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No Caption: Shows a group of adult African lions in a enclosed area of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles. Charles and Muriel Gay opened the farm in 1925 and operated it until 1942 as a popular tourist attraction where lions were selectively bred and trained for the Hollywood film industry. It was closed during WWII due to wartime meat shortages, and the lions were loaned to zoos around the country, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: California's Capitol building and park grounds, with automobile in foreground, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Fountain - Rising Sun," (Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-089.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Fort Casey Barracks," c. 1908-1912. View of two barracks buildings at Fort Casey, located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897. Fort Casey was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. Army used the facility until the 1950s, when the fort was decommissioned. The area is now a state park.
Date: 1908
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No caption, c. 1909. Grace McCarthy (far right, with parasol) sitting with a group of unidentified adults and children on a bench in a park.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Storehouse Rebuilt," shows the reconstructed storehouse at the Benicia Arsenal, undated.
Date: undated
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Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
Date: Undated