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Caption: "Fresno Court House.," c. 1920. Shows the historic Fresno County Courthouse, built in 1875, as well as a small fountain. This courthouse was torn down in 1966 to make way for a more modern facility.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Cliff House." c. 1906. A view of San Francisco's Cliff House from Sutro Heights Park. The Victorian structure shown here is the third building on the site, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "6" Disappearing Battery," c. 1905-1909. A 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). 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: 1905
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Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1910. William McCarthy standing on a bridge in Los Angeles' Echo Lake Park. The park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "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
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Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to Richard H. Neustadt regarding exemption from incarceration in mixed marriage cases; See F3729_86_001 and F3729_86_003
Date: February 10, 1943
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No Caption: Grace McCarthy feeding a deer at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1935. Grace McCarthy feeding a buck deer in velvet.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing in a park-like setting.
Date: 1920
