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Caption: "Spanish Club and Street Car -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 34." Street Car #116 rolls through the center of this photograph, with one of the elaborate towers of Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," visible in the background.
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park," c. 1906. Lake scene, with families and couples strolling along paths on the lake shore, and rowboats on the lake itself. Created in 1893 as part of Golden Gate Park, the man-made lake surrounds Strawberry Hill Island, seen in the center of this photograph.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Potato Race," c. 1917. Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish around a bucket in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 7/4/1917