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No Caption: A view of the ferryboat, Solano, in Contra Costa County, California, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: undated. View of a locomotive pulling a passenger train in an unidentified location.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Glacier Point (x)," c. 1917. In this photograph of the walls of Yosemite Valley, taken from the valley floor, William McCarthy has marked the location of Glacier Point with an "x." Glacier Point, on the south wall of the valley 3,200 feet above what is now known as Half Dome Village, provides panoramic views of the valley and many of its features.
Date: 1917
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing for a photograph. The occasion seems to have been a masquerade, as most of the individuals are in costume. William McCarthy, in a clown or jester costume, is seated near Grace McCarthy in the bottom row, second and third from the right.
Date: 1920
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No caption, c. 1920. Group of unidentified people posing for photograph in park setting. Grace McCarthy appears seated in the middle row, at far left.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Court House - Los Angeles." c. 1915-1920. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, also known as the Red Sandstone Courthouse, was completed in 1891. Located at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, the courthouse was damaged beyond repair by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and demolished in 1936. To the left of the courthouse stands the Hall of Records, built in 1911 and used, along with other buildings, as the county courthouse from 1934 until 1959, when the current courthouse was occupied. The Hall of Records was demolished in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb01-147.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Boulder Canyon - Showing Power Houses and Tramway Below the Dam," c. 1935. Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, is located above Boulder/Hoover Dam and is now flooded by Lake Mead.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: The Cliff House, San Francisco, California, c. 1905. The Victorian structure shown here is the third iteration of the Cliff House, constructed in 1896. It was later destroyed by a fire, in 1907.
Date: 1905
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Memorandum from Helen R. McGregor to Earl Warren regarding a conversation with Burdette Daniels about farm equipment owned by Japanese
Date: March 23, 1943
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Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "State Dept. of Public Works Div. of Architecture - Gymnasium - San Diego State Teachers College." Drawing of Women's Gymnasium by Alfred Eichler. Design by H. S. Hazen, 1932. Built. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1932
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Caption: "Ferry Boat Contra Costa," c. 1920. Built in 1914, the Contra Costa ferried locomotives and train cars across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa. The largest rail ferry ever built, the Contra Costa operated until the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge opened in 1930. She made the crossing as many as 52 times in 24 hours.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Hialeah Race Track -- Miami -- Florida July 1, 1934." View of the grandstand 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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Caption: "Australia" Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Highway - Cloverdale to Ukiah," c. 1915, shows a view of foothills and valley from an unidentified highway (likely U.S. 101) in Sonoma County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Capitol Building -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." The building seen in this photograph, reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol, served as Cuba's Capitol from its completion in 1929 until after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Designed by Eugenio Rayneri Piedra, the building now houses the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
Date: 7/4/1934
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