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Caption: "San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. View of an artificial lagoon, with the Commerce and Industries Building (tower at left, now called Casa de Balboa) and the Foreign Arts Building (tower at right, now called the House of Hospitality). The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego in 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It was smaller in scale and less well-funded than the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb04-111, and 112.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Russian River Healdsburg July 1914." Grace McCarthy (far left) and four unidentified people (family and/or friends) being pulled in a rowboat by William McCarthy, on the Russian River near Healdsburg.
Date: 1914-07
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Caption: "6th. St. At Pine - St. Louis," c. 1923. A bustling street scene on 6th Street in St. Louis, at its intersection with Pine.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts or National Theater [sic] - built of white marble. Work started in 1900, complete in 1935, cost 35,000,000 pesos." The Palacio de Bellas Artes, is considered the cultural center of Mexico City. It houses the Museum of Architecture, and the National Theater, a performance space for music, dance, and theatre. Murals by renown Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Jose Clemente Orozco, and others are exhibited on the top floor and other galleries throughout the building.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Fort Worden. Mid Winter." Construction of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound began 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: 1909
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Caption: "Jackson Park Beach - Chicago," c. 1923. Jackson Park Beach at Lake Michigan, with a line of automobiles parked along the adjacent roadway.
Date: 1923