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Caption: "Ferry Boat Tacoma on the Columbia River.," c. 1905. View of the railroad ferry Tacoma, with a train on board. The Tacoma operated from 1884 until 1908, when a railroad bridge was constructed across the Columbia connecting Portland, Oregon with points north of the river.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Sidestepping the Bull." In this photograph, a bull attempts to gore a matador holding a cape, observed by dozens of people in the surrounding stands.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Tamalpais Views," is a label for photographs 179 - 184 in album 6, showing a variety of views of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Healdsburg," c. 1914, shows Grace McCarthy and an unidentified man rowing boats on the Russian River as a train crosses the river on the railroad trestle behind them.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Oakland City Hall," Oakland, California, c. 1910. Completed in 1879, the building was Oakland's second city hall and served until it was demolished in 1914 to create City Hall Plaza in front of the new City Hall that had been completed that year.
Date: 1910
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Caption:" Breaking of Ground-Panama-Pacific International Exposition," Oct 14, 1911.
Date: 1911
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Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906. A high vantage point view of the Presidio and Golden Gate. 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: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake with surrounding rolling hills/mountains.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Cordelia Crossing." Architectural form and drawing of Cordelia Overpass by Alfred Eichler. Built. Handwritten notes on drawing: "State highway railroad overcrossing." Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.
Date: 1933
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Caption: "Old Cathedral, St. Augustine." View of the tower, columned entryway, and bells of Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The oldest church in Florida, the first building on the site was established in 1565. The cathedral seen in this photograph (which exists today) was constructed between 1793 and 1797. The cathedral was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Date: 7/10/1934
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Captions: "Northeast Elevation" and "Northwest Elev." Watercolor sketches by Alfred Eichler depicting elevations for preliminary design of dormitory, Folsom State Prison, c. 1933. From stamp on drawing: "Sketch, dormitory, Chinese & Negroe, Folsom State Prison." Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1933