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Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, Population in San Francisco 750,000, May 21, 1935." The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 21, 1935) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb11-001.

Date: 1925

Southfield Wellington

Date: 1885

Caption: "Sunset on the Pacific," c. 1908-1912. Photograph of the sun setting into clouds over the Pacific Ocean, likely near Port Townsend, Washington.

Date: 1908

Caption: "State Capitol - Calif, " c. 1920. View of the California State Capitol Building. Much of the building is obscured by trees, but the dome is visible. Designed by M.F. Butler, California's State Capitol Building experienced significant delays while under construction. Crews broke ground on December 4, 1856, but the Legislature did not occupy the building until 1869, and the building was not fully completed until 1874.

Date: 1920

Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, Population of Los Angeles 1, 360,000," The iconic Los Angeles City Hall building, completed in 1928, still houses the offices of the mayor and city council. Defined as "Modern American" by one of the architects who worked on the original building, the landmark was restored to its original grandeur and seismically stabilized in 2001. See also 96-07-08-alb11-005, dated May 18, 1934.

Date: 1934

Caption: "You can drive your car into the lobby of the Hotel American. Note the ornamental ceiling and colonnades - Puebla, Mex."

Date: 1938

No caption. The façade of an Italianate building that appears to be of mixed residential and commercial use in San Francisco. The sign on the building reads "The Kinriu Co. Wholesale Baskets and Matting Import Silk & Tea," c. 1906.

Date: 1906

Bromo-Kola

Date: 1895

Indian TLA-Quillaugh's Balsam: Rheumatic Pain Killer

Date: 1865

Caption: "On the Columbia River," c. 1905-1909. Unidentified man standing on the deck of a small ferry or other type of boat on the Columbia River.

Date: 1905