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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing the Guadalupe shrine in Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "29 Grizzly Bears feeding on garbage and a flock of seagulls [sic] waiting for a bite when the bears leave the grounds. Bear feeding grounds - Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "A Chrysler Car Maneuver Chicago Fair. Sept. 23, 1934." A car appears to be rolling over in this photograph of the Chrysler Track at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
Date: 9/23/1934
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Caption: "Coney Island. Sunday Crowd. New York. Aug. 19, 1934." Very crowded beach scene on New York's Coney Island. The construction of several resort hotels on the island in the 1870s and 1880s encouraged construction of amusement parks to provide tourist destinations. Coney Island has hosted several large amusement parks over the years, including one of the world's first roller coasters (built in 1884). Numerous smaller attractions were available as well. The island's popularity peaked in the mid-twentieth century, in the World War II era, but despite some decline is still a world-renowned recreation area.
Date: 8/19/1934
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Caption: "A Truckee Mountain Scene." Mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Date: 1927
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Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to Mike Masaoka; see Correspondence from JACL (F3729_56_005a-F3729_56_005b)
Date: January 12, 1942
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Caption: "Logging Train -- Scene in Washington," c. 1905-1909. This photograph shows the final cars on a logging train in Washington, with a caboose at the end, traveling over a trestle under cloudy skies.
Date: 1905
