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*Caption: "Linnard Hotel -- Santa Barbara.," c. 1920. Automobile parked on street before the luxury Hotel Potter. Opened in 1903 by Milo M. Potter, it sold in 1919 to the Santa Barbara Hotel Company, controlled by D.M. Linnard. The famous luxury resort burned down in 1921. See also 96-07-08-alb05-070.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "El Capitan," c. 1917. El Capitan is a vertical granite rock formation in Yosemite Valley. It's sheer cliff face, rising almost 3,000 feet above the Valley, is a favorite rock climbing location.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "San Francisco Fire April 8 [sic], 1906." Photograph of a page from the Seattle Daily Times. The headline reads "Photographic Glimpses of the Once Proud City." Several photographs of significant buildings in San Francisco are shown (such as the City Hall), all of which are listed as having been destroyed by the earthquake and fire of April 6th.
Date: 1906
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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features an article by Paul Harrison called "Rattlesnakes Used in Canapes." It discusses the use of rattlesnake meat in a New York restaurant.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Music Stand PC. Expo. San Diego, Cal. July 18, 1915," at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Date: 1915
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