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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-024 with caption: Ordnance Avenue, Fort Casey," Washington, c. 1908. Fort Casey was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897, and the U.S. Army used the facility until the 1950s, when the fort was decommissioned. The area is now a state park.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "City Hall and McKinley Monument. Buffalo, New York. Sept. 11, 1934, McKinley Monument." Buffalo's City Hall dominates this photograph. Designed by architect John Wade, the Art Deco-style building was completed in 1931. The white obelisk of McKinley Monument rises to the right of City Hall, commemorating William McKinley, 25th President of the US. He was shot while attending the World's Fair in Buffalo in 1901.
Date: 9/11/1934
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Caption: "Pima Indian Children and their hut made from bush branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona," c. 1935. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
Date: 1935
