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Caption: "OSTRICH FARM, Pasadena, California.," c. 1905. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Caswston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Gaviota Pass," c. 1915-1916. Shows concrete bridge over Gaviota Creek at Gaviota Pass, a pass in the Santa Ynez mountains just north of Santa Barbara. The pass allows U.S. Route 101 to pass through the coastal mountains to the interior.
Date: 1915
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Correspondence from H. C. Pratt to Earl Warren regarding the threat of sabotage and a termination of mass incarceration
Date: December 17, 1944
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Pamphlet on Attorney General Earl Warren's leadership in war preparation before the events at Pearl Harbor in comparison to Culbert Olson
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Temple of the Scottish Rite Masonry," 1906. The Temple of the Scottish Rite Masonry shows heavy damage from the earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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Correspondence from J. P. Hofman to Martha A. Chickering regarding rumors to disenfranchise Japanese-Americans; see Response to Correspondence on Exclusionary Actions (F3729_50_001a)
Date: May 25, 1942
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Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York. Aug 2, 1934." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.
Date: 8/2/1934
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No Caption: The Fountain of Energy (A. Stirling Calder, sculptor), with surrounding statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: " Court of Palms." The Pioneer (Solon Borglum, sculptor), stands in the Avenue of Palms at the entrance to the Court of Flowers at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Green Valley Falls Picnic," c. 1908, shows an unidentified group of people riding in horse-drawn carriages in front of the Benicia Brewery building.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Court of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "California Here We Come. Donner Monument. In Our Home State Again After Five Months Tour. October 7, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy took this photograph of the Pioneer Monument when they arrived back in California after a five month road trip to the East Coast. The Pioneer Monument, featuring a pair of pioneers with their two children looking west, was first dedicated on June 6, 1918 to commemorate those who emigrated to California in the mid 1800s. Today, the monument and surrounding area is known as Donner Memorial State Park. The park was established in memory of the ill-fated Donner Party, a group of emigrants whose wagon train was caught in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846-47. The Pioneer Monument's stone pedestal stands twenty-two feet high, the height of the snow that the party had to contend with. Of the eighty-seven people in the wagon train, only forty-eight survived to be rescued the following spring. Some of the survivors are said to have resorted to cannibalism in order to survive.
Date: 10/7/1934