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Caption: "Pump Room and Boiler House," c. 1906, shows a man posing for a photograph next to machinery at the Crockett Sugar Mill.

Date: 1906

Caption: "The Woolworth Towering Above All Others," c. 1925. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet. It appears at the left side of this photograph.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Seattle totem pole. Seattle Population 375,000," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Feeding the Woodchuck - Yellowstone," c. 1935. William McCarthy feeding a woodchuck.

Date: 1935

Caption: "City Hall San Jose," c. 1905 (Theodore Lenzen, Architect), served as the San Jose City Hall from 1889 until it was demolished and replaced in 1958.

Date: 1905

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb05-199 with caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," at unidentified location, c. 1905.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Gaviota Pass," c. 1915-1916. Shows concrete bridge over Gaviota Creek at Gaviota Pass, a pass in the Santa Ynez mountains just north of Santa Barbara. The pass allows U.S. Route 101 to pass through the coastal mountains to the interior.

Date: 1915

Caption: "OSTRICH FARM, Pasadena, California.," c. 1905. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Caswston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Camp Herman," c. 1912-1915. View of the Zayante Inn at Mount Herman. Originally the site of Hotel Tuxedo, in 1906 a group later known as the Mount Herman Association, Inc. purchased the building and surrounding property, and renamed it the Zayante Inn. The inn became a Christian retreat center. Although this building was destroyed by fire in 1921, the retreat center was rebuilt as the Mount Herman Christian Conference Center, still operating today.

Date: 1915

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-262 with caption: "Mexican Hut, Carlsbad, N.M." New Mexico, c. 1905. A view of an unidentified man standing in front of a dwelling.

Date: 1905