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Caption: "Botanical Garden - St. Louis," c. 1923. View of the Palm House, built in 1915 to house tropical plants in the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. It was torn down in 1959 to make room for the domed geodesic Climatron building which still stands at the site. See also 96-07-08-alb04-091.

Date: 1923

No Caption: Avenue of Palms at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Court of the Universe Looking West," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-039.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Stanford Stadium," c. 1921. Birdseye view of the Stanford Stadium, which opened in 1921. This stadium has since been replaced by a more modern facility built in 2005-2006.

Date: 1921

Caption: "The Yum Um Tree, This is Where it Began, July 12, 1908." A view of a large tree with a dense vine wrapped around its bark.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Fremont St. Los [sic] Vegas, Nevada," c. 1935, shows the Las Vegas, Nevada thoroughfare.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Trestle in Oregon, Taken from Observation Car Platform," c. 1910. View of a train crossing a trestle in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon.

Date: 1910

Caption: "On the Shasta Route, Cal.," c. 1910. Photograph likely taken from an observation car, showing a train running along a creek or river in a mountainous area. Given the caption, this is likely in the Siskiyou Mountains, Trinity Mountains, or the Cascade Range, but the specific location is unidentified.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Court of Palms," shows The Pioneer,(Solon Borglum, sculptor) in the Court of Palms at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Camp Curry- Yosemite," c. 1917. Yosemite's Half Dome Village, established by David and Jennie Curry in 1899, was originally called Camp Curry, and later Curry Village. It was designed to provide cheaper accommodations for Yosemite tourists than the resort hotels. The couple rented out furnished tents and provided amenities such as a dining tent. As time progressed, the amenities increased, and some hard-sided cabins created. This photograph shows a bustling scene around a large wood cabin with a wide covered porch. As a result of a legal dispute over trademarked names in the park, Curry Village changed its name to Half Dome Village in 2016.

Date: 1917