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Caption: "Totem Pole, Seattle." Seattle, Washington, c. 1905. View of the Tlingit totem pole in Seattle's Pioneer Square. The totem pole was stolen in 1899 by a group of businessmen, and erected in the square, then known as Pioneer Place. An arsonist destroyed this pole in 1938, but it was later replaced by another carved by the Tlingit tribe (who were also finally paid for the original pole).

Date: 1905

Caption: "Sam Houston Monument -- Houston Tex. June 8, 34." View of the San Houston Monument, a twenty-foot-tall bronze sculpture designed by Enrico Cerracchio and dedicated in 1925. The sculpture commemorates Sam Houston, a prominent soldier and politician who served as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas before its annexation to the U.S. Houston also served as Governor of Texas and as a U.S. Senator for both Texas and Tennessee.

Date: 6/8/1934

Caption: "Fort Flagler before Barracks were Built.," c. 1899-1906. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.

Date: 1899

Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.

Date: 1915

Caption: "S.P. Hospital, S.F.," c. 1910. Constructed in 1908 and designed by architect Daniel J. Patterson, the hospital treated Southern Pacific Railroad workers from across the American West, as well as passengers injured while riding. As the twentieth century progressed and automobiles supplanted trains as the premier method of transportation for people and goods, the hospital entered a period of decline, closing in 1974. It has since been renovated and now serves as a senior housing complex.

Date: 1910

February Enemy Alien report; number of cases and amount paid

Date: March 14, 1946

Office Memorandum from Bertha S. Underhill to Mary LeHane regarding reopening the Japanese Children's Home; Attachments: F3729_111_008b, F3729_111_008c-F3729_111_008d

Date: August 10, 1945

Clock

Date: 1882

Royal Scotch, Glasgow Mills

Date: 1884

Wide Awake

Date: 1882