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Caption: "Portals of the Past," c. 1915-1920. A monument in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, on the shores of Lloyd Lake, consisting of a white marble archway and columns. The archway was originally part of the Nob Hill mansion belonging to railroad tycoon Alban Towne. The mansion was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, but the entryway still stood. It was moved to the shore of Lloyd Lake in 1909, as a memorial to the pre-1906 city.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Armory - California National Guard - Long Beach." California National Guard Armory, perspective rendering in charcoal. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for California Military Department.
Date: 1930
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No caption. Two unidentified men pose sitting on a bench, c. 1925.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Victoria Glaciers at Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Hardeeville, July 16, 1934." Four unidentified white children posing with an unidentified African-American woman, possibly their nanny given the manner of dress of all parties.
Date: 7/16/1934
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Caption: "Coronado Hotel Grounds.," c. 1910. View of the Coronado Hotel, with landscaped grounds in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Fotos in San Francisco and Neighboring County's [sic] By Wm. McCarthy." A handwritten label mounted on the first page of the photograph album.
Date: Undated
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No caption, c. 1915. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing in garden.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Yacht Harbor," on the San Francisco Bay outside the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-075.
Date: 1915
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