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Caption: "Fillmore, the new Market Street," c. 1907. A view of a busy Fillmore Street indicating that much of the city's business has moved from Market Street during reconstruction after the earthquake.
Date: 1907
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Potrero de los Cerritos boundaries. Volume 2, page 52.
Date: 1840
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Caption: "Emerald Pool Yellowstone," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy (fourth from the right) and several unidentified people admire Emerald Pool in Yellowstone National Park. The pool, sometimes called Emerald Spring, is located in the park's Black Sand Basin. Yellow sulphur deposits, combined with the blue of the water, give the pool a vivid green color.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Fort Worden Wash.," c. 1909. Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898. By 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the State of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
Date: 1909
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Caslamayomi or Laguna de los Gentiles boundaries. Volume 2, page 57.
Date: 1844
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Caption: "The Fairmont," c. 1906. View of the Fairmont Hotel, a luxury hotel in San Francisco. Although construction was mostly finished in 1906, the advent of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of that year damaged the hotel's interior and delayed opening until 1907. It was the first hotel in what is now the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. In 1945, the San Francisco hotel was host to an international conference that culminated in the formation of the United Nations.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Bridal Veil [sic] Falls," c. 1917. A road winds through trees while Bridalveil Fall cascades down the south wall of Yosemite Valley in the distance.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Los Angeles -- San Bernardino Boulevard.," c. 1915-1916. Grace McCarthy standing near automobile parked on country road under large oak tree.
Date: 1915