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Caption: "Mission Cliff, San Diego.," c. 1905. View of the pavilion in San Diego's Mission Cliff Gardens. Originally opened in the 1880s as the "Bluffs" by the San Diego Cable Railway Company, the owners hoped to entice people to ride the cable cars by providing a recreational destination. The pavilion seen in the photograph was constructed in 1890. A few years later, the Citizens' Traction Company purchased the park and changed its name to Mission Cliff Park. In 1898, the property was sold yet again, this time to J.D. Spreckels and the San Diego Electric Railway Company. Spreckels hoped to transform the property into a quiet, restful, public botanical garden. The name changed again, to Mission Cliff Gardens, to reflect this change in direction for the park. The botanical gardens developed at the park became world-renowned before closing to the public in 1929. The property was subdivided in 1942, into residential lots.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Bug Gun, next to mortar Carriage damaged in test, Honolulu, Hawaii, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) to Toyoji Inouye regarding public assistance
Date: July 12, 1945
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No caption, c. 1906. William McCarthy in suit and bowler hat, posing next to a stream.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Alhambra Springs," caption label only, refers to photographs 111 - 114 of album 6.
Date: Undated
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No caption. Grace McCarthy poses next to a bird bath in a garden, c. 1925.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Wantses," caption label only, refers to photographs 116, 117, and 118 of album 06.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Stret [sic] Leading to Fords and Edisons Winter Homes, Fort Meyers -- Florida June 28, 1934." Paved street lined by palms and lush vegetation. This road is likely McGregor Boulevard in Fort Meyers. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford purchased adjacent properties in Fort Meyers and built vacation or winter homes that were opened to the public for tours in 1947 and 1990, respectively. The two properties are now known collectively as the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.
Date: 6/28/1934
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Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) to Margaret Ann Elwell regarding aid for furniture; Attachment: Cost estimations for furniture requested by resettlers
Date: June 1, 1945
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Caption: "Stanford University," c. 1920. Main entrance gate to Stanford University.
Date: 1920
