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Caption: "Three Brothers - Mariposa Grove," c. 1917. Two unidentified people pose in the Mariposa Grove next to three Giant Sequoias.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "St. Francis Hotel," c. 1905. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square 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: 1905
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Caption: "Feeding a Bear - Yellowstone," c. 1923. William McCarthy feeding a bear at Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Italian Refugee Hut S.F. -- 1906." Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: Fountain of Summer (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915