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Caption: "U.S.S. California," c. 1906. This photograph shows the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the Golden State's name. Launched in 1904 and commissioned in 1907, this Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser served in the Pacific fleet. Her name was changed in 1914 to the USS San Diego, in order to free up the name for a new, Tennessee-class battleship. The USS San Diego went on to serve in both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets during World War I, until being sunk off the coast of New York by a German mine in 1918, with a loss of six lives.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Sloat Monument. Monument, Cal," c. 1915, shows the Commodore John Drake Sloat monument in Monterey, California. The monument was constructed in 1910 and commemorates the taking possession of California from Mexico in 1846 by Sloat and his men at Monterey, which was the capital city of Alta California during the Mexican era.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "An Abandoned Hydraulic Mine near Camptonville Calif.," c. 1920. Hillside ravaged by hydraulic mining, in which a pressurized jet of water washes sediment and gravel into a series of sluices, allowing the heavier gold and gold-carrying sediment to sink to the bottom for removal. California banned this environmentally destructive practice in 1884.
Date: 1920