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Caption: "New Orleans Ferry to Angiers [sic] June 15, 34." Ferry New Orleans getting ready for a trip to Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (now one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans). Ferries were critical to the movement of people and freight between the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for more than a century. There are still several that serve the New Orleans area.
Date: 6/15/1934
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Caption: "Tabernacle -- Salt Lake City," c. 1916. View of the domed Salt Lake Tabernacle, built from 1864-1867. The Tabernacle housed meetings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until new facilities were constructed in 2000. The Tabernacle is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and is considered to be one of the most acoustically perfect buildings in the world due to its unique dome-shaped roof.
Date: 1916
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Caption: "Golden Gate Park Music Stand, San Francisco."
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fruit Exhibit Watsonville." Exhibit at the 1912 "Big Week" in Salinas (Monterey County), an event still celebrated today as the Salinas Rodeo. The exhibit displays a building made almost entirely out of apples and apple slices. See also 96-07-08-alb05-068.
Date: 1912
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Capton:" Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915