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  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 034
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 034

    Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x004
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x004

    Caption: "Sept. 21, 1934, Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Exhibit. Chicago Fair." Shows a replica of the Tom Thumb, an early steam locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This replica was displayed at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, a world's fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.

    Date: 9/21/1934