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Caption: "400 Pound Turtles Ready for Shipment -- Key West July 2, 1934." Several slaughtered sea turtles on a wharf in Key West. Turtle meat and eggs were popular food items in the early-to-mid twentieth century; turtle fat was especially prized for making turtle soup. Turtle kraals (corrals) and a cannery were built as the Key West area began to develop. However, the turtle population plummeted in the Florida Keys and surrounding areas as the twentieth century progressed and demand for turtle meat, eggs, and fat increased. The Key West turtle fishing industry halted after the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1971. Turtle populations have since started to recover. The cannery now serves as the Key West Turtle Museum.
Date: 7/2/1934
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-061.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1920. View from southwestern edge of falls. The iconic Niagara Falls straddles the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Old Faithful Inn - Yellowstone," c. 1923. View of the massive Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Designed by Robert C. Reamer and completed in 1904, the hotel is one of the largest log buildings in the world.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "York Hazzard. He has Never Been Arrested for Speeding. Old Negro and His Mode of Traveling, Darien, Ga. July 13, 1934." York Hazzard, an elderly man of African-American ethnicity, seated in a small wooden cart drawn by a cow or steer. An automobile is parked on the street behind the cart.
Date: 7/13/1934