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Caption: "Annheuser Busch Residence. Los Angeles," c. 1906. Unidentified woman standing in front of Tudor-style mansion, with several gables and chimneys covered in ivy. Built in 1898 in Pasadena and designed by Frederick Roehrig, the Ivy Wall (the mansion's nickname) was purchased by Adolphus Busch in 1905. Busch gradually bought up much of the surrounding property, and subsequently created the first Busch Gardens. After his death in 1913, his wife Lily continued to develop the gardens. Lily died in 1928. Over the next two decades, the gardens were gradually sold off to real estate developers. The Ivy Wall itself was torn down in 1952.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Tiajuana [sic] River Bridge. Not much choice between bridge and muddy road," c. 1915-1916. Dilapidated bridge on right side of photograph, with automobile driving over muddy road next to the bridge.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Folsom." Drawing of Cell Block #3, Folsom State Prison, by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1934. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York. Aug 2, 1934." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.
Date: 8/2/1934
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Caption: "Old Mission, San Diego." William McCarthy standing next to the dilapidated church building of Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego). The first mission established in the U.S., Mission San Diego was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1769.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle." Cascading fountains at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 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: "Elcampo [sic] Grove." c. 1908. William McCarthy sitting with two unidentified woman at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Parlor interior at home," c. 1905. A view of the parlor at the McCarthy family residence in Watsonville, with a piano in foreground and framed portraits and landscapes adorning the walls.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Tasquillo Canyon - Rio Tula, in vicinity of Zimipan, Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "The Village," c. 1917. Street scene in the Yosemite Village, the most developed part of the Yosemite Valley. The Village is home to such amenities as a Post Office, store, medical clinic, fire station, and restaurants. Development began at the site in 1865, but most of the buildings were constructed after 1918.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The Merced River flows through the photograph in the foreground, while the iconic Half Dome looms in the background.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Hardeeville, July 16, 1934." Four unidentified white children posing with an unidentified African-American woman, possibly their nanny given the manner of dress of all parties.
Date: 7/16/1934
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Preliminary sketch of Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1942
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Caption: "San Francisco Bay Bridge Cable Anchorage. Nov. 1, 1935." View of a cable anchorage at one terminus of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge's design combined three different types of bridge-building technology over the five miles it covers between San Francisco and Oakland: a suspension span, a cantilevered span, and a tunnel. At the time of its completion in 1936 the bridge was the longest steel structure on the globe. It also featured the deepest bridge pier ever built, and the world's largest bore tunnel.
Date: 11/1/1935
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No caption: Grace McCarthy (far left) poses with four unidentified women in front of a small body of water, c. 1925.
Date: 1925