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Caption: "Stow Lake," in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, c. 1910. Stow lake is a manmade 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

Caption: "George Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. July 29, 1934." The obelisk of the Washington Monument rises above the Reflecting Pool on National Mall in Washington, D.C. Built between 1848 and 1888 to commemorate George Washington (former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States), the obelisk is the world's tallest stone structure at a height of 555 feet.

Date: 7/29/1934

Caption: "Canby Lighthouse.," c. 1905-1909. The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse sits on a rocky point overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River. Built in the 1850s, the lighthouse was electrified in 1934 and automated in 1973. The lighthouse is now part of the Cape Disappointment State Park (formerly Fort Canby State Park).

Date: 1905

Caption: "P. and O. R.R. -- Key West to Miami -- Florida. July 2, 1934." View of railroad tracks carried on a berm in the foreground and on a trestle over water in the distance. This is likely part of the Overseas Railroad, an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, built to connect Key West with the Florida mainland.

Date: 7/2/1934

Caption: "Cliff House Beach, S.F.," c. 1906. Unidentified people enjoying the surf and beach at Ocean Beach, overlooked by the iconic San Francisco Cliff House. The Victorian structure shown here is the third iteration of the Cliff House, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Santa Fe Depot. San Diego, Cal, July 18, 1915," shows the Santa Fe Depot (Arthur Brown Jr, architect), in the Mission Revival architectural style. The train station opened in March 1915 to accommodate the crowds expected to visit the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego that year. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Interior Utah State Capitol," c. 1923. This photograph shows part of the main corridor of Utah's State Capitol Building, featuring an equestrian statue of Chief Washakie, leader of the eastern Shoshone (artist unknown). Visible above the entrance to the chambers of the House of Representatives is a mural painted by Gerard Hale and Gilbert White entitled Reclaiming the Desert for Irrigation.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Sunrise - Mirror Lake - Yosemite," c. 1917. A reflection of a sunrise on Mirror Lake. The lake, fed by Tenaya Creek, is the remains of a glacial lake that used to fill most of the valley. Its calm waters provide near-perfect reflections of the surrounding natural splendor.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Huntington Falls -- G.G. Park.," c. 1912-1915. Artificial waterfall in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Huntington Falls cascades down Strawberry Hill to empty into Stow Lake. The 110-foot-tall falls is named after Collis P. Huntington, one of the "Big Four" of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Mexican Custom House and Officer.," c. 1905. William McCarthy (far right) standing in front of a customs house in Mexico, with two other unidentified men. One of the men appears to be of Hispanic ethnicity, and is likely the "Officer" mentioned in the caption.

Date: 1905