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Caption: "Saltair. Salt Lake." View of the first Saltair resort pavilion, constructed in 1893. Designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the pavilion hovered above the Great Salt Lake on more than 2,000 posts and pilings. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the pavilion in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925.
Date: 1916
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Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Double-sized panoramic postcard entitled "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate International Exposition," c. 1938. Artist's rendering of San Francisco Bay, featuring the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Date: 1938
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Summary of discussion regarding the need for a comprehensive written plan for evacuation, including plan for equipment and staffing
Date: March 20, 1942
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Image of Census of 1852, page 14 from Placer County Schedule I Volume I.
Date: 1852
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Office Memorandum from Elizabeth Parmley to Lucile Kennedy summarizing a visit to Manzanar by the Field Representative and the Social Security board
Date: February 20, 1945
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Caption: "Performing Elephants. Chicago Fair. Sept 23 1934." Three elephants performing in a circus ring at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
Date: 9/23/1934
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Caption: "Butcharts Gardens, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Cliff House, San Francisco," c. 1920. The building shown here is the fourth iteration of the Cliff House, a neo-classical design built after a fire destroyed the Victorian structure previously at the site in 1907. Reconstruction of the iconic restaurant began in 1908, and a new Cliff House opened in 1909 (the building in this photograph). The building was extensively remodeled in the 1930s.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Oregon Building," features massive cut logs used as columns for the state of Oregon's presentation building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915