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Caption: "Presidio Avenue. Entrance to Presidio," c. 1906. Gateway into the Presidio of San Francisco, bracketed by brick podiums topped by ornamental pinnacles. Three soldiers stand guard at the gate. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Tower Falls [sic] - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. Tower Fall is a 132' waterfall, located on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park. Its name derives from several pinnacles of rock at the head of the fall.
Date: 1923
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No Caption: A Zion National Park decal, 1935, octagon- shaped, blue and white, with an image of a porcupine in a grove of pine trees.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fountain of Energy and Tower," shows the Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), and the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Bent piston rod," c. 1908-1912. View of a damaged piston rod, that appears to be part of a disappearing carriage for a heavy artillery gun, most likely at Fort Flagler.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "In our flower decked tourist court, 46 Neva St. Mexico City." Grace McCarthy is seen sitting on an automobile bumper in the background of this photograph, while three Mexican men wearing sombreros and serapes pose in the foreground.
Date: 1938