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No Caption: Mission Delores, the oldest intact building still standing in San Francisco today, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. The parish church next to it was greatly damaged and rebuilt as the Mission Dolores Basilica, opened in 1918.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "The Coolidge Redwood Tree. Redwood Highway, Calif.," c. 1935. William and Grace pose with their automobile at the Coolidge Redwood Tree on the Redwood Highway in Mendocino County, named after Col. John Coolidge, father of President Calvin Coolidge.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "East Lake [sic] Park. Losangeles [sic]," c. 1906. Eastlake Park in Los Angeles was originally created by the city in 1881 under the name "East Los Angeles Park." Renamed Eastlake Park in 1901, it gained its current name, Lincoln Park, in 1917. This photograph shows several people seated on benches and strolling pathways. In the background, the lake for which the park was named can be seen, as well as an elaborate bandstand situated on the lake.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Fort Casey Washington," c. 1909. Overview of several buildings at Fort Casey, located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897. Fort Casey was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The area is now a state park.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Fruit Exhibit Watsonville." Exhibit at the 1912 "Big Week" in Salinas (Monterey County), an event still celebrated today as the Salinas Rodeo. The exhibit displays a building made almost entirely out of apples and apple slices. See also 96-07-08-alb05-068.
Date: 1912
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Caption: "Business district of the quaint little city of Taxco with its buildings of red tile roofs and adobe brick walls. - Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Old Cathedral, St. Augustine." View of the tower, columned entryway, and bells of Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The oldest church in Florida, the first building on the site was established in 1565. The cathedral seen in this photograph (which exists today) was constructed between 1793 and 1797. The cathedral was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Date: 7/10/1934
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No caption, c. 1920. Scene along the Sacramento River, showing some houses on the bank and two small rowboats.
Date: 1920
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Pauma or Potreros de Paoma boundaries. Volume 2, page 77.
Date: 1844
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Caption: "1st St San Jose," c. 1910. Street scene showing stately buildings on the right side of the photograph, while trees line the street on the left. A trolley car can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1910
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