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Caption: "Market St. S.F." See also 96-07-08-alb06-197 with caption: "Building up on Market Street, c. 1907. A view of repairs being made to Market Street, after the damage of the 1906 earthquake.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "President Taft in the Park," October 14, 1911. President William Howard Taft in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was slated to open January 1915.
Date: 1911
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Caption: "Hudson River Boat," c. 1925. The Washington Irving, a three-stack steamer ship, is shown in this photograph. The ship was in operation from 1913 to 1926, when it collided with an oil barge and sank.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Street Car Strike," c. 1907. San Francisco's street car union workers called for a strike after their request to be paid three dollars per eight- hour work day was declined. At the start of the strike, two strikers were shot by strike breakers and many more causalities were reported. Hundreds of passengers were injured during the strike due to inexperienced operators, and twenty-five of those passengers died as a result. In total, the upheaval resulted in thirty-one causalities.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Camp Life.," c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy seated next to automobile at an unidentified campground for a meal. See also 96-07-08-alb04-175, 179, 180, 181, and 182.
Date: 1920
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Caption: " Block House, Fort Casey. Used in Early Days as Protection Against the Indians." Washington, c. 1909. View of a blockhouse, a timber structure built by European settlers to guard against attack during the Indian Wars of 1855-1857.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "East Elevation." Rendered elevation of Scheme No. 1, addition of 4th floor to hospital building, San Quentin State Prison. Sketch in colored pencil by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934