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Caption: "Government Exhibit -- Portland Exposition." Exhibit of various types of heavy ordnance shells, including armor piercing shells as well as torpedoes. The exhibit was located in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries. See also 96-07-08-alb08-159.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Old Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia, July 15, 1934." The remains of the Hermitage Plantation mansion, built in 1830, can be seen through trees draped with Spanish moss. Hermitage was a 400-acre plantation on the Savannah River, owned by Henry McAlpin. McAlpin not only conducted farming operations at the planation, but also manufactured bricks, barrels, cast iron products, and lumber.
Date: 7/15/1934
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Caption: "Carson City." Street scene with Grace McCarthy standing next to an automobile.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-078
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The Hall of Justice," c. 1906. A view of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco shows the building's utter destruction after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1906
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No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman sitting in a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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No caption. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing beside large bird bath or fountain, in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 8/27/1934
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Caption: "Mexican Custom House and Officer.," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right) standing in front of a customs house in Mexico, with two other unidentified men. One of the men appears to be of Hispanic ethnicity, and is likely the "Officer" mentioned in the caption.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c.1910. Stow Lake is a man-made lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Jefferson Davis Highway. U.S. No. 1. Virginia. July 20, 34." Grace McCarthy is standing next to a U.S. Route 1 sign along a highway in Virginia. The Jefferson Davis Highway project was begun by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). As auto tourism increased across the U.S., so to did the need for roads on which to drive. Private interests such as the UDC began to develop routes across the country, but with no central administrating organization the routes were haphazard and confusing. The UDC planned a route that was to stretch from Virginia across the southern U.S. to San Diego, but the entire route never materialized. The federal government stepped in to impose a numbering system on various routes across the nation. That portion of the planned Jefferson Davis Highway through Virginia was numbered as U.S. Route 1.
Date: 7/20/1934
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Caption: "Entrance - Manufacturers Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "State & Madison St. Chicago," c. 1923. A busy street scene at the intersection of State and Madison Streets in Chicago.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Court of the Universe," with the Tower of Jelwels in the background, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Oil Wells, Venice Beach, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows numerous oil wells along the shoreline of Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fountain of the Earth," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-065.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "SAN DIEGO HARBOR.," c. 1905. View of several ships in San Diego Harbor.
Date: 1905
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No caption: "Concord Calif.," c. 1915. Group of unidentified people posing in front of a residence in Concord, California.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Big Tree Grove - Santa Cruz," c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Government Headquarters," c. 1923. Bird's eye view of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel (the large, flat-roofed building in the center of the photograph) and surrounding complex of buildings in Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1923