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Caption: "Driving Piles in the Breakers, Columbia River Jetty." c. 1905.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Columbia River Jetty, Or.," c. 1910. View of a jetty built at the mouth of the Columbia River, carrying a railroad trestle. A train hauling cars loaded with large rocks is visible at the left side of the photograph. This is likely the so-called South Jetty, extending more than six miles into the ocean from Point Adams on the Oregon side of the river mouth. The jetty system at the mouth of the Columbia River was constructed between 1885 and 1917. Designed to funnel water from the Columbia River in a more concentrated fashion into the Pacific Ocean, the jetty system helped create a deeper, more stable shipping channel.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Butte, population 40,000. The city of Butte is honeycombed underneath by numerous copper mines. The mining section, Butte, Mo. one mile high & one mile deep," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Venice," c. 1915-1916. Street scene in Venice, California. The "Venice of America Band" is playing in the center of the photograph.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: c. 1910. Train crossing trestle in Siskiyou Mountains in northern California or southern Oregon. Smoke obscures the forward cars of the train, presumably from the locomotive. See also 96-07-08-alb05-184.
Date: 1910
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No caption, c. 1920. William McCarthy playing a saxophone.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "The Garage." Although labeled "The Garage," this photograph shows a multi-story carriage house or residence, set in a wooded area with an arbor extending to one side.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Steamer MINNESOTA," c. 1909. View of the steamship Minnesota II, built in 1903. She was said to be the largest U.S. merchant ship afloat at the time. Operated by the Great Northern Steamship Company, she sailed between the U.S. and markets in Asia until 1915. In 1917 the Minnesota II began operating in the Atlantic between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy commissioned her as a troop ship in 1919, changing her name to Troy. She brought over 14,000 U.S. troops home from war-torn Europe. She never resumed active service after this, being scrapped in 1923. See also 96-07-08-alb08-111.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Benicia Cal," c. 1905-1906. Group of eight unidentified people posing around a cannon.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "A Nebraska Corn Bin, Many of These are Seen in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. Sept. 27, 1934." A simple corn crib in Nebraska, where the corn ears are contained by wire fencing and sheltered by a gabled roof.
Date: 9/27/1934
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Caption: "Yosemite," c. 1917. Yosemite's iconic Half Dome, a granite rock formation, as seen from the valley floor.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Japanese Tea Garden Golden Gate Park," San Francisco, c. 1907. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the still existing Japanese Tea Garden is now the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Crater Lake, Oregon - View from Watchman Point," c. 1935. Located in the Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is a caldera lake formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano, Mount Mazama. Its 1,949 foot depth makes it the deepest lake in U.S.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Healdsburg Bridge," c. 1921. The Healdsburg Memorial Bridge, built in 1921, is a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure across the Russian River in Sonoma County, near Healdsburg. A line of people stands at the bridge railing in this photograph.
Date: 1921