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Caption: "Steamer, Princess Beatrice, Seattle.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Princess Beatrice, a steamship operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between Seattle, Washington, and Victoria, British Columbia. Built in 1903, she made her first trip in January 1904. The CPR operated several ships in the Pacific Northwest, all of which were christened with "Princess" in the name. As a result, the CPR naval fleet was often referred to as "The Pacific Princesses" or the "Princess Fleet."
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Venice, Calif," c. 1911. Unidentified woman standing on a bridge over Lion Canal in Venice, California. In 1905, Abbot Kinney built a series of canals as part of a development project along Santa Monica Beach, hoping to recreate the look and feel of Italy's iconic "Floating City" in southern California. Called Ocean Park at first, gondoliers sailed boats under elegant bridges such as the one shown in this photograph, in an effort to attract businesses, residents, and investors. In 1911, the name officially changed to Venice. By 1929, however, many of the canals had been filled in to create roadways, and those canals that remained fell into disrepair. A revitalization movement in the early 1990s has restored some of the canals, and made the area a desirable residential neighborhood.
Date: 1911
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Caption: " Parliament Building Victoria B.C." c. 1909. Constructed in the Neo-baroque, Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival architectural style (Francis Rattenbury, architect), the British Columbia Parliament Buildings were completed in 1897, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Varied Industries Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "San Diego Mission," with small photograph inset of unidentified landscape, c. 1905. See also 96-07-08-alb08-228 with caption: "Old Mission, San Diego." William McCarthy standing before the dilapidated church building of Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Mission San Diego). The first mission established in California, Mission San Diego was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1769.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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