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No Caption: The Cliff House, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. The Victorian structure shown here is the third iteration of the Cliff House, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Hialeah Race Track -- Miami -- Florida July 1, 1934." View of the grandstand at Hialeah Park Race Track. Constructed in 1922 as a greyhound racetrack, Hialeah began hosting horse races in 1925. Joseph E. Widener purchased the track in 1930. He embarked upon a series of improvements, adding a grandstand (seen here) and clubhouse facilities designed by Lester W. Geisler, as well as landscaped gardens and a lake in the infield that became home to a flock of flamingos. The new and improved Hialeah track, now called Hialeah Park, officially opened in 1932.
Date: 7/1/1934
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Caption: "Australia" Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Highway - Cloverdale to Ukiah," c. 1915, shows a view of foothills and valley from an unidentified highway (likely U.S. 101) in Sonoma County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Avenue of the Palms-Looking West," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Capitol Building -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." The building seen in this photograph, reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol, served as Cuba's Capitol from its completion in 1929 until after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Designed by Eugenio Rayneri Piedra, the building now houses the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Floor Plan." Perspective drawing of floor plan, tubercular units, Napa State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Design by R. D. Murray, 1941. Built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.
Date: 1941
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Correspondence from Herbert W. Slater to W. T. Sweigert regarding riots at Tule Lake and control of Tule Lake by the Army
Date: November 16, 1943
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Caption: "Motoring -- Port Townsend," c. 1908-1912. Grace McCarthy (farthest to the right in backseat) and group of unidentified friends and/or family posing in an automobile in front of a Port Townsend residence.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Natural Bridge - Kicking Horse River - Yoho National Park, B.C., Canada," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing on the bridge over the Kicking Horse River.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: A view of the Russian River at Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California, c. 1914.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "The Ghetto. Where People Almost Live on the Street, New York City, Aug. 12, 1934." Crowded street scene in New York City, with numerous open-air stalls and storefronts hawking wares.
Date: 8/12/1934
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Caption: "Rose-Bush at Home," c. 1908, shows a large, climbing rose bush in front of the McCarthy's Watsonville home.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Transportation Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "A Holdup," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy standing in a yard or garden aiming a rifle at an unseen target.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "N.Y. Sky Scrapers," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a part of New York City, with the Woolworth building dominating the left side of the photograph. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Statues of," shows the Fountain of Spring(Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-101 and 96-07-08-alb03-034.
Date: 1915