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Caption: "Bobs Service Station - Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows Bob Spencer's Mobil gas service station, which was built around a grounded Fokker F32, whose wings served as a canopy for the fueling stations.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Spanish Slave Market, St. Augustine, Florida. July 10, 1934." An open-air pavilion with a gabled roof and six bays appears in the center of this photograph, somewhat obscured by surrounding trees and vegetation. The waterfront site on which the pavilion sits has served St. Augustine as a marketplace since the city's founding in the sixteenth century, for food, commercial goods, and for slaves. The pavilion in the photograph was constructed in 1888, after a fire burned down the previous structure. In the twentieth century, entrepreneurs used the slave market aspect of the site's history as a hook to entice northern tourists into St. Augustine's historic quarter. The market has often served as a rallying site for protestors, from suffragettes to protestors of the war in Iraq. Various civil rights marches held around the market in the 1960s attracted such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Andrew Young.
Date: 7/10/1934
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Caption: "Searsville Lake," c. 1920. William McCarthy and unidentified woman on horseback in front of trees and bushes. Searsville Lake, formed by the Searsville Dam, is located in San Mateo County, California. See also 96-07-08-alb04-232.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "St. Josephs Oratore [sic] - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a bronze statue of St. Joseph placed at the base of the hill upon which St. Joseph's Oratory is under construction. The statue, created by Alfred Laliberté, was erected in 1923.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Atlantic City Board Walk [sic]," c. 1925. Crowds stroll the Atlantic City Boardwalk in this photograph, while others enjoy the beach. The Steeplechase Pier amusement park is visible in the right half of the photograph.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Tours to the East." Two National Park decals for Yellowstone Park (with handwritten date of Aug. 14, 23, featuring a bear) and Yosemite National Park in 1920 (with handwritten date of July 4, featuring a mountain lion).
Date: 1920