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Caption: "Coronado Hotel," c. 1915, shows the luxury seaside resort in San Diego County, founded by Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story, and built in 1888. The hotel was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. See also 96-07-08-alb01-150.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Forest Ranger Station," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy (in the driver's seat of the automobile) and an unidentified man taking a break from driving by pausing next to a small plank house, identified as a forest ranger station by William McCarthy.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "San Juan," c. 1918, shows the Plaza Hotel, established in 1856, near Mission San Juan Bautista in San Benito County.
Date: 1918
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No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man and woman embracing on bench near the Russian River. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Riverside Villa, Aug 15, 1915," shows a group of McCarthy friends and family at the Riverside Villa resort in Healdsburg.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Highway Near Daytona Beach, Florida. July 9, 1934." A road stretches toward a curve in the distance, flanked by trees dripping with Spanish moss, and palm trees.
Date: 7/9/1934
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Caption: "Brigham Youngs [sic] Bee Hive House. Brigham Young had 19 Wives and 52 Children. Oct. 3, 1934." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and is now a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.
Date: 10/3/1934
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No caption, c. 1910. Humorous photograph of two unidentified men, one in a suit and bowler hat, the other in a dress with feather-plumed hat.
Date: 1910
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