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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-147 with caption: "Seaside Beach, Or." c. 1908.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Great Southern Hotel -- Gulfport -- Mississippi -- June 19, 34." The Great Southern Hotel, built in 1902-1903 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones (also the founder of Gulfport), offered luxurious amenities such as telephones in each room, baths, hot and cold running water, billiards, gardens, and a tennis court. The hotel was hit hard by the Great Depression in the 1930s, even closing briefly. After a short-lived revival in the 1940s, the hotel was demolished in 1951 to make way for U.S. Highway 90.
Date: 6/19/1934
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Caption: "Natural Bridge - Kicking Horse River - Yoho National Park, B.C., Canada," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing on the bridge over the Kicking Horse River.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Portola Celebration." 1909. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1909