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Caption: "State Capitol - Calif, " c. 1920. View of the California State Capitol Building. Much of the building is obscured by trees, but the dome is visible. Designed by M.F. Butler, California's State Capitol Building experienced significant delays while under construction. Crews broke ground on December 4, 1856, but the Legislature did not occupy the building until 1869, and the building was not fully completed until 1874.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Parkway and Dome of Ford Building. Chicago Fair. Sept. 17, 34." Several pedestrians wander along a parkway with a small lagoon and fountains, flanked by benches and manicured hedges. The Ford Building rises in the distance. 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." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.
Date: 9/17/1934
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Caption: "Residence -- Los Angeles.," c. 1915-1916. Large residence with manicured grounds.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Scene on the Truckee Highway -- Sierra Nevada." Mountain scene with streambed, likely along what is now Interstate 80.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Solider Life," c. 1910. A view of a group of soldiers, carrying long guns and supplies, and marching in formation at an unidentified location.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Lake Tahoe." Scenic shot of Lake Tahoe and surrounding mountains.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Fort Stevens, Or.," c. 1910. View of buildings at Fort Stevens, part of the Three Fort Harbor Defense System protecting the mouth of the Columbia River from enemy incursion or attack (the other forts being Fort Columbia and Fort Canby, both in Washington). Built during the Civil War, the fort remained active until after World War II. In June 1942, Fort Stevens gained the dubious distinction of being the only military installation in the continental United States to come under enemy fire when a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast and fired seventeen missiles at the fort. The missiles destroyed the backstop to the fort's baseball field, but otherwise did little harm. Fort Stevens was decommissioned in 1947. It was later turned over to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and currently is the site of an Oregon State Park.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Kicking Horse River Highway - Yoho National Park. British Columbia, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Strawberry Hill -- Golden Gate Park.," c. 1912-1915. Image of small waterfall and pond on Strawberry Hill. This hill rises above Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, surrounded by the man-made Stow Lake.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. View from Bryce Point," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Auto Ferry Arivada - Boulder Lake [Lake Mead]," c. 1935.
Date: 1935