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Caption: "Fort Whitman, Wash," c. 1910. View of Goat Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Goat Island was the location of Fort Whitman, a small coastal defense fortification built in 1909. The fort consisted of a single battery and a mine field patrol and observation outpost. The buildings were torn down in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II.

Date: 1910

Caption: "On the Shasta Route, Cal.," c. 1910. Photograph likely taken from an observation car, showing a train running along a creek or river in a mountainous area. Given the caption, this is likely in the Siskiyou Mountains, Trinity Mountains, or the Cascade Range, but the specific location is unidentified.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Tamalpais Tavern," c. 1907. The Tamalpais Tavern opened in 1896 on top of Mount Tamalpais and quickly became a popular destination for Bay Area residents who rode the Muir Woods Railway up and down the mountain. A fire destroyed the tavern in 1923 and a smaller, more modest building was erected in 1924 but closed at the start of World War II.

Date: 1907

Caption: "Feeding the Pigeons," shows a man in a hat and overcoat feeding pigeons near what appears to be the columns of the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-208 with caption: "Palm Garden, San Diego," A group of people standing around a fountain with William McCarthy at far right, c. 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Negro Hut Near Orlando -- Florida -- June 25 1934." An unidentified man and woman stand on the front porch of a small home with wood siding and a corrugated metal roof.

Date: 6/25/1934

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-261 with caption: "Hagerman Avenue, Eddy, N.M." New Mexico, c. 1905. A view of an unidentified woman standing on the side of a dirt road.

Date: 1905

Caption: "No. 9 Firing 12 inch Rifle, Fort near Pt. Townsend, Washington." Photographer and date unknown, likely c. 1910. This postcard shows a 12-inch coastal defense gun firing from a barbette.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Grand Canyon Camp - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy stands to one side of a large group of unidentified people under an outdoor pavilion in a camp ground near the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Date: 1923

Caption: "S.P. & S. Tunnel on the Columbia River.," c. 1908-1910. Shows a tunnel through a hillside along the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway line near the Columbia River and John Day River.

Date: 1908