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Caption: "Home of C.B. Raymond, Montecito, Santa Barbara, May 23, 1935."
Date: 1935
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Caption: "City Hall Ruins." Photograph of the former San Francisco City Hall building, destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Lucky Woodchuck, Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935. An unidentified woman seen feeding a woodchuck.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "The Ghetto with its Street Venders [sic], New York City. Aug. 12, 1934." Crowded street scene in New York City, with numerous street vendors selling a variety of goods, including vegetables and toiletry supplies.
Date: 8/12/1934
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Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Section of Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
Date: 5/18/1934
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-203 with caption: "Fillmore, the new Market Street," c. 1907. A view of a busy Fillmore Street indicating that much of the city's business has moved from Market Street during reconstruction after the earthquake.
Date: 1907
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No Caption: Entryway to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as seen at night. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
Date: 1909
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Correspondence from H. C. Pratt to Earl Warren regarding the threat of sabotage and a termination of mass incarceration
Date: December 17, 1944
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Caption: "Fitch Mountain Tavern - Healdsburg," c. 1915.
Date: 1915