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Caption: "Power Transmission Tower. 2411 Towers - 270 Miles. 1.4 Inch DIA. Power Line. One of the Towers of the Power Line From Boulder Dam to L.A.," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fort Stevens, OR," c. 1915. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Seattle Times, Copy." Photograph of The Seattle Daily Times front page and photographs of the San Francisco earthquake's aftermath with headline: "City Wiped Out! Fire Still Raging!" Dated April 20, 1906.
Date: 1906
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No caption, c. 1906. William McCarthy in suit and bowler hat, posing next to a stream.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Stanford University," c. 1920. Main entrance gate to Stanford University.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Coast Defense." Photograph of part of a print from the Illustrated London News, titled "A Modern Method of Coast Defense: The Arrangement of an Up-To-Date Battery." See also 96-07-08-alb08-230.
Date: 1910-09-03
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Caption: "Alhambra Springs," caption label only, refers to photographs 111 - 114 of album 6.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Wantses," caption label only, refers to photographs 116, 117, and 118 of album 06.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Potato Race - July 4, 1917." Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 7/4/1917
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Caption: "State Sign, Between Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming. Oct. 1, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to an informational road sign in Wyoming, noting the location as being along the U.S.'s primary Continental Divide.
Date: 10/1/1934
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Caption: "South Portal Golden Gate Tunnel. Marin County approach to Golden Gate Bridge." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Placing the Bandarillias [sic]." Two images pasted into the photograph album next to each other, both showing bulls in a bullring. In both photographs, banderilleros are attempting to place banderillas (short barbed sticks) in each bull's shoulders.
Date: 1905
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No caption. Grace McCarthy poses next to a bird bath in a garden, c. 1925.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "S.S. Santa Rosa." Wreck of the S.S. Santa Rosa off Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County. The steamship ran aground on July 6, 1911. Unable to break free, the turbulent waters eventually cracked the ship in half. All two hundred passengers got to shore alive, the only fatalities coming when four sailors were accidentally thrown out of a lifeboat by rough seas while attempting to establish a land line to stabilize the wreck.
Date: 1911
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Caption: "Tamalpais Views." A label in album 6 referring to photographs 218-222.
Date: Undated