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Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Brigham Youngs [sic] Bee Hive House. Brigham Young had 19 Wives and 52 Children. Oct. 3, 1934." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and is now a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.
Date: 10/3/1934
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Caption: "View from Jupiter Terrace, of Park headquarters. Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: People at the overhanging rocks at Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia. July 21, 1934." Virginia's State Capitol is visible in the left side of this photograph, while the Virginia Washington Monument can be seen at the right. The Capitol, designed largely by Thomas Jefferson and French architect Charles-Louis Clérisseau, was sufficiently complete by October 1792 for the Virginia General Assembly to meet within its walls. The building served as the capitol of the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Virginia Washington Monument, completed in 1869, features a 21-foot-tall statue of George Washington, mounted on a horse.
Date: 7/21/1934
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Caption: "Riverside Villa, Aug 15, 1915," shows a group of McCarthy friends and family at the Riverside Villa resort in Healdsburg.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "12" Gun, Gun Drill." A view of several unidentified men conducting a gun drill in a coastal defense battery at an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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No caption, c. 1920. Unidentified man and woman embracing on bench near the Russian River. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Monument of the Revolution, Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Half Dome," c. 1917. The iconic granite Half Dome rises above the Yosemite Valley. This photograph appears to have been taken from across the Valley.
Date: 1917
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No caption, c. 1927. A resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near the California-Nevada border.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "North Elevation." Design and drawing of Education Building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. Not built. From packet containing sketch plans, elevations, section and perspective. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: 1937
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No Caption: Palace of Fine Arts seen through arch at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption. Red pennant with white writing reading "Yosemite Celebration of July 4th 1917."
Date: 1917
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