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Caption: "Negro Boys Singing, Savannah, Georgia. July 15, 34." A group of young boys of various ages pose for a photograph along a country road.

Date: 7/15/1934

Caption: "Post Office, Richmond, Virginia, July 21, 1934." View of the Richmond Custom House and Post Office. The Custom House, the first federal building in Richmond, was designed by Ammi Burnham Young in 1858. The post office was located on the first floor (for easy access by citizens), the custom house occupied the second floor, and the third floor held a federal courtroom. The building was expanded between 1887 and 1889 to include two short wings on either side of the facade. A story was added to the building in 1910, and wings added in 1910 and 1930, so that now the building occupies the entire block.

Date: 7/21/1934

No Caption: An unidentified woman and unidentified man at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Guard mount of the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, Aug -- Taken from life, McNally, 1909." A photograph of a drawing of seven men of the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, apparently conducting military maneuvers.

Date: 1909

Caption: "Court House, Port Townsend, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington. Built the early 1890s and designed by W. A. Ritchie, the Romanesque-style building features a 124-foot clock tower, red bricks from St. Louis, and sandstone from Alaska.

Date: 1908

No Caption: Pictured is Yosemite master basket weaver, Lucy Parker Telles, a Mono Lake Paiute, who lived at Yosemite and Mono Lake. Telles was one of a group of Mono-Paiute women renowned for the artistry of their stunning baskets, many of which they sold to Yosemite visitors. Here, Telles poses with her beautiful 36" basket, which took her four years to complete, and which captured first prize at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Grand Canyon Hotel - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Boulder City," c. 1935, shows the municipality originally constructed for workers of the Boulder Dam.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Turtle Pens -- Key West. July 2, 1934." View of turtle kraals, or turtle corrals, used in the turtle fishing industry in Key West. Green turtles were kept in these pens prior to slaughter or transport. Turtle meat and eggs were popular food items in the early-to-mid twentieth century; turtle fat was especially prized for making turtle soup. However, the turtle population plummeted in the Florida Keys and surrounding areas as the twentieth century progressed and demand increased. The turtle kraals and nearby canneries closed when the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1971. Populations have since started to recover. The cannery near the kraals shown in this photograph now serves as the Key West Turtle Museum.

Date: 7/2/1934