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Caption: "Bridal Veil [sic] Falls," c. 1917. A road winds through trees while Bridalveil Fall cascades down the south wall of Yosemite Valley in the distance.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Tenaya Lake." Lake with surrounding mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
Date: 1927
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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
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Caption: "Salome Arizona, Giant Cactus or Desert Sentinels - Arizona Desert. June 1, 1935."
Date: 1935
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Final design drawing of transverse and longitudinal elevations for tower, M Street Bridge, by Alfred Eichler. The Tower Bridge replaced the M Street Bridge, which was removed in 1935. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1934