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Caption: "Michigan Ave. - Chicago," c. 1923. A tree- lined Michigan Avenue filled with cars.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "La Laguna Espejada or Mirror Pool. P.C. Exp. San Diego," shows the reflecting pool at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-162.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "San Francisco April 17, 1906. Center of Town." A bird's eye view of the city the day before the earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Saint Francis Hotel." See also 96-07-08-alb01-002, with caption: "Hotel-Saint Francis," c. 1913. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square with partial north wing extension and the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904 and, fortunately, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.
Date: 1913