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Caption: "Vancouver, B.C. Left, Vancouver Hotel, center, Canadian National Hotel," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Memorial -- Cemetry [sic] of Arlington," c. 1935. Shows an exterior view of Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, dedicated in 1920. The Tomb of the Unknowns, also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, on the amphitheater's east steps, can be seen at the far left.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Montauk Lighthouse, Most Northern Point on Long Island, N.Y., Aug. 18, 1934." The Montauk Lighthouse, first lit in 1797, was the first lighthouse built in New York. Ezra L'Hommedieu designed the building as well as choosing its site on the eastern edge of Long Island. A renovation in 1860 raised the lighthouse to its current height of more than 110 feet. A larger lantern was installed at that time as well. Electrified in 1940, it is now a National Historic Landmark as well as an active lighthouse.
Date: 8/18/1934
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Caption: "String of Cars, Market Street Ferry," 1906. A view of cable cars, people, and a scaffolded Ferry Building at the end of Market Street, after the 1906 earthquake.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Vernal Falls [sic]- Yosemite National Park," c. 1935. A view of Vernal Fall at Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Examiner Cartoon" (Robert Caster, Cartoonist) c. 1906. A rendering of a giant and fierce grizzly bear labeled with "San Francisco" on its side, standing on a hillside, with three arrows in its hide, tagged with the words: "Earthquake," "Fire," and "Famine.," with the word "Undaunted!" above.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Union Pacific Streamline Train. Chicago Fair. Sept. 22, 1934." View of the engine on the Union Pacific's new M-10000, on exhibit at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The M-10000 was the first lightweight express passenger train powered by an internal combustion engine in the U.S. The train went on an exhibition tour of the US in 1934, which included a stop at the Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
Date: 9/22/1934
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No caption, c. 1909. William McCarthy (second from the left) and a group of unidentified family and friends boating on a river or lake.
Date: 1909
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No caption. An unidentified man poses in the drivers seat of an automobile while two unidentified boys sit on the car's running boards.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Orange Hot Spring - Yellowstone, " c. 1923. View of Yellowstone's Orange Spring Mound, part of the complex of thermal features at the Mammoth Hot Springs.
Date: 1923
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Caption: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Highway, Oregon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. View from Bryce Point," c. 1935.
Date: 1935