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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
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No caption. Commemorative U.S. postage stamp issued in 1931, featuring the Statue of Liberty, with the word "Liberty" on a scroll across the bottom of the stamp. This was only the second time the Statue of Liberty was featured on a postage stamp.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "Old Cathedral, St. Augustine." View of the tower, columned entryway, and bells of Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The oldest church in Florida, the first building on the site was established in 1565. The cathedral seen in this photograph (which exists today) was constructed between 1793 and 1797. The cathedral was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Date: 7/10/1934
