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No Caption: c. 1898. View of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse and the small basalt rock upon which it sits, over one mile into the ocean from Tillamook Head. Built between 1880-1881, the treacherous ocean currents and often inclement weather associated with the area earned the lighthouse its nickname "Terrible Tillie" or "Tillie." This photograph was taken before the roof of the lighthouse was raised by five feet in 1898, to help prevent damage to the roof and the interior by crashing waves. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1957.

Date: 1898

No Caption. An unidentified man riding a horse at an unidentified location, c. 1920.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Copy of Mechanical Drawing," (William McCarthy, Artist). A drawing of the main engine of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. in Crockett, California.

Date: 1903

Caption: "U.S. 10" Gun, Firing Position." A close-up view of a large gun in the firing position at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.

Date: Undated

Caption: "Biltmore Hotel -- Phoenix, Arizona, May 24, 34." View of the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, part of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel chain. Designed by Albert Chase McArthur (with some collaboration from Frank Lloyd Wright), the hotel opened for business in 1929.

Date: 5/24/1934

Caption: "Prado," a continuos covered arcade and walkway demarcated by arches at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Market St, S.F," c. 1908. A view of San Francisco's Market Street at night. Electric lights are strung along the length of the street, ending at the Ferry Building, which is also decorated with electric lights.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Venice, Calif," c. 1911. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman standing on a bridge over Lion Canal in Venice, California. In 1905, Abbot Kinney built a series of canals as part of a development project along Santa Monica Beach, hoping to recreate the look and feel of Italy's iconic "Floating City" in southern California. Called Ocean Park at first, gondoliers sailed boats under elegant bridges such as the one shown in this photograph, in an effort to attract businesses, residents, and investors. In 1911, the name officially changed to Venice. By 1929, however, many of the canals had been filled in to create roadways, and those canals that remained fell into disrepair. A revitalization movement in the early 1990s has restored some of the canals, and made the area a desirable residential neighborhood.

Date: 1911

Caption: "Tuolumne Meadows." Meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern portion of Yosemite National Park, with mountains in the background. Tuolumne Meadows is recognized as one of the largest alpine meadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Date: 1927

Caption: "State University -- Eugene Oregon," c. 1915. Shows both Deady and Villard Halls on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Deady Hall was built in the 1870s, while Villard Hall was constructed in the 1880s.

Date: 1915