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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge Construction, July 1, 1936." View of the Golden Gate Bridge while under construction. The towers and suspension cables have been built, but the work on the bridge deck has not started. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay (called the Golden Gate), connecting San Francisco with Marin County to the north. It is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world, and was named in 1994 as one of the Modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Date: 7/1/1936
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Caption: "Pacific Grove," c. 1915, shows the rocky shoreline at Pacific Grove in Monterey County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Sept. 21, 1934, Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Exhibit. Chicago Fair." Shows a replica of the Tom Thumb, an early steam locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This replica was displayed at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, a world's fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
Date: 9/21/1934
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Caption: "Educational and Liberal Arts Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-119.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Mother, Son and Daughter, Hardeeville, S.C., July 16, 1934." Unidentified woman posing with two small children.
Date: 7/16/1934