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No Caption: The San Francisco City Hall in ruins after the 1906 earthquake and resulting fires.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Yellowstone Lake - Teton Mountains in the distance, Mount Sheridan," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Sierra de Cuyamaca boundaries. Volume 2, page 137.
Date: 1845
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Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Dinner is Served. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy is cooking a meal in metal boxes on the engine of his Studebaker sedan, while Grace McCarthy is seated to the right at a small folding table awaiting dinner.
Date: 10/10/1934
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Caption: "A Wooded Garden -- Pasadena, Calif.," c. 1910. William and Grace McCarthy seated in chairs beneath a tree in a garden.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Portola. King & Queen." Actors portraying explorer Gaspar de Portolà and Queen Vergilia in a parade, part of the San Francisco Portola Festival held October 19-23, 1909. The festival celebrated Portolà as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay. It was held annually until 1913. See also 96-07-08-alb06-162.
Date: 1909-10
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Caption: "California," c, 1917. The McCarthy's vehicle is squeezed into the tunnel carved through the California Tree, a Giant Sequoia in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tunnel was cut through the tree in 1895 to facilitate travel on the road into the grove, and also as a tourist attraction. It is now the only living Giant Sequoia with a tunnel cut through it (so-called "tunnel trees"), the others having all fallen.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "French 75 Millimeter Gun Model of 1897." c. 1912-1915. William McCarthy posing with a French 75mm field gun, with an unidentified man. Commonly called the French 75, or simply the 75, this heavy, rapid-fire artillery gun was developed in 1897. During World War I it was adapted to fire shells full of toxic gas, and was also modified for mounting on an armored vehicle. See also 96-07-08-alb05-061.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: Seven adult lions perform at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
Date: 1935