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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing the Cathedral and Chapultepec Castle and Park in Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Home of ex U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow - Cuernavaca, Mexico." Pictured is the former home of Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931). Morrow was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Calvin Coolidge from 1927 - 1930.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Linnard Hotel Santa Barbara.," c. 1920. Grace McCarthy sitting in front of the Hotel Potter. Opened in 1903 by Milo M. Potter, the hotel sold in 1919 to the Santa Barbara Hotel Company, controlled by D.M. Linnard. The famous luxury resort burned down in 1921. See also 96-07-08-alb04-097.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Potato Race," c. 1917. Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish around a bucket in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 7/4/1917
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Caption: "Pajaro River, Watsonville," with railroad trestle in the background, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy are seen sitting on a wall at a vista point that overlooks the majestic granite mountains of Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "The Four Seasons," shows the Fountain of Autumn (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-100 and 96-07-08-alb03-025.
Date: 1915