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Caption: "Silent City-Bryce Canyon National Park - View from Inspiration Point," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "The McCarthy Home, Watsonville, Cal," c. 1906. A view of the façade of the crossed-gabled McCarthy home, with large front porch and lush vegetation.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: undated. Photograph shows what appears to be a 12" disappearing coastal artillery gun, mounted on a rotating carriage.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Avenue of the Palms-Looking West," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "San Pedro," c. 1915, shows two ships docked at the harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Entryway to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as seen at night. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Yellowstone Museum," c. 1923. Two horse-drawn stages, at least one of which was operated by the Yellowstone-Western Stage Company, parked in front of the Yellowstone Information Office, which also housed a museum.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
Date: 1938