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Caption: "Mothers War Memorial, Gulfport, Mississippi, June 19, 34." A columned memorial is visible at the left side of this photograph of Gulfport, Mississippi. Two multi-story buildings stand at the right.
Date: 6/19/1934
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Caption: "Home of ex U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow - Cuernavaca, Mexico." Pictured is the former home of Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931). Morrow was appointed Ambassador to Mexico by President Calvin Coolidge from 1927 - 1930.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Stow Lake, G.G. Park," c.1910. Stow Lake is a man-made lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.
Date: 1910
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No caption, c. 1912-1915. Shows a Curtiss Pusher Model D Biplane, an early biplane with one seat, open to the elements. The "pusher" designation indicates that the propeller is seated behind the engine.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Military Parade -- S.F.," c. 1916. Military parade down Market Street in San Francisco. This is possibly a photograph of the Preparedness Day Parade held on July 22, 1916, in anticipation of U.S. entry into World War I.
Date: 1916
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Caption: "Mono Lake -- Craters in the Distance." Mono Lake, in Mono County, California, is a shallow saline lake used as a resting stop by almost two million migratory birds each year.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Vanderbilt Hotel N.Y," c. 1925. Wealthy businessman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sr. had the Vanderbilt Hotel constructed on the site of a former Vanderbilt residence in New York City, just six blocks from the new Grand Central Terminal. Designed by architects Warren & Wetmore, the hotel opened in 1912. The top two stories were constructed as a private residence for Vanderbilt's family. The hotel still stands today, although it has undergone some renovations.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: The Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, originally opened in 1879. After the most recent extensive rehabilitation, the conservatory reopened in 2003 and is a city, state, and national historic landmark.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Tower Falls [sic] - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. Tower Fall is a 132' waterfall, located on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park. Its name derives from several pinnacles of rock at the head of the fall.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Squaw in Jail, Tiajuana [sic], Mexico.," c. 1910. View of a jail in Tijuana, Mexico. An elderly woman is seated behind the bars of one of the windows.
Date: 1910
