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Caption: "Stret [sic] Leading to Fords and Edisons Winter Homes, Fort Meyers -- Florida June 28, 1934." Paved street lined by palms and lush vegetation. This road is likely McGregor Boulevard in Fort Meyers. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford purchased adjacent properties in Fort Meyers and built vacation or winter homes that were opened to the public for tours in 1947 and 1990, respectively. The two properties are now known collectively as the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.
Date: 6/28/1934
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Caption: "Three Brothers - Mariposa Grove," c. 1917. Two unidentified people pose in the Mariposa Grove next to three Giant Sequoias.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Mitchell Point Tunnel - Columbia River Drive, Oregon," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Arroyo de los Pilarcitos boundaries. Volume 1, page 588.
Date: 1840
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The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.
Date: 1852
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No Caption: Fountain of Summer (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Alligator Farm -- Miami -- Florida. July 1, 1934." View of a holding pen at an alligator farm, with over a dozen alligators sunbathing.
Date: 7/1/1934
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Caption: "Congress Springs.," c. 1910. Grace McCarthy seated on an unusual bench made from a tree branch and logs, in front of a timber shelter at Pacific Congress Springs near Saratoga in California's Santa Clara Valley. Pacific Congress Springs, a mineral spring named after Congress Springs in New York, operated as a resort area from the nineteenth century until the 1930s.
Date: 1910
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Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) to David A. Sweeny regarding the case of resettlement assistance used for ranching equipment
Date: November 11, 1945
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No caption, c. 1906. Two women posing with four small children, none of whom are identified.
Date: 1906