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Caption: "Skaggs Springs," c. 1914. William and Grace McCarthy (fourth and fifth from the left) standing on a log with a group of unidentified friends and family in the Skaggs Springs area of Sonoma County. Skaggs Springs was a resort area along the Russian River, known for its hot springs. The area now lies beneath the waters of Lake Sonoma, flooded after construction of the Warm Springs Dam, completed in 1982.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Veu-Deleu [sic] Santa Cruz," c. 1910. Ocean shore scene with waves and high spray, with various structures on a promontory in the distance. The Vue de L'eau (View of the Water) was a station on the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park and Capitola Electric Railway electric streetcar line. The station, built in 1891, was located at the very end of the line, on a promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It featured an observatory on the top story. The same company also built a casino, ballroom, and restaurant nearby. The station burned down in 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb08-193.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: c. 1910. Grace McCarthy seated on a rock with crashing surf in the background, at the Vue de L'eau in Santa Cruz. See also 96-07-08-alb07-198.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Mount Royal Park - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a horse and buggy at Montreal's Mount Royal Park.
Date: 1925
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No caption. An unidentified woman seated on a horse saddled in English tack at the John Shields house in the Daybreak Estates area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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No Caption: c. 1905. Three unidentified children posing in chairs in a garden or park.
Date: 1905
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This item has no description.
Date: undated
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Caption: "Field Artillery Target Practice. Gigling, Cal.," c. 1915, shows men in military gear firing a large cannon at the Gigling Field Artillery Range in Monterey, California, which, along with the surrounding area, was redesignated Fort Ord in 1940.
Date: 1915
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No caption. Grace McCarthy siting in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the McCarthy home in Watsonville, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Building up on Market Street," c. 1907. A view of Market Street repairs one year after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1907
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy standing with child riding a donkey in campground at Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
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This item has no description.
Date: 1985
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Caption: "Baltimore Ave - Kansas City," c. 1923. A busy street scene on Baltimore Ave in Kansas City.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Aug. 22, 1934." Unidentified man and woman posing in a garden.
Date: 8/22/1934
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Caption: "Street Car Strike," c. 1907. San Francisco's street car union workers called for a strike after their request to be paid three dollars per eight- hour work day was declined. At the start of the strike, two strikers were shot by strike breakers and many more causalities were reported. Hundreds of passengers were injured during the strike due to inexperienced operators, and twenty-five of those passengers died as a result. In total, the upheaval resulted in thirty-one causalities.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. Image of Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
Date: 1910