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Caption: "U. S. S. Bennington (Exploded Boiler)" and "on July 21, boiler B exploded, being forced aft against the bulkhead between the fore and aft compartments." View of the exploded boiler of the USS Bennington. On July 21, 1905, while in San Diego Harbor, the Bennington's boiler exploded, killing sixty-six men and injuring many more.

Date: 1905

No Caption: The Ahwahnee Hotel opened in 1927. The rustic design (Gilbert Stanley Underwood, architect) is often described as "parkitecture," meaning it is meant to match its surroundings, like many structures in National Parks built in that era. The hotel was renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel in 2016.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Green Hotel Pasadena," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing before the Hotel Green in Pasadena, built by George Gill Green in 1893, and expanded by him in 1898 and 1903 with two additional structures. The hotel complex was sold to private investors and by 1924, the 1898 Central Annex structure (Frederick L. Roehrig, architect) was turned into apartments and renamed the Castle Green. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Places, and the City of Pasadena's list of historic places. See also 96-07-08-alb07-212.

Date: 1915

The "4 Aces in Cards"

Date: 1887

Caption: "Court House -- Seattle.," c. 1916. The King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle, Washington, was built in 1916 as a five-story structure, as shown in this photograph. Six floors were added in 1930, and another three before 1965. In 1967, a massive remodeling project imposed aluminum curtain walls on the building's east and west sides, changed the main entryway switched to Third Avenue rather than Jefferson Street, and made other changes to the interior.

Date: 1916

No caption. This commemorative ten-cent stamp was affixed to the same page as Photographs 073 and 074. With "United States Postage, Lindbergh Air Mail" written across the top, it shows the biplane Spirit of St. Louis, over a drawing of the Atlantic Ocean between New York and Paris. Issued in June 1927 as a tribute to Charles Lindbergh, who made the first non-stop flight between Paris and New York in May of that year.

Date: 1927

Aetna Ginger Ale

Date: 1888

Red Lime

Date: 1899

Caption: "The Bennington (after the Boiler Explosion)." View of the USS Bennington, a U.S. Navy gunboat, Yorktown class, launched in 1890. She had tours of duty in South America, the Mediterranean, North and Central America, Hawaii, and the Philippines. On July 21, 1905, while in San Diego Harbor, the Bennington's boiler exploded, killing sixty-six men and injuring many more. Taken after the explosion, in this photograph the Bennington sits low in the water.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Alligator Wrestler at the Alligator Farm -- Miami -- Flopida [sic] July, [sic] 1 1934." An unidentified man grasps an alligator by the snout in this photograph.

Date: 7/1/1934