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Caption: "State Capitol -- Nevada." Dome of Nevada's Neoclassical Italianate State Capitol Building, constructed between 1869 and 1871 in Carson City. Trees obscure much of the building.
Date: 1927
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Date: undated
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York. From left to right, the falls are called American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls (the smallest of the three), and Horseshoe Falls.
Date: 1925
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Date: undated
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Correspondence from Elwyn H. Gregory to Earl Warren regarding resolution passed by the trustees and principals of schools in Placer County on foreign language schools
Date: December 26, 1944
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Caption: "Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935. Built between 1904 and 1908 (Francis Rattenbury, architect), in Beaux-Arts architectural style, the Empress Hotel is located in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The luxury hotel was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "12 inch Gun -- Barbett [sic]," c. 1920. Shows barbette (gun emplacement) with 12-inch coastal defense gun.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Great Western Power Co.," c. 1915, shows the Great Western Power Company hydroelectric power plant along the Feather River in Plumas County.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Midway Point.," c. 1920. Now-iconic image of a rocky outcropping near Pebble Beach, extending into the Pacific Ocean, with a single cypress tree near the top. This tree, sometimes referred to as the "Lone Cypress," has been photographed extensively over the past century. This tree and outcropping can still be seen as part of the 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road tour of the Pebble Beach Resort area in Monterey County.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Huasteca Indian and their thatched hut, one tiny room. Tamzunchale, Mexico." **PLEASE NOTE: The electronic image derived from Album 10, Photograph 381 of the William McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08-alb10-381) contains content that may not be appropriate for online distribution, and has therefore been withheld. The image has also been removed from the Secretary of State’s digital storage systems, including hard drives, shared drives, cloud and other online storage, and digital backup systems. To view the original photograph, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "High School -- San Diego," c. 1910. By 1902 San Diego's schools had become overcrowded enough to warrant the construction of a new high school building. Completed in 1907 and designed by F.S. Allen, the new building was quickly nicknamed the "Grey Castle on the Hill" in reference to its castle-like parapets and towers. The Grey Castle was torn down in 1975 to make way for a facility in compliance with new earthquake safety laws.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Snow scenery, Fort Worden, Wash.," c. 1908. Overview of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898. By 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the so-called "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the State of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
Date: 1908
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No Caption: View of what appear to be some type of shipping container, possibly in a dry dock.
Date: 8/28/1915
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Caption: "Work of Mounting Big Guns, Point Benito [sic]," c.1906. This may actually be Point Bonita in the San Francisco Bay.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Independence column, on the Avenida Paseo de la Reforma." Unofficially known as El Angel (The Angel), and officially as Monumento a la Indenpendencia (Monument to Independence), located in Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Feather River Inn," c. 1920. Built in 1915 near Blairsden. The property was sold in 1970, becoming the Feather River Preparatory School, before being purchased in 1977 by the University of the Pacific.
Date: 1920