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Caption: "France," shows the 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. See also 96-07-08-alb01-135.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Lake Tahoe," c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy posing for a photograph with an unidentified young woman, on a steep hillside in front of pine trees.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "U.S. 5-inch Rapid Fire." A close-up view of a large gun at an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Copy of Mechanical drawing," illustrator unknown, but likely William McCarthy.
Date: Undated
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No Caption: Shows a group of people on a boat and standing in the Russian River at Healdsburg, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy poses for a photograph in Jackson Park while people behind her board a double decker bus.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "George Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.
Date: 7/29/1934
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No Caption: A group of people shown swimming and wading in the Russian River at Healdsburg in Sonoma County, c. 1914.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Boulder Dam, View From Lower Side - 40 Foot Highway on Top of Dam," c. 1935, shows the dam near the completion of its construction.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Summit Hotel on the Truckee Highway." Hotel, probably in the vicinity of Donner Lake and what is now Interstate 80.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Bakers [sic] Beach," c. 1906. Baker Beach begins just south of Golden Gate Point and extends approximately one half-mile southward to Seacliff Peninsula.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Fountain - Rising Sun" (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915