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Caption: "Municipal Bldg. N.Y." c. 1925. The statue Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness (Frederick William MacMonnies, sculptor) stands in the foreground of this photograph. The statue, unveiled in 1922, now stands in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. New York City's Municipal Building rises above the statue in the background. Built between 1907-1914 and designed by architect William M. Kendall, the Municipal Building was constructed in order to consolidate several different municipal agencies under one roof and thereby save the city rent for multiple buildings. In 2015, it was renamed the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, after a former New York City mayor.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Hialeah Race Track -- Miami -- Florida July 1, 1934." Grace McCarthy standing behind the grandstand at Hialeah Park Race Track, in Hialeah (near Miami). Constructed in 1922 as a greyhound racetrack, Hialeah began hosting horse races in 1925. Joseph E. Widener purchased the track in 1930. He embarked upon a series of improvements, adding a grandstand (seen here) and clubhouse facilities designed by Lester W. Geisler, as well as landscaped gardens and a lake in the infield that became home to a flock of flamingos. The new and improved Hialeah track, now called Hialeah Park, officially opened in 1932.
Date: 7/1/1934
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Caption: "Santa Fe Depot. San Diego, Cal, July 18, 1915," shows the Santa Fe Depot (Arthur Brown Jr, architect), in the Mission Revival architectural style. The train station opened in March 1915 to accommodate the crowds expected to visit the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego that year. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Big trees growing in solid rock. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Pinnacles," c. 1920. Grace McCarthy seated on a rocky outcropping in front of cliffs with unique rock formations in background. Pinnacles National Park was formerly Pinnacles National Monument, established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The rock formations are the eroded remains of the Neenach Volcano.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Alcatraz," c. 1920. Image of lighthouse, main prison building (at top of hill), residences, and wharf facilities at Alcatraz Island prior to its designation as a federal penitentiary in 1934. Built in 1859 by the U.S. Army for coastal defense purposes, the fort at Alcatraz began serving as a prison in 1861. It ceased function as a defense fortification and became the Pacific Branch of the U.S. Military Prison in 1907. Over the next two decades the facilities on the island were modified and modernized.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Bennington Memorial, Fort Rosecrans." This photograph shows lines of U.S. Navy sailors in dress uniform at a memorial service for the victims of the USS Bennington's boiler explosion. The hump of a large mass grave can be seen to the left of center.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Loop in Oregon Caves Highway," c. 1935.
Date: 1935