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Caption: "Sunset Lake - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Yellowstone National Park's Sunset Lake is a shallow thermal pool in the Black Sand Basin. Its name is derived from the yellow and orange bands of bacteria and algae at its edges.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "College Lake, Watsonville," c. 1906, is an intermittent or seasonal lake, which was known at one time as Laguna Grande, and became known as College Lake sometime after 1869.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Coronado Hotel, San Diego, Cal.," c. 1910-1913. View of the Coronado Hotel, with beach in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall. See also 96-07-08-alb05-201.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Mirror Lane - Camp Curry," c. 1917. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of their tent at what was then called Camp Curry. Yosemite's Half Dome Village, established by David and Jennie Curry in 1899, was originally called Camp Curry, and then later Curry Village. It was designed to provide cheaper accommodations for Yosemite tourists than the resort hotels. The couple rented out furnished tents and provided amenities such as a dining tent. As time progressed, the amenities increased, and some hard-sided cabins created.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "The Lagoon," near the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Great Divide. Summit near Butte Montana," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Hotel del Coronado," c. 1915-1916. William and Grace McCarthy and unidentified man with automobile in front of the Hotel del Coronado. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Mission Dolores. The old landmark stood," 1906. Mission Delores, the oldest intact building still standing in San Francisco today, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. The parish church next to it was greatly damaged and rebuilt as the Mission Dolores Basilica, opened in 1918.
Date: 1906