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Caption: "Mascot Monarch Grizzly, G. G. Park," c. 1910. Captured in 1889, by a man hired by William Randolph Hearst as a publicity stunt, Monarch was one of the last known Grizzly bears in California. He lived in captivity for the last 22 years of his life, mostly in an enclosure in Golden Gate Park, before he died in 1911.
Date: 1910
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Color rendering of exhibit building, State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, by Alfred Eichler. One of two steel-frame tilt-up precast concrete wall buildings along main entrance from Stockton Blvd. Design by Alfred Eichler and V. I. Osborn. Built. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: 1952
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Caption: "Hermits Rest - Grand Canyon," c. 1925. Grace McCarthy poses at the entry arch of Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Hermit's Rest, a rest area for tourists, is located on the Grand Canyon's south rim, at the westernmost point accessible by paved road.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Sugar Factory -- Chino," c. 1915. View of Chino's sugar beet factory, established in 1891 by Robert and Henry Oxnard. Henry later established a larger factory in the town that now bears his name (Oxnard, in Ventura County). The factory operated for more than twenty-five years before closing in October 1917.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Thelma Todd's Tavern - Santa Monica," c. 1935. Built in 1928 for Hollywood actress Thelma Todd, the restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean at Malibu. Todd lived in the home above the tavern, where she was found dead in December 1935, under mysterious circumstances.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Tamalpais Tavern," c. 1907. The Tamalpais Tavern opened in 1896 on top of Mount Tamalpais and quickly became a popular destination for Bay Area residents who rode the Muir Woods Railway up and down the mountain. A fire destroyed the tavern in 1923 and a smaller, more modest building was erected in 1924 but closed at the start of World War II.
Date: 1907