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Caption: "Wild Hyacinths in River Bed -- Morgan City, Louisiana, June 13, 34." View of a riverbed choked with wild hyacinths, many of which are in bloom. No water is visible.
Date: 6/13/1934
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Caption: "Atlantic City Board Walk [sic]," c. 1925. Crowds stroll the Atlantic City Boardwalk in this photograph, while others enjoy the beach. The Steeplechase Pier amusement park is visible in the right half of the photograph.
Date: 1925
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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: "Point Benito [sic]. Fort Barry," c. 1910. A view of the Point Bonita Lighthouse near Fort Barry and the Marin Headlands. The lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast to shepherd ships through the narrow straights of the Golden Gate. The lighthouse, still active today, is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: c. 1935. Fannette Island is located in Emerald Bay, on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. In 1928, Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight purchased the property encompassing the head of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island. Knight had a summer home built in Scandinavian architectural style and called it Vikingsholm. The stone structure at the top of Fannette island is the "Tea House," built in 1928-1929, at the same time Vikingsholm was built.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Machinists and Millrights [sic], Crockett Sugar Mill," c. 1906, shows a group photo of sugar mill employees. William McCarthy is seen kneeling in front row (fourth from right).
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Race Track -- S.F. Exposition." Race track at San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in 1915. A horse race is in progress, with several spectators out of their seats in anticipation of the finish.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Administration Building Santa Barbara State Teachers College." Riviera Campus. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education. The image, eichler_f3274_191, is inset on the image, eichler_f3274_190.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Smashing the Target." and "(8) June 19 -- [illegible]." Image of a plume of water presumably caused by an artillery shell during target practice on an ocean or lake. The date is illegible (mostly cut off).
Date: Undated
