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Caption: "Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch - Prospect Park - Brooklyn," c. 1925. (John H. Duncan, architect) The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch was built between 1889 and 1892, and dedicated on October 21st, 1892 to honor the "Defenders of the Union, 1861-1865."
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Officers Quarters -- Fort Winfield Scott," c. 1912. Shows a row of multi-story homes along a landscaped street. Fort Winfield Scott was a coastal artillery post at the San Francisco Presidio. Originally named Fort Point, it was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, until 1886 when the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.
Date: 1912
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Caption: "State Capitol Building -- Salt Lake City," c. 1916. View of Utah's State Capitol Building, designed by Richard K.A. Kletting and built between 1912 and 1916.
Date: 1916
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Caption: "San Jose City Hall," c. 1905, (Theodore Lenzen, Architect), was built in 1889 with a budget of $150,000. The brick and terracotta structure was demolished and replaced in 1958.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Department of Agriculture - Plant Quarantine Inspection Station - Ft. Yuma. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1930. This was one of the first border stations and was situated in desert country; its purpose was to provide a stopping place for inspection of motor traffic coming into California in order to enforce quarantine against insect infestation of California agricultural products. Project for Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1930
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