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Caption: "George Washingtons [sic] Tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia, July 22, 1934." The gated entrance to the tomb holding the remains of George Washington are seen in this photograph, overgrown by ivy. Two unidentified people stand at either side of the entry. The brick tomb was constructed after Washington's death in 1799.
Date: 7/22/1934
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Correspondence from Thos. J. Potter to Earl Warren regarding views on law enforcement problems involving enemy aliens
Date: February 19, 1942
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Caption: "Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large group of alligators in a pen.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Nevada Scene." Mountainside, with another mountain in the distance.
Date: 1927
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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features a 1946 article by A. L. Simon called "How To Run A Bridge." The article discusses the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, opened ten years before the article was written.
Date: 1946
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No Caption: An adult male African lion at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "New Prison for Segregation of San Quentin Prisoners. View Showing New Dormitory and Prison Yard with Relation to Existing Prison. Mt. Tamalpais in Background." Drawing by Alfred Eichler, September 26, 1934. Project for Department of Corrections.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "In The Red Bug." Two unidentified boys pose in a small go-cart near the carport in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Col - Cap & Base - Fresno State College." Detail drawing of column, Student Activities Building, Fresno State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
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Caption: "Breaking of Ground, Panama-Pacific International Exposition." See also 96-07-08-alb01-006, which includes the same caption. San Francisco, Oct 14, 1911. The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1911
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Caption: "Beaver Dam - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Court House -- San Diego," c. 1910. View of the second courthouse built by San Diego County, completed in 1889. Designed by architectural firm Cornstock & Trotsche of San Francisco, this elaborate building featured a bell and clock tower, statues of four presidents, and 42 stained-glass windows honoring each state in the Union at the time of installation. The tower was removed in 1939. Twenty years later, the entire building was demolished in favor of a newer facility.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Lake Louise - view from Chateau - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañon del Triunfo, or Virgenes boundaries. Volume 1, page 200.
Date: 1834
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Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.
Date: 1934