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No caption. View of the western, suspension span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, looking toward San Francisco. The photograph was likely taken from a point on either Treasure Island or Yerba Buena Island.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Biltmore Hotel -- Phoenix, Arizona, May 24, 34." View of the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, part of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel chain. Designed by Albert Chase McArthur (with some collaboration from Frank Lloyd Wright), the hotel opened for business in 1929.
Date: 5/24/1934
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Caption: "R U N N I N G J U M P.," c. 1917. Image of an early high jumper in mid-leap, with men clad in military uniforms watching, as well as civilian men and women. In the high jump, athletes attempt to leap over a horizontal bar without the benefit of a pole (as in pole vaulting). The technique shown here is an early one with the jumper upright rather than in the "Fosbury Flop" position, developed later in the century. The uniforms and surrounding vegetation in the photograph suggest that that event may have taken place at Camp Lewis, Washington.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Fort Casey Lighthouse.," c. 1909. Located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, the Admiralty Head Lighthouse was built overlooking Admiralty Inlet in 1903. It replaced an earlier structure that had to be moved in 1890 to accommodate the construction of Fort Casey. The second lighthouse, shown here, was built with thick walls in order to withstand earthquakes and the concussion of guns at Fort Casey. Deactivated in 1922, the lighthouse has since been restored by Washington State Parks, and is part of the Fort Casey State Park.
Date: 1909
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Caption: "Negro Shack, Savannah, Georgia, Chimney Leaning and Windows Minus the Glass. He has No Pane. He Should Worry, July 13, 1934." View of a small home, with a leaning chimney on one side. An unidentified man stands in the doorway.
Date: 7/13/1934
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No caption, c. 1890. Photograph portrait of William McCarthy as a young boy.
Date: 1890
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No caption. c. 1925. View of the American Falls (widest waterfall in the photograph), and Bridal Veil Falls, two of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 1925