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Caption: "Saltair. Salt Lake." View of the first Saltair resort pavilion, constructed in 1893. Designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the pavilion hovered above the Great Salt Lake on more than 2,000 posts and pilings. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the pavilion in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925.
Date: 1916
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No Caption: An unidentified California Indian woman standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Burning Pool - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. An unidentified group of people walk past Burning Pool at Yellowstone National Park, a thermally active spring in the park's Upper Basin.
Date: 1923
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No Caption: A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the road from Monterrey to Victoria.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Rose Carnival -- Portland." Features a parade float shaped as a swan, with roses, an American flag, and a sign reading "peace." The Portland Rose Festival began in 1907 as the Rose Carnival. It is now an annual festival featuring three parades, including the Grand Floral Parade, the second-largest all-floral parade in the nation (the largest being the Tournament of Roses held each New Year in Pasadena, California).
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Independence column, on the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma." Unofficially known as El Angel (The Angel), and officially as Monumento a la Indenpendencia (Monument to Independence), located in Mexico City.
Date: 1938