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Caption: "Yuba River.," c. 1920. River scene with bridge in center of photograph.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Puget Sound, Seattle to Bellingham Highway," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1920. Shows large unidentified building with terraced gardens and a flag pole.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-056.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "City Hall -- Miami -- Florida, June 30 1934." This photograph depicts the Miami-Dade County Courthouse (not Miami's City Hall). Designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown, the Courthouse was constructed between 1925-1928. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in Florida.
Date: 6/30/1934
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Caption: "City Parkway -- New Orleans. June 16, 34." A row of palm trees interspersed with deciduous trees runs down the middle of this road in New Orleans.
Date: 6/16/1934
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Caption: "Spring time in the Rockies. Picketpost Mountains - Superior, Arizona," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1915. Two unidentified adults and one unidentified child posing in front of a hedge. All three are holding rabbits of varying sizes.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The China Clippers [sic] First Start Across the Pacific Ocean. Nov. 22, 1935." View of the China Clipper, a Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat constructed for Pan American Airways in 1935. One of the largest planes of its time, the China Clipper flew the first transpacific commercial airmail flight between San Francisco and Manila in the Philippines. The China Clipper was destroyed in a crash ten years later, in January 1945, at the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Date: 11/22/1935