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Caption: "Prof. C.F. Graber's Mandolin Club," c. 1905. Pictured is a large group of mandolin players entertaining an audience. William McCarthy can be seen seated in the second row (fifth from left, with mustache).
Date: 1905
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Caption: "6" Battery," c. 1906. Unidentified location, could be Baker Beach, San Francisco.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Broadway San Diego, Cal July 19, 1915," shows the busy thoroughfare. See also 96-07-08-alb07-231.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Exposition," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Sutters [sic] Fort - Sacramento," c. 1920, shows a gun tower at Sutter's Fort, and a gate bracketed by two cannons. John Sutter established the fort in 1839, calling it New Helvetia. After the discovery of gold at one of Sutter's mills (at Coloma, on the American River), almost all of the fort's inhabitants left for the gold fields in the foothills. The fort deteriorated until being restored from 1891-1893. The Native Sons of the Golden West were influential in the restoration. The fort is now the site of a State Historic Park. See also 96-07-08-alb05-117 and 118.
Date: 1920