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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: "Washington Park, Albany, New York, Sept. 8, 1934." Albany's Washington Park was established in the early 1870s. Washington Park Lake, a portion of which is seen in this photograph, was created by damming Beaverkill Creek in 1873. The Lake House in the photograph was constructed in 1929, replacing an earlier building.
Date: 9/8/1934
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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: "Fountain of the Setting Sun" or Descending Night (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption. An unidentified man riding a horse at an unidentified location, c. 1920.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "China Town, San Francisco, May 21, 1935," shows a busy street scene in the Chinese district of San Francisco.
Date: 1935
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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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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, c. 1909. Three unidentified young women posing in a park or garden.
Date: 1909