Bookmarks
Showing Bookmarks 1 to 11 of 11
-
Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of a portion of the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 9/10/1934
-
Caption: "City Hall, San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Beaux-Arts style City Hall (principle architect: Arthur Brown, Jr.). This building, opened in 1915, replaced San Francisco's original City Hall, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The date with which the photograph was labeled (May 14, 1934) does not appear to be accurate. The date is more likely circa 1925. See also 96-07-08-alb09-003 and 005, and 96-07-08-alb10-01.
Date: 1925
-
Caption: "Obelisk - Central Park," c. 1925. The obelisk in this photograph was erected in Central Park on February 22nd, 1881. It is an authentic Ancient Egyptian artifact, having been created during the rule of Thusmose III in the 18th Dynasty (despite the nickname, the obelisk has no known connection to Cleopatra). It was acquired in 1877 as a gift from the Egyptian Khedive.
Date: 1925
-
Caption: "Pajaro River, Watsonville," with railroad trestle in the background, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
-
No Caption: A section of an informational tourist brochure describing the Palace of Fine Arts, or National Theater in Mexico City.
Date: 1938
-
No Caption: c. 1915. Shows a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. On the right side of the street is Woodley Theatre, a vaudeville theater that opened in 1913.
Date: 1915
-
Caption: "Mt Tallac." A mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe.
Date: 1927
-
Caption: "In the Sierras," shows a train traveling in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
-
No caption, c. 1906. William McCarthy in a swim suit on a beach, with surf and waves in the background.
Date: 1906
-
Caption: "Central Street, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Population 51,000," c. 1935 shows a busy street scene in Phoenix, Arizona.
Date: 1935
-
Caption: "Court Cottages - Montreal," c. 1925. View of several connected, multi-story apartments in Montreal.
Date: 1925