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Caption: "Seattle Times, Copy." Photograph of the front page and an additional page from the Seattle Daily Times, April 20, 1906, in regard to the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco on April 18, 1906. The primary headline reads "CITY WIPED OUT! Fire Still Raging!" See also 96-07-08-alb05-020 and 021.
Date: 4/20/1906
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No Caption. A view of the Benicia Arsenal, with the store house in the distance. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops, from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963. Benicia Arsenal store house in the distance, c. 1905.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Shows a group of adult African lions in a enclosed area of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles. Charles and Muriel Gay opened the farm in 1925 and operated it until 1942 as a popular tourist attraction where lions were selectively bred and trained for the Hollywood film industry. It was closed during WWII due to wartime meat shortages, and the lions were loaned to zoos around the country, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
