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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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Caption: "Motoring -- Port Townsend," c. 1908-1912. Grace McCarthy (farthest to the right in backseat) and group of unidentified friends and/or family posing in an automobile in front of a Port Townsend residence.
Date: 1908
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No Caption: Various buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Correspondence from Herbert W. Slater to W. T. Sweigert regarding riots at Tule Lake and control of Tule Lake by the Army
Date: November 16, 1943
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No Caption: A view of the Russian River at Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California, c. 1914.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "N.Y. Sky Scrapers," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a part of New York City, with the Woolworth building dominating the left side of the photograph. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Naples Tourist Camp -- Naples -- Florida -- June 28 1934." William and Grace McCarthy standing near an automobile parked in a thatched shelter.
Date: 6/28/1934