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Caption: "Blue Rock Springs -- Solano Co.," c. 1915. Grace McCarthy (far left) and two unidentified friends or relatives at what is now known as Blue Rock Springs. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1909. Three unidentified young women posing in a park or garden.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "The Walsh Home, Brooklyn, New York. Sept. 2, 1934." View of a three-story brick house or apartment building, with a park or empty lot on one side. See also 96-07-08-alb09-202.
Date: 9/2/1934
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Caption: "Fountain - Setting Sun," or Descending Night (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-090.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: A view of the Grand Canyon, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Tamalpais Tavern and Railway From West Point," c. 1907.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Ocean Beach S.F.," c. 1910. View of a crowded Ocean Beach, near San Francisco's Cliff House.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Victoria Park. Niagara Falls, Canada, Sept. 10, 1934." Broad roadway flanked by manicured grounds and trees, running through Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1888, the park is operated today by the Niagara Parks Commission.
Date: 9/10/1934
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Caption: "An Old Settler.," undated. Shows an unidentified elderly woman, possibly Native American in ethnicity.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Mount Shasta," c. 1910. A view of snow-covered Mount Shasta, a volcanic peak in the southern part of the Cascade Range in California's Siskiyou County.
Date: 1910
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No caption. Grace McCarthy poses for photograph, wearing a man's hat, at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Prado or Promenade -- Havana -- Cub. July 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide street lined with marble benches and trees on both sides. The Paseo del Prado is the oldest paved street in Havana, marking the line between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Its route was established in 1772 by Don Felipe Fonsdeviela y Ondeano. The street was redesigned in 1925 by landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (who added the trees and marble benches).
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Washington Monument -- Philadelphia." c. 1920. Philadelphia's Washington Monument Fountain (Rudolf Siemering, sculptor) features a bronze and granite statute of George Washington on horseback. Dedicated at Fairmount Park in 1897, it was moved to Philadelphia's Eakins Oval in 1928.
Date: 1920