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Caption: "President Roosevelt in Vallejo," c. 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt came to California in 1903, visiting several cities and towns, including Vallejo, where he laid the cornerstone of the Navy YMCA. Thousands traveled to Vallejo to greet the president, most by steam railroad.
Date: 1903
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Caption: "Fountain of the Earth Views," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), in the Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Liberal Arts Building, Portland Exposition." View of the Manufactures, Liberal Arts, and Varied Industries Building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. The exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Boundary Monument, Mexican Border." William McCarthy (middle row, far right) and several unidentified people posing in front of an obelisk, one of many Boundary Monuments marking the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Grand Canyon -- Yellowstone," c. 1920. Scenic overview of the first large canyon along Yellowstone River below Yellowstone Falls, in Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Mary." Elderly woman with shawl and metal pail standing in front of fence.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Upper Falls -Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake City." c. 1923. View of Utah's State Capitol Building, designed by Richard K.A. Kletting and built between 1912 and 1916.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Limb Show at the Cliff." Shows two women holding up their skirts as they walk into the surf at Ocean Beach, with the Victorian-style Cliff House in the background, San Francisco, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Dutch Windmill Golden Gate Park," in San Francisco, c. 1906.
Date: 1906