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Caption: "San Francisco April 18 1906." A view of the city of San Francisco ablaze after the 1906 earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: Palace of Horticulture, Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Point Benito [sic]. Fort Barry." c. 1910. A view of the Point Bonita Lighthouse near Fort Barry and the Marin Headlands. The lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast to shepherd ships through the narrow straights of the Golden Gate. The lighthouse, still active today, is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Music Stand, San Francisco." View of the Spreckels Temple of Music in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, commonly known as the Music Stand or the Bandshell. The Temple was built in 1899-1900 at the west end of the park's Music Concourse. A gift to the City of San Francisco from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels, the Temple has been extensively renovated over the years to repair earthquake damage.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Niagara River Tourist Camp. Niagara, New York. Sept. 10, 1934." William McCarthy standing next to an automobile in an early auto camp near Niagara Falls.
Date: 9/10/1934
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Caption: "Feeding a Golden Mantled Squirrel Rainier National Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding the wildlife at Mt. Rainier National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Grand Basin at Jackson Park. This 500-acre park was originally designed for use as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (also called the Chicago World's Fair), held in 1893. The Grand Basin was a large reflecting pool at the center of the Exposition, around which the main buildings were constructed.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Saltair Pavilion - Great Salt Lake," c.1923. Interior of the Saltair Pavilion on Utah's Great Salt Lake. Constructed in 1893 and designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the Saltair resort set out to be the Western counterpart of Coney Island. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the building in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925, but a second pavilion was quickly built.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption: A path leading to the John Shields home on Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: " Educational Building," with marching band and Tower of Jewels in the background at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Agua Caliente Swimming Pool -- Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the swimming pool, with bathers and people socializing around the water, at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
Date: 5/20/1934
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No Caption: A landslide at Brookdale Farm, Pajaro, Watsonville, California. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Negro Woman and Son -- Morgan City -- Louisiana, June 13, 1934." Unidentified African-American woman and young man along a road in Morgan City. The woman is carrying a pail on her head, while the young man is carrying two wood planks.
Date: 6/13/1934
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of the American Falls (widest waterfall in the photograph), and Bridal Veil Falls, two of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, sometimes called the Mexican Venice, for its canals and floating gardens.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Coronado Hotel." The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego County opened in 1888. It was designated a California Historic Landmark in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Date: 1915