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Drawing of Science Building Addition, Downtown Campus, San Francisco State College. Design and color drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906, shows many Presidio buildings pictured in the foreground, with ships in the bay. 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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Caption: "Fillmore St. Dec 10, 1906." Shows the Fillmore Street area flooded, San Francisco, 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "West Point," c. 1925. The United States Military Academy, commonly referred to as West Point, as viewed from across the Hudson River.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Soldier Life," c. 1910. Unidentified man firing heavy artillery at unidentified location.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Rainbow in the Mist of Lower Falls," c. 1923. A rainbow over Lower Yellowstone Falls appears as an arch of mist in this black-and-white photograph.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Ringling Museum -- Sarasota -- Florida, June 28 1934." Entrance to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida's state art museum established by John and Mable Ringling in 1927. John was a promoter and part-owner of the famous Ringling Brothers Circus, along with four of his brothers. When John and Mable built a winter home in Sarasota in 1926, they also explored the possibility of establishing an art gallery on the same property. Architect John H. Phillips designed the building, which opened to the public in 1931. John Ringling willed the facility and the art collection to the state of Florida upon his death in 1936. The museum, now known simply as "The Ringling," is under the jurisdiction of the University of Florida.
Date: 6/28/1934
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