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Caption: "Fort Point." c. 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb06-009 with caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate," and 96-07-08-alb03-118, San Francisco. Fort Point in the foreground, with ships in the bay. Fort Point 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 of brick and mortar, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: A page from a tourist brochure detailing information about Mexico, including agriculture, forestry, and mining and oil production.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Monte Rio Cal," c. 1906. Scene on the Russian River with wharf at right, some houses along the river bank in the distance, and a wooden footbridge crossing the river. Monte Rio, north of San Francisco in Sonoma County, became a resort area in the early twentieth century, after the sawmills providing the area's primary industry closed down.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Festival Hall," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake surrounded by wooded mountains.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Second Ave. -- Seattle.," c. 1915. Street scene showing Seattle's Second Avenue. Electric streetcars and the Smith Tower can be seen in the distance. See also 96-07-08-alb08-091.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1910. Grace McCarthy posing with parasol in garden. See also 96-07-08-alb04-249 (these two photographs appear to be mirror images of each other).
Date: 1910
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No Caption: An unidentified hotel in Yosemite National Park, C. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "A Key West Home Built of Corral [sic] Stone. July 2, 34." View of a multi-story residence made of coral.
Date: 7/2/1934