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Los Tres Angeles J. V. Habana, El Rey de Tabacos J. V. Habana
Date: 1865
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No Caption: A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the Pan American Highway from Victoria to Tamazunchale.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "National Palace - housing the Presidents [sic] executive offices."
Date: 1938
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Bulletin from E. Raymond Cato to All Members of the California Highway Patrol regarding updated policy for prohibited articles
Date: December 28, 1942
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Caption: "Government exhibits of stuffed animals." Various mammals stuffed for display, including a tiger, moose, deer, and antelope, exhibited in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. The exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "United States Tour -- Left San Francisco May 14, 1934, Returned Oct. 10, 1934 -- Traveled 10,014 Mi. Note Dark Line." This photograph of a roadmap published by the California State Automobile Association shows the route taken by William and Grace McCarthy on an automobile tour of the United States.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "California State Capitol." Shows the California State Capitol building and grounds. Located on the west end of Capitol Park, the neoclassical building's construction began in 1860 and was completed in 1874. It houses the state legislature and offices of the governor. The capitol and grounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as a California Historical Landmark in 1974. A parked automobile in the foreground has Grace McCarthy at the wheel, with William McCarthy sitting beside her, and two unidentified people in the backseat, Sacramento, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "OSTRICH FARM, Pasadena, California.," c. 1905. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Caswston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.
Date: 1905
