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Caption: "France" French Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The French Pavilion, an homage to the Palais de Legion d'Honneur in Paris, provided the inspiration for the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb03-070 with caption: "Shasta Springs." Waterfall, hillside, and buildings at Shasta Springs, c. 1910. Shasta Springs, just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the Trinity Mountains, was a resort area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centered around natural springs, which became a featured stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Shasta Route. The resort operated until the 1950s, when it was purchased by private interests.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy pose at the entrance to what William labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Court of the Universe," shows a crowd of visitors at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-033.
Date: 1915