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Caption: "Prado or Promenade -- Havana -- Cub. July 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide street lined with marble benches and trees on both sides. The Paseo del Prado is the oldest paved street in Havana, marking the line between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Its route was established in 1772 by Don Felipe Fonsdeviela y Ondeano. The street was redesigned in 1925 by landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (who added the trees and marble benches).
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Canada," shows the Canadian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-140.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Theosophists' Headquarters, San Diego.," c. 1905. Palm-lined driveway leading to two large buildings. The Raja Yoga Academy is visible in the center of the photograph, featuring a domed roof and domed turrets at each of the building's corners. At the right stands the Temple of Peace. Both are buildings within the Theosophist complex called Lomaland. The complex housed Theosophists from 1900 to 1942. The area is now part of Point Loma Nazarene University.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Automobiling in Green Valley, Solona [sic] Co, Calif," c. 1915. William McCarthy in driver's seat, and Grace McCarthy in passenger's seat, with several unidentified people in an automobile in Solano County.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: A birds-eye view of the granite mountains in Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "George Washingions [sic] Home, Rear View, Mt. Vernon, Va. July 22, 1934." Rear view of Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Built between 1758 and 1778, the Palladian-style mansion is now owned in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and open to the public.
Date: 7/22/1934
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No Caption: shows the Fountain of the Rising Sun,(Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor) in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Little girls who live in Mexico are always fully clothed but, this is not a little girl. OH! OH!" Image of a young boy in a small Mexican village. **PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 380 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-380) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
Date: 1938
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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing the city of Toluca, the capital of the State of Mexico.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Lake Josephine, McCloud Mountain and Garden Wall in the distance. Glacier National Park," C. 1935.
Date: 1935