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Caption: "Mariposa Grove big redwood tree, California. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "This Monument Marks the Spot Where East and West Union Pacific R.R. Was Joined in Completion. Ames Monument, Near Summit Between Cheyenne & Larmie [sic]. Sept. 30, 1934." Grace McCarthy stands in front of the large four-sided pyramid of the Ames Monument in this photograph. The monument, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, does not mark the spot where the transcontinental railroad was joined (that occurred at Promontory Summit in Utah). Instead, the Ames Monument commemorates brothers Oakes and Oliver Ames, financiers of the Union Pacific Railroad, builder of the eastern portion of the transcontinental railroad line. At the time the pyramid was constructed in 1882, it stood at the highest point in elevation attained by the transcontinental railroad (8,247 feet).
Date: 9/30/1934
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Caption: "El Tovar Hotel - Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Grace McCarthy posing in front of the El Tovar Hotel, on the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Designed by Charles Whittlesey, the hotel opened in 1905 as part of the Harvey House hotel chain.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Chino Avenue-Chino Cal," c. 1915, shows a long, dirt road through a grove of trees in Chino, California.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "George Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. 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.
Date: 7/29/1934
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No caption, c. 1920. Four unidentified women, with Grace McCarthy (second from the right) in what appears to be a park, in front of bushes and ornamental grass.
Date: 1920
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No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy are seen sitting on a wall at a vista point that overlooks the majestic granite mountains of Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Tamalpais Views," is a label for photographs 179 - 184 in album 6, showing a variety of views of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: Undated