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Caption: "France" French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.

Date: 1915

No caption. The façade of an Italianate building that appears to be of mixed residential and commercial use in San Francisco. The sign on the building reads "The Kinriu Co. Wholesale Baskets and Matting Import Silk & Tea," c. 1906.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Old Dutch Windmill, G.G. Park," c. 1910. Image of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Market St. S.F." See also 96-07-08-alb06-197 with caption: "Building up on Market Street, c. 1907. A view of repairs being made to Market Street, after the damage of the 1906 earthquake.

Date: 1907

No caption, c. 1915-1920. Grace McCarthy standing in a campground next to automobile rigged with a mattress and curtains for privacy while sleeping. See also 96-07-08-alb04-175, 179, 180, and 182.

Date: 1920

Caption: "[Building for Employees,] California School for Blind, Berkeley." Design and color rendering by Alfred Eichler, c. 1930. Built. Caption nearly illegible due to tears on image. Project for Department of Education.

Date: 1930

Caption: "Alligator Wrestler Holding the Alligators Mouth Open. Alligator Farm -- Miami, Fla. July 1, 1934." Unidentified man lying on his back, holding an alligator between his legs and forcing its mouth open to expose its teeth.

Date: 7/1/1934

Caption: "Ponciana [sic] and Whitehall Hotels. Ponciana {sic] is the Largest Frame Bldg. Hotel in the World. Palm Beach, Florida. July 8, 1934." Both the Royal Poinciana Hotel (center) and the Whitehall Hotel (far right) can be seen in this photograph, taken from across Lake Worth. The Royal Poinciana, built by Henry Flagler as a resort retreat for wealthy guests, opened in 1894. Renovations eventually enlarged the hotel to a length of 1,800 feet, with over three miles of corridors and hallways, and rooms for over 1,000 guests. At one point, it was reputed to be the largest wood structure in the world. Attendance declined in the 1920s, however, as tourists were attracted to more modern facilities. Damage by a hurricane and the Great Depression combined to close the hotel in 1934. The building was razed a year later. The Whitehall Hotel started its existence as a mansion, also built by Flagler, as a present for his wife. After Flagler's death in 1913, the home was sold to a group of investors who erected an eleven-story tower and converted the entire complex to use as a resort hotel. In 1959, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum purchased the building. It now serves as a museum.

Date: 7/8/1934

No Caption: shows a man in a hat and overcoat feeding pigeons near what appears to be the columns of the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Boulder Dam. View Taken From Launch on Boulder Lake," c. 1935, shows Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, providing water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Date: 1935