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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: "San Diego Exposition," c. 1915-1916. View of an artificial lagoon, with the Commerce and Industries Building (tower at left, now called Casa de Balboa) and the Foreign Arts Building (tower at right, now called the House of Hospitality). The Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego in 1915 and 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It was smaller in scale and less well-funded than the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in San Francisco. See also 96-07-08-alb04-111, and 112.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Crown Point - Columbia River Drive - Oregon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Street Scene -- New Orleans, June 15, 34." Street scene with two lines of railroad tracks in the center of the photograph, running into the distance. Automobile traffic can be seen on the roads to either side of the tracks.
Date: 6/15/1934
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No caption: A path leading to the John Shields home on Long Island.
Date: 1934
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No Caption: Fountain of Earth (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
Date: 1915
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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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Caption: "Coronado Double Decker.," c. 1905. View of Car #41, a two-level trolley car operated by the San Diego Electric Railway in Coronado.
Date: 1905
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Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Caption: "San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Nov. 12, 1936." View of the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from its deck. A single automobile can be seen traveling away from the photographer.
Date: 11/12/1936
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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
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Caption: "Cascade Mountain Elev. 9840 ft. Entering Banff from the west - Alberta, CA.," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Notre Dame, Watsonville," c. 1900. Moreland Notre Dame Academy was founded by Margaret S. Moreland in memory of her beloved daughter Josephine, who died at eighteen years of age. The catholic school opened in 1899.
Date: 1900
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Caption: "Transportation Busses [sic] - Boulder City to Boulder Dam," c. 1935, shows a line of double-decker buses used to transport workers from Boulder City to Boulder Dam.
Date: 1935