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Caption: "Cascade Falls," c. 1917. Erroneously labeled as Cascade Falls, this photograph actually shows both the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls as viewed from the floor of Yosemite Valley. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Boulder Dam and Water Control Towers for Generating Power," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to County Boards of Supervisors, County Welfare Departments and County Auditors regarding new policies on aid to needy blind and children
Date: December 22, 1941
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Discussion from Helen Van Gulpen Harris to Mr. Harrison regarding rights of aliens to hold property
Date: June 26, 1942
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Caption: "Eagle River D. & R. G. R. R," c. 1923. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks run next to the Eagle River at the bottom of a canyon in this photograph. A wall of timber shores up part of one side of the canyon wall in the distance. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Indians of the Blood Tribe - Alberta, Canada. The Grandfather, and his son, with six children and wife," c. 1935, shows the Blood Indian family riding in a horse-drawn wagon.
Date: 1935
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No caption. Undated clippings from unidentified pamphlets or newspapers. The first describes the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, while the second provides details regarding the Golden Gate Bridge.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "A Nebraska Corn Bin, Many of These are Seen in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. Sept. 27, 1934." A simple corn crib in Nebraska, where the corn ears are contained by wire fencing and sheltered by a gabled roof.
Date: 9/27/1934
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Caption: "Canyon and Trestle Mt Tamalpais RR.," c. 1907. Muir Woods Railway, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Boulder Canyon - Showing Power Houses and Tramway Below the Dam," c. 1935. Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, is located above Boulder/Hoover Dam and is now flooded by Lake Mead.
Date: 1935
