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Caption: "Court of the Universe," with Grace and William McCarthy standing before a fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-034.
Date: 1915
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Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg to T. G. Ishimaru regarding possible reopening of the Japanese Children's Home of Southern California after the closure of the Children's Village at Manzanar
Date: August 10, 1945
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Caption: "CORONADO. TENT CITY.," c. 1910. View of rows of tents and sheds thatched in palm fronds along the coast near Coronado Hotel, with people strolling along the roadways. Established in 1900 for travelers who could not afford to stay in the resort hotel, the Coronado Tent City consisted of a grid of streets lined with furnished tents, near the sea shore. It also featured restaurants, a library, soda fountain, theater, bandstand, and other recreational facilities. See also 96-07-08-alb05-202 and 96-07-08-alb08-263.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Gatling gun," c. 1905. three unidentified men and William McCarthy (third from right) stand near a Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was an early rapid-fire, crank-turned weapon first used during combat in the Civil War. Developed in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.
Date: 1905
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No caption. Two unidentified children posing on stoop of a house in Chino, California.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Paseo de La Reforma, the beautiful boulevard of Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Washington Monument - Fairmount Park - Philadelphia," c. 1925. Philadelphia's Washington Monument Fountain (Rudolf Siemering, sculptor) features a bronze and granite statute of George Washington on horseback. Dedicated at Fairmount Park in 1897, it was moved to Philadelphia's Eakins Oval in 1928.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Old Faithful Geyser After Eruption - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy stands behind the vent of Old Faithful, a cone geyser at Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1923
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