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Caption: "Jupiter Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. Jupiter Terrace is part of the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. A group of riding horses is seen at lower left, and a road flanks what appear to be observation points at the bottom right.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Sea Coast Guns.," c. 1908-1912. View of a disappearing coastal defense gun, with its carriage. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Examiner Cartoon" (Robert Caster, Cartoonist) c. 1906. A rendering of a giant and fierce grizzly bear labeled with "San Francisco" on its side, standing on a hillside, with three arrows in its hide, tagged with the words: "Earthquake," "Fire," and "Famine.," with the word "Undaunted!" above.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "An Abandoned Hydraulic Mine near Camptonville Calif.," c. 1920. Hillside ravaged by hydraulic mining, in which a pressurized jet of water washes sediment and gravel into a series of sluices, allowing the heavier gold and gold-carrying sediment to sink to the bottom for removal. California banned this environmentally destructive practice in 1884.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Double Bow Knot Mt Tamalpais," c. 1907. A bird's eye view of the twisty road up Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Point Firmin [sic] -- San Pedro.," c. 1915-1916. Rock cliff jutting out into the sea, with house on cliff top.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Boat landing and foot bridge at C.W. Meadows' place of business at Monte Rio, along the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "N.Y. City." View of Manhattan's skyline as viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1934. See also 96-07-08-alb11-205.
Date: 8/7/1934
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Caption: "Santa Cruz Beach," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy wearing swim suits and standing on the beach at Santa Cruz.
Date: 1915
