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Caption: "Portion of Nob Hill," c. 1906. A portion of Nob Hill, with the Fairmont Hotel on the right side of the photograph, reveals the destruction from the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Casa Del Rey - Santa Cruz," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy with an unidentified woman in an automobile in front of the Casa Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz, California. The luxury hotel was opened in 1911 by developer Fred W. Swanton. The hotel was demolished after it sustained considerable damage from the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-093.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Government Building. Portland Exposition." Shows the Government Building, Guild's Lake, and the Bridge of Nations, a long pedestrian bridge over the lake. Some of the more than 100,000 light bulbs used to outline the exposition's buildings can be seen along the arches and decorative molding of the bridge. The Lewis and Clark Centennial 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. See also 96-07-08-alb08-158.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-028.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "California Street looking to the Ferry," 1906. A view of the destruction along California street after the earthquake and fire.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Sugar Cane and Cotton Fields -- Florida, June 23, 34." A sugar cane field (at left) borders a cotton field (at right) in this photograph.
Date: 6/23/1934
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Caption: " Court of the Universe - Colonnades," with the Fountain of the Rising Sun (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Santa Monica," c. 1935, shows the Santa Monica pier with Auto Park, Overlook Hotel and Apartments, and various shops, restaurants, and amusements.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Folsom Highway Bridge," c. 1915-1920. Bridge over unidentified creek in the vicinity of Folsom.
Date: 1920