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Caption: "Kitchen Commissary & Dining Rooms." California School for the Deaf at Berkeley; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built like this, 1932. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1930
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Summary of discussion regarding the need for a comprehensive written plan for evacuation, including plan for equipment and staffing
Date: March 20, 1942
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Bulletin from Martha A. Chickering to County Boards of Supervisors, County Welfare Departments, and County Auditors regarding ineligibility for certain public assistance programs
Date: April 27, 1942
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Office Memorandum from Elizabeth Parmley to Lucile Kennedy summarizing a visit to Manzanar by the Field Representative and the Social Security board
Date: February 20, 1945
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Caption: "Performing Elephants. Chicago Fair. Sept 23 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring at Chicago's Century of Progress 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: 9/23/1934
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Caption: "Butcharts Gardens, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Cliff House, San Francisco," c. 1920. The building shown here is the fourth iteration of the Cliff House, a neo-classical design built after a fire destroyed the Victorian structure previously at the site in 1907. Reconstruction of the iconic restaurant began in 1908, and a new Cliff House opened in 1909 (the building in this photograph). The building was extensively remodeled in the 1930s.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "New Prison for Segregation of San Quentin Prisoners. View Showing New Dormitory and Prison Yard with Relation to Existing Prison. Mt. Tamalpais in Background." Drawing by Alfred Eichler, September 26, 1934. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934
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Office Memorandum from Jeannette Harris to Margaret S. Watkins regarding reporting activity
Date: March 31, 1942
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Caption: "Scene on the American River," c. 1920. Narrow bridge over river, leading to two houses, with sign stating "3. F. Rancho. 1915."
Date: 1920
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