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Caption: "Ocean Park - Los Angeles," c. 1935 shows a view of the Ocean Park Pier amusement zone in Santa Monica.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Mohawk Trail, Hoosac Mountains, Massachusetts. Greenfield Mass to Albany New York, Sept 7, 1934." Hairpin turn on the Mohawk Trail, a scenic highway in Massachusetts. The Trail, originally a trade route for Native American tribes, was adopted as the route for the first scenic road constructed in the state. A gravel road was built along the route between 1912 and 1914, and later expanded as automobile traffic increased nation-wide. It is now part of Massachusetts Route 2.

Date: 9/7/1934

Caption: "Grant Statue - Lincoln Park - Chicago," c. 1923. Installed in 1891, the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, created by Louis Rebisso (sculptor), is located in the east end of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. It commemorates Ulysses S. Grant, former U.S. Army General and 18th President of the U.S.

Date: 1923

Caption: "Log Raft on the Columbia River.," c. 1909. View of a long raft transporting logs on the Columbia River.

Date: 1909

No Caption: The Tower of Jewels and reflecting pool at night, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

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

Caption: "A Chrysler Car Maneuver Chicago Fair. Sept. 23, 1934." A car appears to be rolling over in this photograph of the Chrysler Track at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

Date: 9/23/1934

Caption: "Main St. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 4, 1934. Salt Lake City is Noted for Clean Broad Streets." Street scene, with a wide roadway stretching into what appears to be a downtown area in the distance.

Date: 10/4/1934

No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Lumber Flume -- on the Yosemite Merced Road," c. 1920. Flume with boards being carried by running water, likely along what is now known as California State Route 140, connecting the town of Merced with the Yosemite Valley.

Date: 1920