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Caption: "Court of the Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "42nd Street. City Library on right, New York City, N.Y. Aug. 15, 1934." Busy street scene along New York City's 42nd Street, showing numerous pedestrians, automobiles, and street trolleys. On the right side of the photograph can be seen the side of the New York Public Library's main building, opened in 1911. At the time of its opening, the Library's main reading room was the largest of its kind in the world.

Date: 8/15/1934

Caption: "Fort Point -- Interior," c. 1910. Postcard showing a view of an interior hall or walkway featuring several arches at Fort Point. The facilities at Fort Point were part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott, but in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Fort Worden Beach.," c. 1908-1912. Ocean shore scene at Fort Worden, near Port Townsend. Construction began on the fort in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the state of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.

Date: 1908

No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man with several large caliber long guns ready for transport.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Takakkaw Falls 3500 ft. high. Yoho National Park, Canada," c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Sept. 1, 1934." Grace McCarthy (center) posing with Jim Walsh (second from the right), his wife (far right), and two unidentified individuals, in front of a covered patio.

Date: 9/1/1934

Caption: "Sun Set On The Atlantic," c. 1925. A dark Atlantic Ocean beneath a cloudy sky.

Date: 1925

No caption, c. 1890. Photograph portrait of unidentified man.

Date: 1890

Caption: "Old City Hall S.F." c. 1906. Pictured is the San Francisco City Hall just days before it was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fires.

Date: 1906