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Caption: "Old State Capitol-Benicia," c. 1918, shows the Benicia State Capitol building, built in 1852, the third location of the state capital from February 1853 to February 1854, before it was moved permanently to Sacramento. The historic building was listed as a California State Historic Landmark in 1935, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Today the site is known as the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park.
Date: 1918
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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge. Pedestrian Day. May 27, 1937." View of crowds walking across the just-completed Golden Gate Bridge as part of Pedestrian Day. Pedestrian Day kicked off the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. Approximately 200,000 people walked or roller-skated across the bridge during the Pedestrian Day festivities, held the day before the bridge opened to vehicular traffic.
Date: 5/27/1937
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Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Lake Tahoe." Mountains in background, lake in foreground.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Crescent City." Design and drawing of plant quarantine inspection station by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1936. Project for Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Statement by U.S. Public Health Service regarding medical care; Sections: Medical Inspection of Evacuees Prior to Movement, Assembly Centers, Reception Centers; see F3729_89_001a
Date: April 1942
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No caption, c. 1915. Grace McCarthy posing in garden with beaded purse. See also 96-07-08-alb05-092, 093, 096, and 097.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Lewis Mountain Range - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Corral de Tierra boundaries. Volume 1, page 32.
Date: 1836
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Caption: "Russian River Healdsburg July 1914." Grace McCarthy (far left) and four unidentified people (family and/or friends) being pulled in a rowboat by William McCarthy, on the Russian River near Healdsburg.
Date: 1914-07
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Caption: "Castle Geyser - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Castle Geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park. The geyser's name refers to the shape of the cone around the vent.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. 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: A "Follow the Birds to Victoria, B.C." sticker, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Old Cathedral, St. Augustine." View of the tower, columned entryway, and bells of Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The oldest church in Florida, the first building on the site was established in 1565. The cathedral seen in this photograph (which exists today) was constructed between 1793 and 1797. The cathedral was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Date: 7/10/1934
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Caption: "Beauty and the Beast Fountain," (Edgar Walter, sculptor), in the Court of Flowers at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-091.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Keechelus Lake - Snoqualmie National Forest Highway," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1935. William (seated at left end of front row) and Grace (seated at right end of back row) McCarthy with five other unidentified people.
Date: 1935
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