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Caption: "Arizona Grand Canyon," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

No Caption: Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Sutro Baths Interior," c. 1906. Designed by Adolph Sutro in 1894, the bathhouses at one time covered three oceanfront acres just north of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House. Eventually, the Sutro Baths fell into disrepair and what was left of them burned down in 1966. Since 1973, the concrete ruins have been part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Date: 1906

No Caption: c. 1900. Canadian 25-cent bill inserted into binding of photograph album.

Date: 1900

Caption: "Sloppy Joes Bar, Havana July 4, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy (at the far right) having drinks with three unidentified men in Sloppy Joe's Bar, a drinking establishment owned by Jose Garcia. American tourists flocked to the bar in the 1930s and 1940s, as it attracted illustrious visitors such as John Wayne and Clark Gable. The bar was closed in 1959 after the Cuban revolution.

Date: 7/4/1934

No Caption: A view of snow-covered Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, c. 1932.

Date: 1932

No caption, undated. A locomotive steams through the center of this photograph, in an unidentified location. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.

Date: Undated

Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge, Opening Day, May 28, 1937." Dozens of automobiles are visible crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in this photograph, taken on the bridge's Opening Day, the first day that vehicular traffic was allowed over the bridge. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay (called the Golden Gate), connecting San Francisco with Marin County to the north. It is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world, and was named in 1994 as one of the Modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Date: 5/28/1937

Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, view from Sunset Point," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA at Vancouver dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Empress of India, built by England's Naval Construction & Armaments Co. in 1890 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships company. The Empress of India could accommodate up to 700 passengers, and was also used to carry mail between Hong Kong and Great Britain. She was sold in 1914 and refitted as a hospital ship for Indian soldiers. She was sold a final time in 1923, for scrap in Bombay.

Date: 1908