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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