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Caption: "Crown Point - Columbia River Drive - Oregon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "State Capitol -- Nevada." Dome of Nevada's Neoclassical Italianate State Capitol Building, constructed between 1869 and 1871 in Carson City. Trees obscure much of the building.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of the American Falls (widest waterfall in the photograph), and Bridal Veil Falls, two of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Avenue of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Hialeah Race Track -- Miami -- Florida July 1, 1934." Grace McCarthy standing behind the grandstand at Hialeah Park Race Track, in Hialeah (near Miami). Constructed in 1922 as a greyhound racetrack, Hialeah began hosting horse races in 1925. Joseph E. Widener purchased the track in 1930. He embarked upon a series of improvements, adding a grandstand (seen here) and clubhouse facilities designed by Lester W. Geisler, as well as landscaped gardens and a lake in the infield that became home to a flock of flamingos. The new and improved Hialeah track, now called Hialeah Park, officially opened in 1932.
Date: 7/1/1934
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Caption: "Big trees growing in solid rock. Yosemite National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935