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Caption: "Seminole Indian Women Washing Clothes -- Everglades -- Fla. June 30, 1934." Two unidentified women and a small child washing clothing. Several articles of clothing are spread out to dry on a canoe lifted off the ground by sawhorses made of logs. They are likely Seminoles, a Native American tribe in Florida, although most of the tribe had been forcibly relocated from Florida to Oklahoma by 1842. Fewer than 200 remained in Florida after the Third Seminole War ended in 1858, but a resurgence of the tribe occurred in the early to mid twentieth century. The Florida Seminole tribe received federal recognition in 1957.

Date: 6/30/1934

Caption: "Fort Flagler Beach," c. 1908-1912. This photograph features a dirt track in the foreground, with various buildings in the middle distance and a headlands and body of water, possibly Puget Sound, in the far distance.

Date: 1908

No caption, c. 1905. Unidentified man posing in a military uniform.

Date: 1905

No Caption: Photograph shows a female bullfighter dodging a bull in a bullring, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Date: 9/17/1905

Caption: "Point Firmin [sic] -- San Pedro.," c. 1915-1916. Rock cliff jutting out into the sea, with house on cliff top.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Seiglers Springs -- Lake Co.," c. 1920. Resort building at Seigler Springs.

Date: 1920

No Caption: Interior shot of the Sutro Baths, north of the Cliff House, c. 1910. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Date: 1910

No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy standing at the doorway of a snowed-in cabin in Yosemite National Park.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Coronado Hotel, May 20, 1934." View of the Coronado Hotel, with sand dunes in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall.

Date: 5/20/1934

Caption: "City Hall Ruins," shows the gutted San Francisco City Hall after the 1906 earthquake and fires. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

Date: 1906