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Caption: "Casa Del Rey - Santa Cruz," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy with an unidentified woman in an automobile in front of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1911 by developer Fred W. Swanton. The hotel was demolished after it sustained considerable damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses at the entrance to what William McCarthy labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Guest Room, Daybreak, Long Island, New York. Aug. 21, 1934." Grace McCarthy seated at a desk reading a book, with a bed to one side and a dresser on the other. See also 96-07-08-alb09-174.
Date: 8/21/1934
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Caption: "Limb Show at the Cliff." Shows two women holding up their skirts as they walk into the surf at Ocean Beach, with the Victorian-style Cliff House in the background, San Francisco, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Serpentine Drive - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A bird's eye view of Serpentine Drive, a twisty mountain road near Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs.
Date: 1923