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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features an article by Paul Harrison called "Rattlesnakes Used in Canapes." It discusses the use of rattlesnake meat in a New York restaurant.

Date: Undated

Caption: "Union Pacific Bridge -- Portland, OR.," c. 1915. Built in 1912, this through-truss, double-deck, vertical lift bridge crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. See also 96-07-08-alb08-038.

Date: 1915

Caption: "On Shasta Route," Siskiyou County, California, c. 1905

Date: 1905

Caption: "Conservatory -- Botanical Gardens -- St. Lewis," c. 1923. Shows the Palm House, built in 1915 to house tropical plants in the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. It was torn down in 1959 to make room for the domed geodesic Climatron building which still stands at the site. See also 96-07-08-alb09- 086.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Tiajuana [sic] River Bridge. Not much choice between bridge and muddy road," c. 1915-1916. Dilapidated bridge on right side of photograph, with automobile driving over muddy road next to the bridge.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Hotel Reforma, modern and Americanized, Mexico City."

Date: 1938

Caption: "El Capitan," c. 1917. El Capitan is a vertical granite rock formation in Yosemite Valley. It's sheer cliff face, rising almost 3,000 feet above the Valley, is a favorite rock climbing location.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Astoria, Or.," c. 1909. Bird's eye view of Astoria, a port city near the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon.

Date: 1909

Caption: "Lake Tahoe."

Date: 1927

Caption: "Music Stand PC. Expo. San Diego, Cal. July 18, 1915," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego.

Date: 1915