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No Caption: View of a portion of the fairgrounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, showing elegantly attired fairgoers strolling pathways and resting on benches. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Winding highway in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains - Zimipan, Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1915. View of the gateway to Benicia Arsenal, where William McCarthy worked (starting in 1903). Established in 1851, the Benicia Arsenal was the primary ordnance facility of the U.S. Army on the West Coast. The facility was deactivated in 1963, and closed completely the following year. The area now serves a vastly different function, providing work and retail space for artists and artisans.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Highway - Cloverdale to Ukiah," c. 1915, shows a view of foothills and valley from an unidentified highway (likely U.S. 101) in Sonoma County.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy is feeding a bear standing upright, likely in Yosemite National Park. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: A group photograph of William and Grace McCarthy with friends and family at the Riverside Villa resort in Healdsburg, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Nevada Pioneer, Rubber Paint, Pacific Rubber Paint Co., Star, etc.
Date: 1879
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Caption: "One of the Main Barracks, March Field, Calif.," c. 1935. Today known as March Air Reserve Base, March Field was one of several airfields established in April 1917, just after the United State's entry in World War 1. The airfield was named for Peyton C. March Jr., son of then Army Chief of Staff, Peyton C. March, who had been killed in an air crash just fifteen days after being commissioned.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Yellowstone Museum," c. 1923. Two horse-drawn stages, at least one of which was operated by the Yellowstone-Western Stage Company, parked in front of the Yellowstone Information Office, which also housed a museum.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-118.
Date: 1915