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Caption: "Henry Ford's First Automobile and Machine Shop, Chicago Fair Exhibit. Sept. 19, 1934." This exhibit within the Ford Building at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition replicated Henry Ford's original workshop, including a Quadricycle, the first automobile produced by Ford. 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: 9/19/1934

No Caption: A page from an informational tourist brochure describing Mexico City.

Date: 1938

Caption: "Machine Shop -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1913. Low brick building with tile roof, with William McCarthy (far left) and two unidentified men standing in front. Fort Winfield Scott, formerly Fort Point, was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, however, for in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.

Date: 1913

Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Los Angeles," c. 1910. The La Grande Station opened in 1893 and served as the main passenger terminal for the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). The building, with its Moorish inspired architecture, was heavily damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and was eventually demolished in 1946.

Date: 1910

Correspondence from C. Rollin Zane to T. G. Ishimaru regarding conditions within the Children's Village

Date: February 15, 1943

No Caption: Santa Fe Depot, Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Santa Fe Depot (William Benson Storey, architect) was completed in 1899 for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the depot was renovated and restored it to its original design and reopened in 2005.

Date: 1906

Teletype correspondence regarding the use of resettlement assistance funds to buy bedding

Date: December 12, 1945

No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure, describing the towns of Cholula and Puebla.

Date: 1938

Caption: "Street Scene, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 19, 1934." Busy street in Raleigh, lined with parked cars. The dome and columned entryway of North Carolina's Capitol can be seen in the distance.

Date: 7/19/1934

Caption: "Bruin robbing the garbage cans," c. 1935, shows a bear raiding garbage cans at Yellowstone National Park.

Date: 1935