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Caption: "U. S. 10" New Model Gun Carriage.," c. 1908-1912. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun carriage, without the gun barrel installed. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

Date: 1908

Caption: "In Memory of Florida Confederates, Memorial Monument -- Pensacola Florida, June 21, 34." Photograph of the pillar and statue erected in Pensacola's Lee Square in 1891, memorializing "the Uncrowned Heroes of the Southern Confederacy" and Confederate leaders such as Jefferson Davis. Two low pyramids made up of cannon balls bracket the monument. As of the time of this writing (November 2017), controversy swirls around efforts to remove the memorial.

Date: 6/21/1934

Caption: "Court House, Port Townsend, Washington," c. 1935. The Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington, was built in 1891 (W.A. Ritchie, architect) in Romanesque architectural style.

Date: 1935

Correspondence from E. J. Clark to District Director regarding restoration of licenses to Japanese who held licenses on December 7, 1941; see Response to Correspondence on Restoration of Licenses (F3718_322_002c-F3718_322_002d)

Date: October 16, 1951

Hand-drawn sketch map of Sanel boundaries. Volume 2, page 90.

Date: 1844

No Caption: Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Padre Junipero Sierra [sic] Monument. Monterey," c. 1915, shows a monument commemorating the Spanish Franciscan priest, Father Junipero Serra, who led the founding and construction of the Spanish Mission system in Alta California during the Spanish era. The monument was commissioned and erected in 1891 by Jane Stanford of Stanford University and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Date: 1915

No Caption: Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Alligator said to be over 500 years old. Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large alligator at the animal-themed park, which was a major city tourist attraction from 1907 to 1953.

Date: 1935

Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Ruth E. Rogers) to Beulah L. Lewis regarding resettlement aid

Date: September 10, 1946