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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: "Riverside Villa Healdsburg July 1914." William and Grace McCarthy standing in the doorway of a small cabin along the Russian River near Healdsburg. An unidentified woman stands in the doorway of the cabin next door.
Date: 1914-07
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No caption, c. 1909-1915. Group of unidentified men gathered around a part of what appears to be a 12-inch mortar at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Farm buildings and rolling hills appear in the distance. Fort Ruger was established on the Island of O'ahu by the U.S. in 1906 as the Diamond Head Reservation. Its name was changed to Fort Ruger in 1909. See also 96-07-08-alb05-098 and 099.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Reflections on Lagoon," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-011.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The John Shields Home. N.Y." Residence of John Shields, on Long Island in the Daybreak Estate area. See also 96-07-08-alb11-221.
Date: 8/20/1934