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No Caption: Bug Gun, next to mortar Carriage damaged in test, Honolulu, Hawaii, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "U.S. Capitol," c. 1925. An unidentified man sits in the drivers seat of a car parked in front of the U.S. Capitol. His passengers are obscured by shadow.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Government exhibits of shot etc., Government Building." Exhibit of various types of heavy ordnance shells, including armor piercing shells as well as torpedoes. The exhibit was located in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries. See also 96-07-08-alb05-206.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: The Tower of Jewels at night, at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "New Westminster Bridge.," c. 1908-1912. View of the New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge or the Fraser River Swing Bridge), which opened to traffic in 1904. The lower deck carried trains, while the upper deck (which was removed in 1937) was accessible to both foot and vehicle traffic.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Court of Palms," with reflecting pool, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915