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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 040a

    No caption. This colorful decal advertises "Yellowstone Park Camps, The Popular Service." Three people lounge in camp chairs in front of a small cabin.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 157

    Caption: "Negro Homes, Savannah, Georgia. July 14, 1934." Row of identical small homes set closely together, each with a small front porch. Several unidentified people can be seen on a few of the porches.

    Date: 7/14/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 065

    Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 209

    Caption: "Coronado Tent City.," c. 1910. Beach scene near the Coronado Hotel, showing groups of people enjoying a day at the sea shore. Established in 1900 for travelers who could not afford to stay in the resort hotel, the Coronado Tent City consisted of a grid of streets lined with furnished tents, near the sea shore. It also featured restaurants, a library, soda fountain, theater, bandstand, and other recreational facilities.

    Date: 1910