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No caption, c. 1915-1920. Several people (including William and Grace McCarthy at the far left) picnicking at an unidentified location.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Washington State Capitol -- Olympia.," c. 1920. Also known as The Castle, this building served as Washington's state capitol building from 1905 to 1928, when the Legislature moved into the current building. The central tower of The Castle was lost in a 1928 fire, while numerous other towers fell to the 1949 Olympia earthquake. Some of those towers have been restored.
Date: 1920
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The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.
Date: 1852
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Caption: "General View - Panama -California Exposition, San Diego, Cal." Shows a bird's eye view of the exposition grounds.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Industrial Education Building, Santa Barbara State College. View Looking East. " Rendering of contrast design by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.
Date: undated
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No Caption: shows the Fountain of the Rising Sun,(Adolph A. Weinman, sculptor) in the Court of the Universe, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Hand- drawn sketch map of Pilarcitos boundaries. Volume 1, page 108.
Date: 1835
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Caption: "Fort Worden, Wash." Washington, c. 1908.Construction of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound began in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "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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Hand-drawn sketch map of Agua Caliente, or San Jose boundaires. Volume 1, page 428.
Date: 1835
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Caption: "Fine Arts Bldg. of Worlds Fair in 1893 - Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Palace of Fine Arts building shown in this photograph was originally constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. After the fair's completion, the building housed the Columbian Museum, which eventually became the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1920, that museum moved to a new building, and the Palace of Fine Arts building was left vacant. After renovations in the late 1920s, the Museum of Science and Industry opened at the site.
Date: 1923
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