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Caption: "Court of the Universe at Night," shows the Tower of Jewels in the background and reflected in the reflecting pool, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-109.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "'THE DAUNTLESS' in PUGET SOUND.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Dauntless, a steamship built in 1899. This ship spent most of its career traveling Puget Sound between Port Townsend and Irondale. She was destroyed in a storm in 1923.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "After the Fire," shows the remains of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fires. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Argentine," shows the Argentine Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-141.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Chapultepec Castle - Presidential Palace, Mexico City." William McCarthy in the gardens of Chapultepec Castle, the Presidential Palace.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "A Spanish type home - Valles, Mexico."
Date: 1938