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Caption: "U.S.S. California," c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Palace Hotel Court," c. 1906. (Handwritten on photograph: "copyright 1906 by W._ Wod_n."). The Palace Hotel was originally built in 1875, rebuilt in 1909, and was one of the first premier luxury hotels in San Francisco.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Capitol Building of New York State, Albany, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1934." New York State's Capitol Building was constructed between 1867 and 1899. The initial architect, Thomas Fuller, designed the first floor in a Classical or Romanesque style. He was replaced by Leopold Eidlitz and Henry Hobson Richardson, who designed the next two floors in a Renaissance style. The final architect to preside over the project was Isaac G. Perry, who completed the building in a Victorian-Romanesque style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1979.
Date: 9/7/1934
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Caption: "Theosophists Headquarters -- San Diego.," c. 1915-1916. Arched entryway flanked by two smaller arches. The domes of the Raja Yoga Academy and the Temple of Peace can be seen in the background. Both are buildings within the Theosophist complex called Lomaland.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The White House. Washington, D.C. July 23, 1934." East Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. The Neoclassical-style residence and work place of the United States President, designed by James Hoban, was constructed between 1792 and 1800. See also 96-07-08-alb04-085 and 96-07-08-alb09-222.
Date: 7/23/1934
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Caption: "The Jim Walsh Family. Aug. 30, 193 [sic]." Jim Walsh (at left), his wife, and three children posing for a photograph in front of a covered patio.
Date: 8/30/1934
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1905, Benicia, California. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops, from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
Date: 1905
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Caption: " South Gardens," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption. See also 96-07-08-alb05-320, with caption: "Damaged German Submarine.," c. 1917. Shows the above-water portions of a German U-boat, or submarine, likely docked in either Petaluma or San Francisco, given the presence of a Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway ferry in the background. Unidentified group of men standing on what appears to be a submarine.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "In The Asti Vineyards - In Days Gone By," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy posing in front of a giant sculpture of a wine bottle at the Italian Swiss Colony winery, Asti Vineyards, in the Alexander Valley in Sonoma County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "State Armory -- Seattle.," c. 1910. View of castle-like armory building for the Washington National Guard, built in 1909 near Seattle's Pike Place Market. It was demolished in 1968.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: The Tower of Jewels at night, at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "California Maritime Academy, Carquinez Straits." Design for future development. Color drawing by Alfred Eichler; built this way. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1945
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Caption: "A Native of Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. A bear climbing a tree in Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "State University -- Eugene Oregon," c. 1915. Shows both Deady and Villard Halls on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Deady Hall was built in the 1870s, while Villard Hall was constructed in the 1880s.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Florida Highway. June 26, 1934." Tall trees, many hung with Spanish moss, line this unidentified Florida highway.
Date: 6/26/1934
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Caption: "Court House -- El Paso Tex. Population of El Paso 100,000, 80% Mexicans. 4000 ft. alt. May 28, 34." View of the El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1917 and designed by Henry Charles Trost. It is not known where William McCarthy got the statistics he quotes in the caption.
Date: 5/28/1934
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Caption: "Florida Highway, June 21 34." A tree-lined, unidentified highway stretches into the distance in this photograph.
Date: 6/21/1934
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Caption: "The California," c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives. See also 96-07-08-alb05-009.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Grinnell Glacier - Glacier National Park. Method of observing one of the many deep crevasses on Grinnell Glacier. Your life depends on the man on the other end of the rope." c. 1935. William McCarthy tied to a rope and looking into a crevasse on Grinnell Glacier.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1910. Image of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: Tower of Jewels, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
Date: 1915