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Caption: "Tacoma Bridge.," c. 1913. Double leaf, Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the rare instances where William McCarthy's labeling of the photographs in the albums is incorrect. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1913, was Portland's first bascule bridge, or drawbridge. It retains the distinction of being the longest bascule bridge span in the world.
Date: 1913
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Caption: "Honolulu," c. 1906. Unidentified toddler posed on the back of a horse.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Entering The Redwoods, Mt Tamalpais RR," c. 1907. A view of the Muir Woods Railway tracks, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Turista - Mexico - March 26th to June 8th, 1938," handwritten on a Mexico tourist brochure indicating the McCarthys' trip to Mexico in 1938. The brochure itself reads: Mexico - Visit Fiesta Land the Fiesta Way."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Eagle Falls -- Lake Tahoe.," c. 1915-1920. Side view of head of Eagle Falls, near Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1920. Waterfall with lush vegetation along the Columbia River in Oregon.
Date: 1920