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Caption: "Brigham Youngs [sic] Bee Hive House. Brigham Young had 19 Wives and 52 Children. Oct. 3, 1934." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and is now a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.
Date: 10/3/1934
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No caption. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing beside large bird bath or fountain, in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island. See also 96-07-08-alb09-208 and 96-07-08-alb11-230.
Date: 8/27/1934
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-183, with caption: "San Francisco April 18, 1906. Center of Town. The Awful Fire after the Shake." Fire engulfing buildings in San Francisco's city center after the 1906 earthquake. Great plumes of smoke dominate the photograph.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Santa Barbara Court House," c. 1935, shows a view of the courthouse's landscaped grounds.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Blue Rock Springs - Solano Co." c. 1915. In the 1860s, White Sulphur Springs (in the vicinity of Vallejo) was developed for use as a mineral springs resort, featuring a hotel, several cottages, and an "amusement" building with a dance floor, bar, and billiard room. Manuel Madrid obtained the property around the turn of the twentieth century, and changed the name to Blue Rock Springs. The area is now managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District as Blue Rock Springs Park.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Indian Hut Made From Adobe and Bush Branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona, May, 24, 1934." View of a small adobe building with a porch area across the length of the façade. The porch is sheltered by a low roof supported by tree trunks or thick tree branches and thatched with grass or sticks. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
Date: 5/24/1934
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No caption. Young unidentified boy seated on a horse saddled with English tack in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: The Awful Fire After the Shake," 1906. A view of San Francisco ablaze after the 1906 earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Date: 1906