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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-139 with caption: "Fort Stevens, Or," c. 1910. A view of buildings at Fort Stevens, part of the Three Fort Harbor Defense System protecting the mouth of the Columbia River from enemy incursion or attack (the other forts being Fort Columbia and Fort Canby, both in Washington). Built during the Civil War, the fort remained active until after World War II. In June 1942, Fort Stevens gained the dubious distinction of being the only military installation in the continental United States to come under enemy fire when a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast and fired seventeen missiles at the fort. The missiles destroyed the backstop to the fort's baseball field, but otherwise did little harm. Fort Stevens was decommissioned in 1947. It was later turned over to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and currently is the site of an Oregon State Park.

Date: 1910

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

Caption: "Santa Rosa," c. 1914. Part of a parade in Santa Rosa. The tall wagon in this photograph is pulled by a six-horse team, decked out in feathered plumes for the occasion.

Date: 1914

No Caption: Fountain of Spring (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Del Monte Hotel Cal July 15, 1915," shows the entrance to the Hotel Del Monte (Lewis P. Hobart and Clarence A. Tan Tau, architects), in Monterey, California. Originally opened in 1880, it was the world's largest luxury resort in that time. During World War II, the hotel and grounds was leased to the U.S. Navy. It later became the Naval Postgraduate School of the U.S. Navy and today functions as administrative offices and residences for the school.

Date: 1915

No Caption: A view of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "On the Extensive Plains of Nebraska. Sept. 28, 1934." Automobile parked on the side of a highway stretching in to the distance, flanked by fields.

Date: 9/27/1934

Caption: "Healdsburg Court House," Captioned incorrectly, this is actually the Healdsburg City Hall, built in 1886.

Date: 1914

Caption: "Columbia River Scenes.," c. 1920. Shows the Vista House and Crown Point from a point on the hillside below. The Vista House was built in 1918 as a memorial to Oregon's pioneers. Designed by Edgar M. Lazarus, it sits atop Crown Point, a rocky promontory overlooking the Columbia River gorge, along the Historic Columbia River Highway.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Canadian National R.R. Depot, Vancouver, B.C. Canada," c. 1935.

Date: 1935