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Caption: "Government Building & Bridge of Nations, Portland Fair." Shows the Government Building, Guild's Lake, and the Bridge of Nations, a long pedestrian bridge over the lake. Some of the more than 100,000 light bulbs used to outline the exposition's buildings can be seen along the arches and decorative molding of the bridge. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries. See also 96-07-08-alb05-206.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Photograph of a display of lemons at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle 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
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Caption: "Conservatory Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. Built in 1879, the Conservatory is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park, and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory in the country.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Bridal Veil [sic] Falls," c. 1917. A road winds through trees while Bridalveil Fall cascades down the south wall of Yosemite Valley in the distance.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Palm Beach -- View from Beach. July 8, 1934." View of Palm Beach's skyline and waterfront from a beach across the harbor.
Date: 7/8/1934
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Caption: "Cathedral San Sebastian y Santa Prisca. Taxco, Mexico," constructed between 1751 and 1758.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Solitary Geyser-Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Hialeah Race Track -- Miami -- Florida July 1, 1934." View of the infield at Hialeah Park Race Track. Constructed in 1922 as a greyhound racetrack, Hialeah began hosting horse races in 1925. Joseph E. Widener purchased the track in 1930. He embarked upon a series of improvements, adding a grandstand (seen here) and clubhouse facilities designed by Lester W. Geisler, as well as landscaped gardens and a lake in the infield that became home to a flock of flamingos. The new and improved Hialeah track, now called Hialeah Park, officially opened in 1932.
Date: 7/1/1934
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Memorandum from O. J. Jahnsen regarding various residents and domestic workers of Japanese descent in a San Francisco apartment
Date: February 16, 1942
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No caption: Bird's eye view of New York City's Lower East Side and Two Bridges areas. The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges span the East River in the right side of the photograph. See also 96-07-08-alb09-145.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "George Washington Bridge, Crossing the Hudson River, N.Y. Sept. 3, 1934." This suspension bridge, designed by Othmar Ammann, spans the Hudson River between Manhattan in New York City, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Constructed between 1927 and 1931, the bridge included the longest main span in the world at the time, a record it held until construction of the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937. It was originally built with only one deck (as seen in this photograph), but a second deck opened in 1962. Still in active use today, it carried over 51 million vehicles in 2016.
Date: 9/3/1934
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Plan to resettle children without their parent or guardian
Date: June 4, 1945
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Caption: "S.P. Hospital, S.F.," c. 1910. Constructed in 1908 and designed by architect Daniel J. Patterson, the hospital treated Southern Pacific Railroad workers from across the American West, as well as passengers injured while riding. As the twentieth century progressed and automobiles supplanted trains as the premier method of transportation for people and goods, the hospital entered a period of decline, closing in 1974. It has since been renovated and now serves as a senior housing complex.
Date: 1910
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No caption, c. 1920. Scene along the Sacramento River, showing some houses on the bank and two small rowboats.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Camp Herman," c. 1912-1915. View of the Zayante Inn at Mount Herman. Originally the site of Hotel Tuxedo, in 1906 a group later known as the Mount Herman Association, Inc. purchased the building and surrounding property, and renamed it the Zayante Inn. The inn became a Christian retreat center. Although this building was destroyed by fire in 1921, the retreat center was rebuilt as the Mount Herman Christian Conference Center, still operating today.
Date: 1915