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Caption: "Steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA at Vancouver dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Empress of India, built by England's Naval Construction & Armaments Co. in 1890 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships company. The Empress of India could accommodate up to 700 passengers, and was also used to carry mail between Hong Kong and Great Britain. She was sold in 1914 and refitted as a hospital ship for Indian soldiers. She was sold a final time in 1923, for scrap in Bombay.
Date: 1908
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Information secured by the Intelligence Division of the War Department for the Governor's Office regarding sentiment towards Japanese returning to various counties in California
Date: November 28, 1944
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Caption: "Fresno State College Students Union Bldg. - Lunch Counter." Design and color drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
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Caption: "Seattle Docks," c. 1914. Dock facilities at Seattle, showing a clock tower, as well as the G.T.P., or Grand Trunk Pacific, dock, a shipping pier at the end of Madison Street (the G.T.P. watchtower is visible at the far left of the photograph). This dock, built in 1910, was destroyed by a fire on July 30, 1914. It was rebuilt, but without the watchtower, and served the city until 1964 when it was demolished.
Date: 1914