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Unidentified African-American woman and several children posing on the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please Note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
Date: 6/17/1934
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Caption: "Section - Veterans Home, P.W. 250-1, Patio Cols. Admin. Bldg." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1947
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Caption: "75m/m gun," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen posing next to a large gun at an unidentified location.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "St. Dominic's Church," shows a view of the damage to the church after the 1906 earthquake.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Key West Residence of Judge Harris, Most Southern Point in the United States July 2, 1934." View of the Queen Anne-style Victorian mansion constructed in Key West by Judge Vinning Harris in 1897. The home was originally touted as occupying the southernmost point in the U.S., resulting in the colloquial name "Southernmost House." During the Prohibition years (1920-1933) the house operated as a speakeasy, with a restaurant and casino. In 1939, it was converted to use as a nightclub. Today, it has been renovated for use as a bed-and-breakfast.
Date: 7/2/1934
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Caption: "Freight Transportation -- Tiajuana [sic], Mexico," c. 1915-1916. Three donkeys loaded with packs of what appear to be firewood.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Pioneer Monument Near Truckee." Tall monument with man, woman, and two children peering west. The Pioneer Monument was first dedicated on June 6, 1918 to commemorate those who emigrated to California in the mid 1800s. Today, the monument and surrounding area is known as Donner Memorial State Park. The park was established in memory of the ill-fated Donner Party, a group of emigrants whose wagon train was caught in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846-47. The Pioneer Monument's stone pedestal stands twenty-two feet high, the height of the snow that the party had to contend with. Of the eighty-seven people in the wagon train, only forty-eight survived to be rescued the following spring. Some of the survivors are said to have resorted to cannibalism in order to survive.
Date: 1927