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Caption: "Alligator said to be over 500 years old. Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large alligator at the animal-themed park, which was a major city tourist attraction from 1907 to 1953.
Date: 1935
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Pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler of office building for the Division of Highways, Los Angeles. Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - District VII - Los Angeles.
Date: 1941
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No Caption: People near the gazebo at Echo Park, Los Angles, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Empire State Building in Center, Lower Manhattan in the Distance. View from Radio City Bldg. New York. Aug. 3, 1934." The Empire State Building dominates this bird's eye view of New York. Construction began on this iconic 102-story building, designed by William F. Lamb, in 1930. Completed by early 1931, it held the title of world's tallest building for almost 40 years, until being surpassed in 1970 by the construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower. It is now the fifth-tallest building in the U.S., and the 28th-tallest in the world.
Date: 8/3/1934
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Campo de los Franceses boundaries. Volume 2, page 33.
Date: 1843
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Caption: "Aimee McPherson's Angeles Temple- Los Angeles," c. 1935. Aimee Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee was a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for her theatrical sermons and claims of healing the sick, and for founding the Foursquare Church.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Canada de la Berrenda boundaries. Volume 2, page 195.
Date: 1846