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Caption: "Pajaro River at Chittenden Trestle," c. 1906. A view of the Pajaro River, with the Chittenden Trestle seen in the distance.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "View of Seattle," c. 1915. Bird's eye view of Seattle's downtown area, possibly from the Smith Tower. Second Avenue runs down the center of the photograph.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Adams Springs -- Lake Co.," c. 1920. Buildings in Adams Springs, likely part of the resort that operated there in the first half of the twentieth century.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "ESQUIMALT, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Esquimalt area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The photograph shows an ocean scene, possibly the Esquimalt Lagoon, with a ship in the middle distance and mountains in the far distance.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Ferry Boat Contra Costa," c. 1920. Built in 1914, the Contra Costa ferried locomotives and train cars across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa. The largest rail ferry ever built, the Contra Costa operated until the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge opened in 1930. She made the crossing as many as 52 times in 24 hours.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Maricopa Point - Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Erroneously labeled, this photograph shows Grace McCarthy standing at the Powell Memorial on Powell Point, rather than Maricopa Point. The granite Powell Memorial commemorates John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River in 1869 and 1872. The 1869 expedition included the first known descent of a person of European ancestry into the Grand Canyon.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "The Rocky Sierra Summit Above Donner Lake." Mountain scene with dirt and graveled roadway, likely along what is now Interstate 80.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "The Jim Walsh Family. Aug. 30, 193 [sic]." Jim Walsh (at left), his wife, and three children posing for a photograph in front of a covered patio.
Date: 8/30/1934
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Caption: "Statues of," shows the Fountain of Summer (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-099 and 96-07-08-alb03-032.
Date: 1915
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No caption: Bird's eye view of New York City's Lower East Side and Two Bridges areas. The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges span the East River in the right side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-145.
Date: 1934
