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Caption: "Coney Island. Sunday Crowd. New York. Aug. 19, 1934." Very crowded beach scene on New York's Coney Island. The construction of several resort hotels on the island in the 1870s and 1880s encouraged construction of amusement parks to provide tourist destinations. Coney Island has hosted several large amusement parks over the years, including one of the world's first roller coasters (built in 1884). Numerous smaller attractions were available as well. The island's popularity peaked in the mid-twentieth century, in the World War II era, but despite some decline is still a world-renowned recreation area.
Date: 8/19/1934
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Caption: "Parson's Gap, Windermere Sinclair Canyon - B.C. Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Colonnades of the Palace of the Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Toboggan Slide - Mount Royal Park - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a large toboggan slide, absent of snow, at Montreal's Mount Royal Park.
Date: 1925
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No caption. Photograph of a waterfall in a mountainous, unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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No Caption: c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Benicia, Calif.," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing in the doorway of a home in Benicia.
Date: 1915