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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
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Caption: "Mortar Carriage Damaged in Test - Honolulu," c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Woodward Ave From Roof of First National Bank Bldg. - Detroit," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a bustling street scene along Detroit's Woodward Ave.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "View of Portland Fair Grounds." This photograph shows a panoramic view of the fair grounds where the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon, from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. The international exposition celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905