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No Caption: c. 1915, shows a monument with a statue of Stephen M. White on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Courthouse. Stephen M. White, a former Los Angeles district attorney, served in the California Senate, as well as acting Lieutenant Governor from 1887-1891. He also served in the United States Senate from 1893 -1899. White was also responsible for the creation of Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro. The monument was moved in 1989 to the entrance of Cabrillo Beach near the harbor where it resides today.
Date: 1915
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Dr. King's Health Restorer and Australian Vegetable Compound
Date: 1899
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Caption: "Division Headquarters. Camp Lewis, Wash.," c. 1918. Shows the two-story building that served as Division Headquarters for Camp Lewis in Washington. The Camp was established by the U.S. Army in 1917, as part of the U.S.'s preparations for eventual entry into World War I. Rapid construction had the camp ready to house 60,000 men within a few months. The site is still in use as a military facility, under the name Fort Lewis.
Date: 1918
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No caption, c. 1915-1920. Petrified tree trunk partially buried at unidentified location.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-086
Date: 1915
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No Caption: Building and reflecting pool at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Covered Passage - Music Bldg., Fresno." Drawing of Music Building, Fresno State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1946
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Caption: "The Zone" was an area of popular amusements and concession stands at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-146.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The La Salle [sic], New York. Aug. 25, 1934." View of a Cadillac LaSalle parked in a driveway. The LaSalle was produced by General Motors' Cadillac division between 1927 and 1940.
Date: 8/25/1934
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No Caption: A scene from the 1909 Portola Festival, a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1909
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy feeding a buck deer in velvet, in a campground.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Carlsbad Caverns -- New Mexico, May 30, 34." View looking into dark cave mouth of Carlsbad Cavern, a series of natural underground chambers including the "Big Room," the fifth-largest such chamber in North America with a length of 1,000 feet, a width of 625 feet, and a maximum height of 255 feet. The site was named Carlsbad Cave National Monument in 1923, and declared Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 1930.
Date: 5/30/1934
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Drawing of main stairway, girls' dormitory, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and color drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built like this, 1932. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1931
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Caption: "The Hall of Justice," c. 1906. A view of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco shows the building's utter destruction after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Forrestry [sic] Building, Portland Exposition." View of the Forestry Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. Constructed of approximately one million board feet of lumber, including dozens of unpeeled, old-growth tree trunks, the building was purchased by the City of Portland after the Exposition. The building was later destroyed by fire, in 1964. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Big Tree, General Custer - near Crescent City, Cal.," c.1935.
Date: 1935
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Negative of pencil drawing of Hostess House, Veterans Home, Yountville, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1947
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