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Caption: "Carquinez Bridge, Crockett, California. Oct. 9, 1934." This photograph shows the original Carquinez Bridge, built to span the Carquinez Strait and thereby contribute to a direct route between Sacramento and San Francisco. The steel cantilevered bridge, designed by Robinson & Steinman, was constructed in 1927. It is no longer extant, having been replaced by two parallel bridges constructed in 1958 and 2003. The structure of the original bridge was removed in 2007. See also 96-07-08-alb04-004.
Date: 10/9/1934
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Caption: "The Monarch Lead, Zinc, and Silver Mine - B.C. Canada. The workmen change shifts by crossing a deep canyon in the buckets that are used to transport the ore from the mine to the rock crushers. Note the arrows indicating mine operations on the cliff," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Samson, Free and Easy, Vulcan, Monitor, Confidence, Equality, Faithful, Reliance, Wearwell, Rival, Chesterfield, Prize Medal
Date: 1887
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Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. 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
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Storehouse Ruins," c. 1915, shows some remaining walls of the Benicia Arsenal storehouse, which suffered damage from a 1912 explosion.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Main Entrance," of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption. Taken from the Brooklyn Bridge, this photograph shows three boats on the East River passing beneath the Manhattan Bridge. See also 96-07-08-alb09-148.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Jupiter Terrace - Mammoth Springs -Yellowstone Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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