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Caption: "Chief Manitou of Taos N. M. - Manitou Soda Springs," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy, wearing a Native American headdress and beaded blanket, stands next to a smiling Pedro Cajete in traditional dress. Mr. Cajete, better known to many as Chief Manitou, was a Native American of the Tewa tribe near Santa Fe, New Mexico, who was hired to promote tourism in the Manitou Springs/Colorado Springs area of Colorado. He often sold trinkets and posed for photographs with tourists near the mouth of Manitou Cave, resulting in his moniker Chief Manitou.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Crater Lake and Wizard Island," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fort Point." c. 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb06-009 with caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate," and 96-07-08-alb03-118, San Francisco. Fort Point in the foreground, with ships in the bay. Fort Point was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861 of brick and mortar, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Monte Rio Cal," c. 1906. Scene on the Russian River with wharf at right, some houses along the river bank in the distance, and a wooden footbridge crossing the river. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Post Office Building, antique Spanish architecture, Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake surrounded by wooded mountains.
Date: 1920