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Caption: "Tioga Road Scenes on the Sierra Summit." Two mountain peaks as seen from the Tioga Road.
Date: 1927
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Plan by Alfred Eichler for second floor of proposed Governor's Mansion. Not built. Project for Office of the Governor.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "The Chutes," c, 1907, were an attraction at an amusement park located on 10th and Fulton Streets in San Francisco from 1902 - 1907.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gardener," c.1905, shows the gardner of the Benicia Arsenal carrying two large watering cans near an unidentified structure.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "San Jacinto Battle Ground -- Tex, June 11 34." View of the gated entry to the San Jacinto Battleground. The site was the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which the Texan Army (led by Sam Houston) defeated the Mexican army (led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna), paving the way for the formation of the Republic of Texas. A Texas Historic Site, the battleground was also declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Date: 6/11/1934
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Caption: "Adams Springs.," c. 1920. Buildings in Adams Springs, likely part of the resort that operated there in the first half of the twentieth century.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1906. View of the McCarthy residence in Watsonville.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Desdamona [sic] Lighthouse.," c. 1905-1909. View of the Desdemona Lighthouse, constructed in 1901 or 1902 on wood pilings over a group of shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River. The shoals carry the same name as the lighthouse, both of which are named for the boat Desdemona which ran aground and was destroyed by the shoals in 1857. The lighthouse was automated in 1934, and its light eventually removed in 1965.
Date: 1905