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Caption: "Scene On The Tioga Road," c. 1917. In a photograph taken from the Tioga Road, a massive granite dome rises above the trees in Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1917
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Santa Rosa boundaries. Volume 2, page 162.
Date: 1845
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Caption: "Sun Set On The Atlantic," c. 1925. A dark Atlantic Ocean beneath a cloudy sky.
Date: 1925
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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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No Caption: A map of the highway from Laredo to Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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No Caption: William McCarthy (second from left) and four unidentified men standing on a road in an unidentified location, c. 1915.
Date: 1915