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No Caption: 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 when she was sold. 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.
Date: 1909
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada del Portezuela boundaries. Volume 1, page 530.
Date: 1837
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No Caption: c. 1908-1912. Side view of a disappearing coastal artillery gun. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Canada," shows the Canadian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-140.
Date: 1915
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Consumnes or Rancho de Hartnell boundaries. Volume 2, page 103.
Date: 1844
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Caption: "Mirror Lake - Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "The Alameda of Presidio," c. 1906. View of a dirt or graveled drive, lined by cannonballs, leading to a small roundabout. The Alameda served as the principle gateway into the Presidio of San Francisco from the 1860s to 1895.
Date: 1906
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Ojay, or Ojai boundaries. Volume 1, page 342.
Date: 1841
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Caption: "State Street, Chicago, Ill. Sept. 15, 1934." Busy street scene in Chicago, with dozens of pedestrians, automobiles, and a street car or trolley.
Date: 9/15/1934
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History of the evacuation and incarceration of Japanese-Americans and the agencies involved
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Hangar Administration & Shops Unit, Calif. National Guard - Los Angeles." Rendering in color by Alfred Eichler. Project for California Military Department.
Date: 1941
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Caption: "Historic North Church, Boston. Where Signal was Hung for Paul Revere, Sept. 5, 1934." View of the clock tower and steeple of the Old North Church, built in 1723. The church is said to be the site where Paul Revere, after his famous midnight ride, caused two lanterns to be hung as the signal that British troops were advancing into the area by sea rather than by land.
Date: 9/5/1934
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Caption: "Department of Motor Vehicles, Highway Patrol - Marysville." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for California Highway Patrol.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Street Scene -- San Diego.," c. 1910. Street-level view of street in San Diego. The U.S. Grant Hotel rises above the surrounding buildings in the center of the photograph.
Date: 1910
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No Caption. Mountain scene at Yosemite National Park, c. 1917.
Date: 1917