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Caption: "Padre Junipero Sierra [sic] Monument. Monterey," c. 1915, shows a monument commemorating the Spanish Franciscan priest, Father Junipero Serra, who led the founding and construction of the Spanish Mission system in Alta California during the Spanish era. The monument was commissioned and erected in 1891 by Jane Stanford of Stanford University and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "State Street, Chicago, Ill. Sept. 15, 1934." Busy street scene in Chicago, with dozens of pedestrians, automobiles, and a street car or trolley.
Date: 9/15/1934
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Caption: "Great Southern Hotel -- Gulfport -- Mississippi -- June 19, 34." The Great Southern Hotel, built in 1902-1903 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones (also the founder of Gulfport), offered luxurious amenities such as telephones in each room, baths, hot and cold running water, billiards, gardens, and a tennis court. The hotel was hit hard by the Great Depression in the 1930s, even closing briefly. After a short-lived revival in the 1940s, the hotel was demolished in 1951 to make way for U.S. Highway 90.
Date: 6/19/1934
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Caption: "Pennsylvania [sic] Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-072.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]," c. 1917. Vernal Fall is a 317-foot waterfall on the Merced River, downstream of Nevada Fall.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Grand canyon -- Yellowstone," c. 1920s. View looking down into canyon, featuring steep terrain. The Yellowstone River can be seen at the lower left.
Date: 1920
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The frontispiece of this photograph album reads "Fotos [sic] in Canada, Washington, Oregon, California & Mexico. By Wm. McCarthy."
Date: Undated
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Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) regarding resettlement referral procedures
Date: June 11, 1945
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Caption: "Another Highway Beggar. Have a bite bruin. Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Parson's Gap, Windermere Sinclair Canyon - B.C. Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: c. 1935. Pictured are William and Grace McCarthy standing at the entrance to the famous Wawona Tunnel Tree, a giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. The tree's tunnel was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. In 1969, the tree fell during a severe winter storm. Before it fell, the ancient tree measured 234 ft. high, twenty-six ft. in diameter, and was approximately 2,100 years old.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified toddler standing in field with buildings in distance, holding a teddy bear and ball. See also 96-07-08-alb05-083.
Date: 1915
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Memorandum from O. J. Jahnsen regarding a conversation about ammunitions on a train
Date: December 16, 1941
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