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No Caption: A view of the Russian River at Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California, c. 1914.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "N.Y. Sky Scrapers," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a part of New York City, with the Woolworth building dominating the left side of the photograph. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Palm Avenue," with Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The Isthmus Panama California Exposition July 18, 1915," shows a façade of the USS Isthmus where the "War of the Worlds" science fiction extravaganza was presented, which depicted the future destruction of New York City.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Boulder Canyon - Showing Power Houses and Tramway Below the Dam," c. 1935. Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, is located above Boulder/Hoover Dam and is now flooded by Lake Mead.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: The Cliff House, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. 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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Caption: "Redwood Highway near Scotia," c. 1935.
Date: 1935