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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "South Gardens Looking West from Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Colonnades Agricultural Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Fort Worden Wash.," c. 1908. Overview of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the state of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Louisiana Negro Bungalows, June 14, 34." An unidentified African-American family sits on the front porch of a small home sided with wood planks. A row of similar structures can be seen to the right.

Date: 6/14/1934

Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near State Line East of Salt Lake City. Trees are Scarce in the Rockies. Oct. 2, 1934." Automobile parked along a road, with train tracks on one side and dramatic, steep, rocky bluffs on the other.

Date: 10/2/1934

Caption: "Toll Gate -- St Helena Mountain.," c. 1920. Toll gate consists of a long wooden spar across the road, with a small building to the right. Grace McCarthy is standing next to an automobile at the gate. The St. Helena Toll Road, now part of California State Route 29, connected the Napa Valley with Lake County. It was built in 1868, and purchased by the State of California in 1925.

Date: 1920

Caption: "City Hall Ruins." An expanded view of the destroyed City Hall after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Stacks and piles of bricks are lined up at the curb of the street, likely to be used for reconstruction.

Date: 1906

No Caption: The Cliff House, overlooking bathers at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. 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: 1905

Caption: "Over the Fair Railway," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-130.

Date: 1915