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Caption: "On Strawberry Hill. Golden Gate Park.," c. 1910. Image of small waterfall and pond on Strawberry Hill. This hill rises above Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, surrounded by the man-made Stow Lake.
Date: 1910
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Caption: Eureka Court House, CAL. Eureka Population 1500," c. 1935. The Eureka County Courthouse was completed in 1889 (Curtis and Bennett, architects) in the Italianate style. The building survived several fires and earthquakes with some damage. It was condemned in 1956 and subsequently demolished to build a new, more modern facility.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "MC Foto - Mage of Presidio." The caption suggests that the dog shown here, possibly a Boston Terrier or Pug, lived in San Francisco's Presidio.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: c. 1906. Grace McCarthy posing with an unidentified woman, possibly at a photography studio.
Date: 1906
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No caption: Grace McCarthy (standing, second from right), with several unidentified adults and children posing for photograph in front of a small house with a hillside of crops in the distance, and an automobile in the foreground, in Solano County, c. 1910 - 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-079.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Visitors admiring the statuary near the Palace of Fine Arts, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Motor Railroad Car.," c. 1905-1909. Shows a trolley car or railcar labeled "U.S. Mail 333."
Date: 1905
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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Teotihuacan, an area northeast of Mexico City and famous for some of the most important archaeological discoveries on the North American Continent.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-027.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Soda Bay -- Lake County," c. 1920. Grace McCarthy on the shores of Soda Bay, at Clear Lake.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Columbia River Scene," c. 1910. Train tracks running into the distance with the Columbia River to the right.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Bobs Service Station - Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows Bob Spencer's Mobil gas service station, which was built around a grounded Fokker F32, whose wings served as a canopy for the fueling stations.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Buddha" statue within the Japan Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915