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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215

    Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 426
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 426

    Caption: "Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Mexico."

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 058
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Union Square & Dewey Monument," c. 1908. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square, with the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904, and, fortunately, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 022
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 022

    Caption: "The Casino -- Agua Caliente, Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the exterior of the casino at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.

    Date: 5/20/1934

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 134
    McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 134

    Caption: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake with rolling hills/mountains in the distance.

    Date: 1920