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No caption, c. 1909-1915. Group of unidentified men gathered around a part of what appears to be a 12-inch mortar at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Fort Ruger was established on the Island of O'ahu by the U.S. in 1906 as the Diamond Head Reservation. Its name was changed to Fort Ruger in 1909. See also 96-07-08-alb05-098 and 100.

Date: 1915

Caption: "N.Y. Sky Line From Brooklyn Bridge." View of New York City's skyline, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. A portion of the bridge (designed by architect John Augustus Roebling and completed in 1883) can be seen in the right hand side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-165.

Date: 8/7/1934

No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-182, with caption: "San Francsico April 17, 1906. Center of Town." Bird's eye view of the center of San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Call Building (built in the 1890s to house the San Francisco Call newspaper) is the tallest building in the photograph, just to the right of center.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Store House," c. 1905. The Benicia Arsenal Store House, also known as the Clocktower building, was erected in 1859 at three stories high. In 1912, an explosion and fire caused extensive damage, after which it was rebuilt as a two-story structure.

Date: 1905

Caption: "A Typical Italian Refugee Camp," c. 1906. Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Views from Highlands Inn," c. 1920. View of the D.L. James House, designed by Charles Greene and built in 1918. The picturesque stone house sits atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a few miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935. Built between 1904 and 1908 (Francis Rattenbury, architect), in Beaux-Arts architectural style, the Empress Hotel is located in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The luxury hotel was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Pleasant Beach, Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View from across a bay in Puget Sound, looking toward the Pleasant Beach Hotel. Built before the turn of the twentieth century, this resort hotel featured forty rooms, a bowling alley, billiards room, swimming pool, and a pavilion. The resort came to be known as the "Coney Island" of Puget Sound.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Performing Elephants. Chicago Fair. Sept 23 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

Date: 9/23/1934

Caption: "Stow Lake," in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, c. 1910. Stow lake is a manmade lake in Golden Gate Park dating back to 1893. Visitors still enjoy Stow Lake today, engaging in activities such as boating and picnicking by the lake.

Date: 1910