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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, sometimes called the Mexican Venice, for its canals and floating gardens.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Cawston 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: 1935
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Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Section of Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
Date: 5/18/1934
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Caption: "Broadway San Diego, Cal July 19, 1915," shows the busy thoroughfare. See also 96-07-08-alb07-231.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Firing 14 Inch Disappearing Gun." This is a copy of a photograph taken by C.D. Heath at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. It shows a heavy artillery gun firing from an embankment upon which several people stand. Located at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, the Sandy Hook Proving Ground was used by the U.S. Army to test ordinance and materiel from 1874-1919. See also 96-07-08-alb05-102.
Date: 1910
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Correspondence from Carole Hayashino of the National Committee of Redress to Patrick Johnston, attention to Priscilla Ouchida regarding background material for AB2710
Date: January 18, 1982
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Caption: "The Mess Hall." Color drawing of California Maritime Academy barracks by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.
Date: undated
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No Caption: Scene of archways and reflecting pool at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Dance of the Queens," c. 1915, shows seven unidentified women standing in a dance position at Healdsburg.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Scene on the Truckee Highway -- Sierra Nevada." Mountain scene with streambed, likely along what is now Interstate 80.
Date: 1927
