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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 031
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 031

    Caption: "Court House -- El Paso Tex. Population of El Paso 100,000, 80% Mexicans. 4000 ft. alt. May 28, 34." View of the El Paso County Courthouse, built in 1917 and designed by Henry Charles Trost. It is not known where William McCarthy got the statistics he quotes in the caption.

    Date: 5/28/1934

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 212
    McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 212

    Caption: "Washington Monument. Wash. D.C," c. 1920. c. 1920. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet. See also 96-07-08-alb04-075.

    Date: 1920