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Color drawing of Governor's Hall, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: undated
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No Caption: undated. View of a locomotive pulling a passenger train in an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Chualar or Chular boundaries. Volume 1, page 470.
Date: 1834
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing for photograph in park setting. Grace McCarthy appears seated in the middle row, at far left.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "N.Y. Sky Scrapers," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a part of New York City, with the Woolworth building dominating the left side of the photograph. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Highway - Cloverdale to Ukiah," c. 1915, shows a view of foothills and valley from an unidentified highway (likely U.S. 101) in Sonoma County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Potato Race," c. 1917. Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish around a bucket in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 7/4/1917
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Caption: "Glacier Point (x)," c. 1917. In this photograph of the walls of Yosemite Valley, taken from the valley floor, William McCarthy has marked the location of Glacier Point with an "x." Glacier Point, on the south wall of the valley 3,200 feet above what is now known as Half Dome Village, provides panoramic views of the valley and many of its features.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "The Isthmus Panama California Exposition July 18, 1915," shows a façade of the USS Isthmus where the "War of the Worlds" science fiction extravaganza was presented, which depicted the future destruction of New York City.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
Date: 1935
