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Caption: "SPORTS," c. 1917. Image of a pole vaulter attempting to clear a jump, with rows of men clad in military uniforms observing. The uniforms and the surrounding vegetation suggest that this may have taken place at Camp Lewis, Washington.

Date: 1917

Caption: "Houston Court House -- Houston Tex. June 7, 34." View of the Harris County Courthouse, a neoclassical building constructed in 1910 and designed by Dallas architectural firm Lang & Witchell. It was the fifth courthouse to be built on the site.

Date: 6/7/1934

No Caption: This postcard shows several buildings of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at night, outlined by electric lights. More than 20,000 electric lights were installed on the buildings for the fair. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.

Date: 1909

Caption: "Fort Ward, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View from Puget Sound of a wharf and other buildings of Fort Ward. Originally known as Bean Point, Fort Ward was established by the U.S. Army Coastal Artillery Corps in 1890. Re-named Fort Ward in 1903, the facility included four coastal batteries designed to assist in protecting Puget Sound and the nearby Naval Shipyard from enemy attack. Fort Ward was placed on inactive status in the 1920s, but was revived by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Navy discovered the fort's location was ideal for listening to radio communications from Japan, and it subsequently became a top secret listening post with a link directly to Washington, D.C. The Navy continued the fort's use as a listening post until 1956, when it was again taken over by the U.S. Army. The Army subsequently stopped all activity in 1958, ultimately selling portions of the fort to the Washington State Park System in 1960. It is now a state park.

Date: 1908

No Caption: A group of people pose under a tree at an unidentified location. Grace McCarthy is sitting in rocking chair at far left, and William (in white shirt) is sitting on the ground, c. 1915.

Date: 1915

No caption, c. 1912-1915. Two unidentified women with four children, one of which (standing next to women at far left) is the same toddler who appears in 96-07-08-alb05-083 and 084.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Victoria Park. Niagara Falls, Canada, Sept. 10, 1934." Broad roadway flanked by manicured grounds and trees, running through Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1888, the park is operated today by the Niagara Parks Commission.

Date: 9/10/1934

Caption: "Del Mar," c. 1915-1916. View from road adjacent to the hotel. The Stratford Inn (which opened in 1909) became the Hotel Del Mar in 1926. It was torn down in 1969, and subsequently rebuilt in the 1980s.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Stockton Insane Asylum," c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.

Date: 1906

No Caption: Grace McCarthy is seen standing near the Camp Curry sign at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935. Camp Curry was established in 1899 and renamed Half Dome Village in 2016.

Date: 1935