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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cuyama or Cuyoma boundaries. Volume 2, page 202.

Date: 1846

Caption: "After the Fire," shows the remains of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fires. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Columbia River Scenes," c. 1920. Waterfall in upper part of photograph, with stream in foreground. A small footbridge can be seen at the base of the second tier of the falls.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Boston State House. Sept. 5, 1934." The Massachusetts State House has been the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since its completion in 1798. Designed by Charles Bullfinch, its prominent feature is its gold-leafed dome. The building, a significant example of Federal architecture in a civic structure, has been declared a National Historic Landmark.

Date: 9/5/1934

Caption: "Shasta Springs, Calif.," c. 1910. View of a waterfall behind a small gabled building and attached patio. Shasta Springs, just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the Trinity Mountains, was a resort area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centered around natural springs, which became a featured stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Shasta Route. The resort operated until the 1950s, when it was purchased by private interests.

Date: 1910

"Administrative Expenditures Paid During July, 1945 for the Programs Assistance to Enemy Aliens and Others Affected by Restrictive Governmental Actions and Civilian War Assistance"

Date: September 13, 1945

Caption: "Tower Falls - Yellowstone Park, " c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Santa Barbara Court House," c. 1935, shows a view of the courthouse's landscaped grounds.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Brigham Youngs [sic] Bee Hive House. Brigham Young had 19 Wives and 52 Children. Oct. 3, 1934." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and is now a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.

Date: 10/3/1934

No Caption: Fountain of Spring (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

Date: 1915