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Caption: "New York Sky Scrapers. Empire State bldg. on Right. Aug. 2, 1934." Bird's eye view of New York City showing a forest of sky scrapers, the tallest being the Empire State Building on the right side of the photograph.

Date: 8/2/1934

Caption: "Zellerbach Paper Plant, Port Townsend, Wash." c. 1935. The Crown Zellerbach National Paper Products Mill in Port Townsend opened in 1928.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York. From near distance to far distance, the falls are called American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls (the smallest of the three), and Horseshoe Falls.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Tamalpais R.R." c. 1907. A view of the 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

Caption: "Flavel Hotel, Columbia River, Or.," c. 1909. Built at the turn of the century, the Flavel Hotel housed passengers waiting to board steamships of the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company bound for San Francisco and other ports. The Flavel family constructed the hotel as part of an effort to establish the town of Flavel on Tansy Point along the Columbia River. The town failed to attract sufficient residents, however, and was annexed into Warrenton by 1918. By the time this photograph was taken, the hotel appears to have been abandoned.

Date: 1909

No Caption: Several unidentified people posing for a group photograph at an unidentified location, c. 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Broadway San Diego, San Diego Population 160,000," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Sutro Baths Interior," c. 1910. Interior shot of the Sutro Baths, north of the Cliff House. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. See also 96-07-08-alb02-023, and 96-07-08-alb03-117.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Central St. Phoenix, Arizona. May 24, 1934." View from street-level of Phoenix's Central Street.

Date: 5/24/1934

Caption: "Potato Race - July 4, 1917." Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.

Date: 7/4/1917