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Caption: "Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotive," Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Two girls riding a pony with another girl standing beside them at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No caption. A close-up view of a piece of unidentified heavy artillery.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Lancaster Battery, Presidio," c. 1906, shows a distant view of Lancaster Battery. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: Shows a train somewhere in the Sierra Nevada, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle." Cascading fountains at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle, Washington in 1909 to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
Date: 1909