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Caption: "Mission Cliff, San Diego.," c. 1905. View of the pavilion in San Diego's Mission Cliff Gardens. Originally opened in the 1880s as the "Bluffs" by the San Diego Cable Railway Company, the owners hoped to entice people to ride the cable cars by providing a recreational destination. The pavilion seen in the photograph was constructed in 1890. A few years later, the Citizens' Traction Company purchased the park and changed its name to Mission Cliff Park. In 1898, the property was sold yet again, this time to J.D. Spreckels and the San Diego Electric Railway Company. Spreckels hoped to transform the property into a quiet, restful, public botanical garden. The name changed again, to Mission Cliff Gardens, to reflect this change in direction for the park. The botanical gardens developed at the park became world-renowned before closing to the public in 1929. The property was subdivided in 1942, into residential lots.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Twelve Inch Guns," undated. View of the barrel of a 12-inch heavy artillery gun.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Oakland City Hall," c. 1906. Pictured is Oakland's old City Hall at 14th and Broadway. Upon the completion of the new and current city hall in 1914, the old city hall was demolished to make way for City Hall Plaza, now Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Grounds and entrance to the Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site). See also 96-07-08-alb04-155.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Genius of Creation Monument" (Daniel Chester French, sculptor), in the Avenue of Progress at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: View of the interior of the California building at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing in campground next to automobile fitted with mattress and curtains for privacy while sleeping. See also 96-07-08-alb04-175, 179, 180, and 181.
Date: 1920
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No Caption: Cabrillo Bridge between Balboa Park and the uptown area of San Diego.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy feeding a buck deer in velvet, in a campground.
Date: 1935