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Caption: "Art Museum - Los Angeles," c. 1915. Located in Exposition Park, the Beaux Arts building, opened in 1913, was originally known as the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. In 1963, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art moved to its current location on Wilshire Blvd. The Exposition Park facility became the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. After two years of renovation and restoration, it was reopened in 2009.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Martinez Court House," c. 1905-1906. View of the Martinez Courthouse, built in 1901 and designed by William H. Toepke. In 1933, Martinez built a new Hall of Records, into which the courts subsequently moved. The 1901 courthouse became the Finance Building in 1966.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Gatling gun," c. 1905. three unidentified men and William McCarthy (third from right) stand near a Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was an early rapid-fire, crank-turned weapon first used during combat in the Civil War. Developed in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the weapon was commonly used during the late nineteenth century before being superseded by newer, more modern guns.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Fourth and Market, One Year Later," 1907, shows much construction in progress, and completed, to the street and buildings one year after the 1906 earthquake and fires.

Date: 1907

Caption: "Granite Formation," c. 1917. A granite wall towers above the Merced River in this photograph of a portion of the Yosemite Valley.

Date: 1917

No caption, c. 1935. Ice skating rink at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park, built in 1929 at the location now occupied by the Curry Village parking lot.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Great Western Power Co.," c. 1915, shows the Great Western Power Company hydroelectric power plant along the Feather River in Plumas County.

Date: 1915

No Caption: c. 1935. Pictured are William and Grace McCarthy standing at the entrance to the famous Wawona Tunnel Tree, a giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tree's tunnel was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. In 1969, the tree fell during a severe winter storm. Before it fell, the ancient tree measured 234 ft. high, twenty-six ft. in diameter, and was approximately 2,100 years old.

Date: 1935

Caption: "East Side New York." Bird's eye view of New York City's Lower East Side and Two Bridges areas. The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges span the East River in the right side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-166.

Date: 1934

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