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Caption: "Donner Lake." Mountain scene with Donner Lake in center of photograph.

Date: 1927

Caption: "Fountain of the Earth," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "A Crockett Society Picnic," c. 1906, shows a large group of unidentified men and women enjoying a picnic.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Landslide, Brookdale Farm, Pajaro," c. 1908, shows trees and debris left scattered from a landslide.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Lower Falls - Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1923. As the Yellowstone River flows north from Yellowstone Lake it passes over two waterfalls (Upper and Lower Yellowstone Falls) before reaching the Yellowstone Grand Canyon. This photograph shows the 308-foot Lower Yellowstone Falls. It carries more water volume than any other waterfall in the Rocky Mountains.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Tenaya Lake." Meadow with surrounding rocks and mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.

Date: 1927

Caption: "At Desert View Tower Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy at the top of the Desert View Watchtower.

Date: 1935

Caption: "South Gardens," with Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor) on the left, and Festival Hall, center right, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "South Gardens, Looking West from Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-035.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Sierra Summit, Truckee Highway." Mountain scene showing car on road with switch-backs, probably along what is now Interstate 80.

Date: 1927