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Caption: "Venice, Calif," c. 1911. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman standing on a bridge over Lion Canal in Venice, California. In 1905, Abbot Kinney built a series of canals as part of a development project along Santa Monica Beach, hoping to recreate the look and feel of Italy's iconic "Floating City" in southern California. Called Ocean Park at first, gondoliers sailed boats under elegant bridges such as the one shown in this photograph, in an effort to attract businesses, residents, and investors. In 1911, the name officially changed to Venice. By 1929, however, many of the canals had been filled in to create roadways, and those canals that remained fell into disrepair. A revitalization movement in the early 1990s has restored some of the canals, and made the area a desirable residential neighborhood.
Date: 1911
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Arroya del Rodeo boundaries. Volume 1, page 226.
Date: 1834
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Caption: "View of St. Louis from R.R. Exchange Bldg," c. 1923. Merchant's Bridge and the Old Courthouse (domed building just to left of center) can be seen in this bird's eye view of St. Louis.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Bridge Across Sacramento River at Sacramento … General Plan," c. 1934. Engineering drawing of Tower Bridge concrete towers. Working drawing. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1934
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*Caption: "California Building -- San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked along road to the Panama-California Exposition entrance, with California Building's tower and dome in the background. The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego in 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It was smaller in scale and less well-funded than the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb05-071.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Elevation of Garbage Rm. - Pacific Colony." Pacific State Hospital. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals. The hospital was initially named Pacific Colony (1927-1953), followed by Pacific State Hospital (1953-1979); Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center; and finally Lanterman Developmental Center, which closed in 2015.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Jupiter Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs," 1923. Jupiter Terrace is part of the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Industrial Vocational Training Center, Veterans Home Yountville." Design and rendering by Alfred Eichler, c. 1948. Built in 1948; not built like this. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1948
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Memorandum from C. J. Carey to Warren Olney regarding Japanese within various divisions of the agricultural industry; see Memorandum for Mr. C. J. Carey (R177_089_183-4_004a-R177_089_183-4_004c)
Date: February 18, 1942
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