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No Caption: A group of unidentified men standing and seated at a circular bar at the Cal-Neva Lodge, located on the border of California and Nevada, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "El Mirado Hotel-Palm Springs, Calif. May 30, 1935." The Spanish Colonial-Revival style El Mirado Hotel at Palm Springs opened in 1927 and became one of the most fashionable resort destinations for powerful Hollywood studio heads and celebrities. Here Grace is seen posing at the edge of the hotel's famous "plunge."
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Old Mission, Santa Barbara," c. 1906. View of Mission Santa Barbara, established by Spanish Franciscan monks in 1786.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "New York Sky Scrapers. Empire State bldg. on Right. Aug. 2, 1934." Bird's eye view of New York City showing a forest of sky scrapers, the tallest being the Empire State Building on the right side of the photograph.
Date: 8/2/1934
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Caption: "Tioga Road Scenes on the Sierra Summit." Two mountain peaks as seen from the Tioga Road.
Date: 1927
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Plan by Alfred Eichler for second floor of proposed Governor's Mansion. Not built. Project for Office of the Governor.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "The Chutes," c, 1907, were an attraction at an amusement park located on 10th and Fulton Streets in San Francisco from 1902 - 1907.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Gardener," c.1905, shows the gardner of the Benicia Arsenal carrying two large watering cans near an unidentified structure.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "San Jacinto Battle Ground -- Tex, June 11 34." View of the gated entry to the San Jacinto Battleground. The site was the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which the Texan Army (led by Sam Houston) defeated the Mexican army (led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna), paving the way for the formation of the Republic of Texas. A Texas Historic Site, the battleground was also declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Date: 6/11/1934
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Caption: "Adams Springs.," c. 1920. Buildings in Adams Springs, likely part of the resort that operated there in the first half of the twentieth century.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1906. View of the McCarthy residence in Watsonville.
Date: 1906