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Caption: "Fountain of the Earth Views," (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), in the Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Pima Indian Children and Their Hut, Made from Bush Branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona. May 24, 1934." Several children of the Akimel O'odham (Pima) tribe in front of a hut made with tree branches and wood beams, its walls and roof thatched in brush. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.
Date: 5/24/1934
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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: "Boulder Lake [Lake Mead] - as the lake rises the small island will be submerged," c. 1935. Lake Mead was created by the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and is the largest man-made reservoir (when full) in the United States.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Ferryboat Solano," c. 1906. The Solano was a large railroad ferry that operated across the Carquinez Straight between Benicia and Port Costa in California.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Old Dutch Windmill, G.G. Park," c. 1910. Image of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, built in 1903 to pump ground water within the park for irrigation purposes.
Date: 1910
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No caption. View of an unidentified man, likely of Chinese ancestry, standing on the porch of a building at unidentified location, c. 1908.
Date: 1908