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Caption: "Fort Stevens, Or.," c. 1910. View of buildings at Fort Stevens, part of the Three Fort Harbor Defense System protecting the mouth of the Columbia River from enemy incursion or attack (the other forts being Fort Columbia and Fort Canby, both in Washington). Built during the Civil War, the fort remained active until after World War II. In June 1942, Fort Stevens gained the dubious distinction of being the only military installation in the continental United States to come under enemy fire when a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast and fired seventeen missiles at the fort. The missiles destroyed the backstop to the fort's baseball field, but otherwise did little harm. Fort Stevens was decommissioned in 1947. It was later turned over to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and currently is the site of an Oregon State Park.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Kicking Horse River Highway - Yoho National Park. British Columbia, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Lake Louise Chateau - Canada," c. 1935 shows the luxury hotel, originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway as a base for outdoor enthusiasts in 1890. The hotel is located in Banff National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Strawberry Hill -- Golden Gate Park.," c. 1912-1915. Image of small waterfall and pond on Strawberry Hill. This hill rises above Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, surrounded by the man-made Stow Lake.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Bell [sic] Isle Park - Detroit," c.1925. This photograph features the Belle Isle Casino, on the edge of Lake Tacoma on Belle Isle, in the Detroit River. The building is the second structure at the site, built in 1908 to replace a dilapidated wooden structure. The building is not a gambling facility, but is instead called a "casino" in the older sense of the word: a public building for meetings, dancing, reunions, and other recreation.
Date: 1925