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Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of Horseshoe Falls, largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 9/10/1934
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Caption: "Palm Garden, San Diego,," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right, with moustache) and several unidentified friends or family posing in a garden featuring palm trees and birdcages.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "A Few Buildings Stand as Monuments." A view of San Francisco buildings in ruins after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-049 with caption: "Sleighing - Port Townsend." Grace McCarthy is seen sitting in a sleigh drawn by two horses at Port Townsend, Washington, c. 1908.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Grounds and entrance to the Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site).
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Point Loma.," c. 1905. View of Point Loma and the so-called "New Point Loma Lighthouse" in the center. The lighthouse, first lit in 1891, replaced the "Old Point Loma Lighthouse" that had been constructed in 1855. The old lighthouse was often obscured by fog, so a new lighthouse was built at a much lower elevation much closer to sea level. The light was automated in 1973.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Crockett Mandolin Club," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen strumming the mandolin, second from left.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Salome Arizona, Giant Cactus or Desert Sentinels - Arizona Desert. June 1, 1935."
Date: 1935
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-159 with caption: "Government exhibits of shot etc., Government Buidling." Portland Fair, Oregon, 1905. Exhibit of various types of heavy ordnance shells, including armor piercing shells as well as torpedoes. The exhibit was located in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905
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