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Caption: "The bull charging while the Matador stands motionless. Bull fight - Monterey [sic], Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Tybee Beach, Savannah, Georgia, July 14, 1934." Beach scene with a small crowd of unidentified people enjoying the ocean waves and strolling in the sand. The large Tybrisa Pavilion, set on a wood pier, extends into the water. Tybee Beach is one of several beaches in Tybee Island, a town on an island of the same name located across the river from Savannah. The island became a popular tourist spot between the Civil War and the mid-twentieth century, particularly after the Central of Georgia Railway constructed a line to the island. To encourage tourists, the railroad built Tybrisa Pavilion in 1891. It featured a large dance floor that became popular on the Big Band circuit, but was destroyed by fire in 1967.
Date: 7/14/1934
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No Caption: A section of an informational tourist brochure describing the Palace of Fine Arts, or National Theater in Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "3" Barbett [sic] Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a barbette (gun emplacement) featuring a 3" heavy artillery gun (firing projectiles three inches in diameter).
Date: 1915
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No Caption: c. 1915. Shows a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. On the right side of the street is Woodley Theatre, a vaudeville theater that opened in 1913.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Cypress Forest, Society Hill, South Carolina. July 16, 1934." A grove of cypress trees near the town of Society Hill.
Date: 7/15/1934
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Caption: "Winding highway in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains - Zimipan, Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Coallomi or Locoallomia boundaries. Volume 1, page 678.
Date: 1841
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Caption: "Saw Mill -- Astoria Oregon," c. 1905-1909. Saw mill on the Columbia River, near Astoria.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Band Concourse," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-144.
Date: 1915