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Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Sisters Hospital -- Walla Walla.," ca. 1920. Five-story brick and stone building. This building is the second hospital built on the site. The first, built in the 1880s by the Sisters of Providence, burned in a 1915 fire. This second building (seen here), constructed in 1916, served as the main hospital building until a new facility was constructed in 1976. The resulting new complex of buildings is now called the Providence St. Mary Medical Center.
Date: 1920
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-082 with caption: "The Olympic Snow-capped Mountains," Washington, c. 1908. Vista of the Olympic Mountains in the distance. In the middle distance to the right can be seen the Eisenbeis Castle (now known as the Manresa Castle Restaurant and Lounge), built in 1892 by Charles Eisenbeis, a businessman and Port Townsend's first mayor. The photograph is centered around what appears to be a resort hotel situated a short distance from the Eisenbeis Castle.
Date: 1908
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No caption, c. 1935. William (seated at left end of front row) and Grace (seated at right end of back row) McCarthy with five other unidentified people.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Council Crest -- Portland," c. 1909. Buildings and benches in a park setting, with a tall observation tower, labeled the "Observatory," at the right side of the photograph. Council Crest Park in Portland, Oregon was the site of an amusement park between 1907 and 1929. The buildings in this photograph were part of that park. The Observatory, built in 1907, was demolished in 1941 to make room for a water tower. The area is still in use as a municipal park.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Cactus in Bloom Near Phoenix Arizona, May 24 1934." Cluster of what appear to be yucca plants in bloom.
Date: 5/24/1934
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Caption: Market Street, Call, Chronicle, Palace, Grand, & Crocker Buildings," c. 1906, shows a bustling scene of tall buildings, people, horses and buggies, and a trolley on Market Street.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Columbia River Scenes," c. 1920. Oneonta Creek running through thick, lush vegetation and a small, steeply-sided gorge.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Crockett Mandolin Club," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen strumming the mandolin, second from left.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "A Tank from the Liberty Bond Train." Shows a Renault FT Tank, a small French tank with caterpillar-style propulsion used during World War I. This tank was displayed as part of the fifth Liberty Bond Drive, held in 1919. During World War I, the U.S. government raised funds for the war by issuing "liberty bonds." Liberty Bond Trains crisscrossed the country to encourage purchase of the bonds. Citizens who purchased the bonds could later redeem them for the purchase price plus interest.
Date: 1919
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No caption. An unidentified piece of machinery at unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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No Caption: shows large crowds at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-126.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy standing alongside fountain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Thelma Todd's Tavern - Santa Monica," c. 1935. Built in 1928 for Hollywood actress Thelma Todd, the restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean at Malibu. Todd lived in the home above the tavern, where she was found dead in December 1935, under mysterious circumstances.
Date: 1935