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Caption: "Cliff House #2." View of the third Cliff House, of Victorian-style architecture, that was built on that site in San Francisco, c. 1906. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House (pictured) was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907. A fourth Cliff House was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: Machinery Palace at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-124.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "End of the Trail" (James Earle Fraser, sculptor), in the Avenue of Palms, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "La Laguna Espejada. P.C. EXP. San Diego July 18, 1915." A view of a reflecting pool at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: The Cliff House, overlooking bathers at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. Unidentified people enjoying the surf and beach at Ocean Beach, overlooked by the iconic San Francisco Cliff House. The Victorian structure shown here is the third iteration of the Cliff House, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-066 with caption: "In Victoria, B.C." Five men (William McCarthy in the center) sitting in and standing near horse-drawn buggies in Victoria, British Columbia, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Avenue," c. 1905, Benicia, California. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops, from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Long Beach," c. 1910. View of The Pike, an amusement zone along the beach front in Long Beach. The framework for the Bisby's Spiral Airship ride can be seen at the far right of the photograph.
Date: 1910