonneville Dam under construction - Columbia River, Oregon," c. 1935. Construction on the dam and first powerhouse began in 1934.

  Date: 1935