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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islae boundaries. Volume 1, page 700.
Date: 1842
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Caption: "Arlington Cemetry [sic] Memorial," c. 1925. Shows an interior view of Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, dedicated in 1920.
Date: 1925
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Memorandum from Robert W. Kenny regarding conference with General DeWitt
Date: January 22, 1943
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Caption: "Hostess House, Veterans' Home - Yountville." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Not built like this. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1947
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Finest Quality Stomachbitter Prepared by J. Selner at Dusseldorf, Germany
Date: 1885
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Caption: "Tacoma Bridge.," c. 1913. Double leaf, Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the rare instances where William McCarthy's labeling of the photographs in the albums is incorrect. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1913, was Portland's first bascule bridge, or drawbridge. It retains the distinction of being the longest bascule bridge span in the world.
Date: 1913
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Caption: "Stockton Asylum Grounds," Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
Date: 1906
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Report submitted by Harry T. Callahan on all individuals of Japanese descent employed by the state as of April 1, 1942
Date: August 12, 1942
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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge Opening Day. U.S. Fleet Passing Under the Golden Gate Bridge. U.S. Flag Ship Pennsylvania [sic]. May 28, 1937." View of the super-dreadnaught battleship USS Pennsylvania as she passed under the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the celebrations surrounding the bridge's opening day. The third U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania, she was launched in 1915. The Pennsylvania served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, and was damaged while in dry-dock during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. After being repaired, she spend the remainder of World War II in the Pacific Theater. Hit by a torpedo in August 1945, the severely damaged Pennsylvania was repaired well enough to serve as a target ship during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests off Bikini Atoll in July 1946. She was decommissioned that year, and after undergoing radiation testing, was scuttled by the U.S. Navy in February 1948.
Date: 5/28/1937
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No Caption: Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), with the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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