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Caption: "Cooking Apparatus. One in Place on Motor, Two Removed. Oct. 10, 1934." This photograph shows three metal boxes used by the McCarthys for cooking during their five-month cross-country auto trip. One of the boxes is set on the engine of their automobile to heat the contents.
Date: 10/10/1934
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Caption: "Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1923. One wall of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone can be seen in this photograph, viewed from the opposite rim of the Canyon. The Canyon is approximately 24 miles long, and between 800 and 1,200 feet deep.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "The Lucky Pony," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women posing with a pony at a campsite in Healdsburg.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Motor Boat Speeding," shows a small motor boat and large, unidentified ship in the San Francisco Bay.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Sunset Lake - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Yellowstone National Park's Sunset Lake is a shallow thermal pool in the Black Sand Basin. Its name is derived from the yellow and orange bands of bacteria and algae at its edges.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Connecticut River, Greenfield. Mass. Sept. 6, 1934." Picturesque view of the Connecticut River, flanked by rolling hills and mirroring the clouds in the sky above.
Date: 9/6/1934
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Caption: "New Westminster -- British Columbia.," c. 1908-1912. View of the riverfront of New Westminster, now part of the Greater Vancouver region.
Date: 1908
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No caption, c. 1915. Unidentified child pulling another unidentified, smaller child in a wagon.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "City Hall, Broad St. Philadelphia, PA. July 31, 1934." Street scene along Broad Street in Philadelphia, with the City Hall building visible in the middle of the photograph. Philadelphia's City Hall was built in 1901, designed by architect John McArthur, Jr. At completion, the building was the world's tallest inhabitable structure. It is the largest municipal building in the world, with almost 700 rooms. A 37-foot-tall statute of William Penn (founder of Philadelphia) adorns the peak of the structure, created by Alexander Milne Calder.
Date: 7/31/1934
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Caption: "Cedar Brook," c. 1920. William and Grace McCarthy (at left) standing with two unidentified people, with house in background and automobile next to them.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "A Truckee Mountain Scene." Mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Date: 1927
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-115 with caption: "On the Sacramento River," unidentified location, c. 1906.
Date: 1906