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Caption: "Independence Hall - Philadelphia," c. 1925. Pedestrians outside of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, completed in 1753. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both debated and adopted within the walls of this red brick state house.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Grounds and entrance to the Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site). See also 96-07-08-alb04-155.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Cuba," shows the Cuban Pavilion at the Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-136.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Boulder Dam Cement Mixers," c. 1935, shows the massive cement mixers used to build the Boulder Dam.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935, shows the luxury Chateau Lake Louise Hotel in the distance.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Market Street Burning." Fire engulfing buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, including the Call Building.
Date: 4/18/1906
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Caption: "San Francisco, Oakland Bay Bridge. Opening Day, Nov. 12, 1936." View of a portion of the ceremonies officially opening the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to traffic upon its completion in November 1936. The Bay Bridge's design combined three different types of bridge-building technology over the five miles it covers between San Francisco and Oakland: a suspension span, a cantilevered span, and a tunnel. At the time of its completion the bridge was the longest steel structure on the globe. It also featured the deepest bridge pier ever built, and the world's largest bore tunnel.
Date: 11/12/1936
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Caption: "Lewis & Clark Fair, Portland," The Lewis and Clark Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon, from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1910. Bathers enjoying the surf at Long Beach. Long Beach pier runs through the center of the photograph.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Happy Isles," c. 1917. The Merced River tumbles over rocks and around several small isles in this photograph. The isles are collectively known as the Happy Isles.
Date: 1917
