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Caption: "POINT LOMA BEACH, San Diego." View of rocky cliffs and narrow, rocky beach at their base, with surf swirling just offshore.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: A Yosemite National Park decal, 1937, octagon-shaped, blue and white, with an image of a mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
Date: 1937
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Caption: "Trestle in Northern California," c. 1906, shows a railroad trestle nestled among trees and hills.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Court House -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the second courthouse built by San Diego County, completed in 1889. Designed by architectural firm Cornstock & Trotsche of San Francisco, this elaborate building featured a bell and clock tower, statues of four presidents, and 42 stained-glass windows honoring each state in the Union at the time of installation. The tower was removed in 1939. Twenty years later, the entire building was demolished in favor of a newer facility.
Date: 1910
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No caption. Street view in Seattle, with Smith Tower in background. See also 96-07-08-alb08-036.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Court of the Universe from Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-031.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Crater Lake, Oregon - cloud reflections," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Going to the Sun Chalet - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Boulder Lake [Lake Mead] - as the lake rises the small island will be submerged," c. 1935. Lake Mead was created by the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and is the largest man-made reservoir (when full) in the United States.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
Date: 1938