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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 219
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 219

    Caption: "Coney Island. Sunday Crowd. New York. Aug. 19, 1934." Very crowded beach scene on New York's Coney Island. The construction of several resort hotels on the island in the 1870s and 1880s encouraged construction of amusement parks to provide tourist destinations. Coney Island has hosted several large amusement parks over the years, including one of the world's first roller coasters (built in 1884). Numerous smaller attractions were available as well. The island's popularity peaked in the mid-twentieth century, in the World War II era, but despite some decline is still a world-renowned recreation area.

    Date: 8/19/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 230
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 230

    Caption: "Washington State Capitol Building, Olympia, Wash." c. 1935. The Neo-classical style building (Walter R. Wilder and Harry K. White, architects) opened in 1928, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

    Date: 1935