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Caption: "Devils Gate -- Nevada -- Elevation 7540 Feet." Devil's Gate is a rock formation near Silver City, Nevada. In the nineteenth century a portion of the formation was blasted away to create enough space for a wagon road, which became a toll road serving as an entryway to the Nevada silver fields.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "One of the many grand residences in Chapultepec Heights, Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Glacier Point Hotel," c. 1917. The 80-room chalet-style Glacier Point Hotel opened in 1918, located 3,218 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley on Glacier Point. This photograph shows the back side of the building, with a viewing porch that looked out over the valley. The building was destroyed by an electrical fire in July 1969.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Broadway, Los Angeles. Calif. May 18, 1934." Street scene showing a view of Broadway in Los Angeles. Hotel Alhambra is visible in the foreground on both sides of the street, while the clock tower of the Los Angeles County Courthouse is visible at the left.
Date: 5/18/1934
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Caption: "Mount Ranier [sic], Wash.," c. 1908-1912. View of Mount Rainier, the highest peak in the Cascade Range and in the state of Washington, and part of the eastern rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Although it is now dormant, it is considered to be a high-risk volcano.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Mormon Temple, Manti, Utah," c. 1935. Completed in 1888, the Manti Temple, built in Gothic Revival architectural style by the Church of the Latter-day Saints, was the third temple built west of the Mississippi River.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Sun Set On The Atlantic," c. 1925. A dark Atlantic Ocean beneath a cloudy sky.
Date: 1925