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Caption: "Iowa Exhibit," features a horn of plenty with a mountain of corn cobs, with "Corn is King - in Iowa," spelled out in corn, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "CHICAGO AND BENNINGTON, OFFICERS & CREW." View of the USS Chicago. The flagship of the US fleet in the Pacific at the time, the USS Chicago was called to the fort after a boiler explosion on the USS Bennington killed sixty-six and wounded dozens more. A board of inquiry into the cause of the explosion was convened on board the Chicago. The board found that no error on the part of the Bennington's crew contributed to the explosion.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Grace McCarthy (left) and friend sitting in the Electric Motor Chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, with William McCarthy standing by, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-073.
Date: 1915
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