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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge Opening Day. U.S. Fleet Passing Under the Golden Gate Bridge. U.S. Flag Ship Pennsylvania [sic]. May 28, 1937." View of the super-dreadnaught battleship USS Pennsylvania as she passed under the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the celebrations surrounding the bridge's opening day. The third U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania, she was launched in 1915. The Pennsylvania served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, and was damaged while in dry-dock during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. After being repaired, she spend the remainder of World War II in the Pacific Theater. Hit by a torpedo in August 1945, the severely damaged Pennsylvania was repaired well enough to serve as a target ship during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests off Bikini Atoll in July 1946. She was decommissioned that year, and after undergoing radiation testing, was scuttled by the U.S. Navy in February 1948.
Date: 5/28/1937
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Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun." Two unidentified men sit on a 6" disappearing gun at an unidentified location. The disappearing guns were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports, primarily during the first half of the twentieth century.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Blackfeet Indians. Glacier National Park," c. 1935, shows a woman, a young child, and three men of the Blackfeet Nation standing in front of a teepee.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Bow of the Connecticut," unidentified location, undated.
Date: undated
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No caption. William and Grace McCarthy and two unidentified women pose next to a bird bath in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Correspondence from Herbert E. Wenig to Major Charles Fairman relating to court briefs pertaining to incarceration and other restrictions on Japanese
Date: September 24, 1942
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List of the number of Japanese in institutions; organized alphabetically by county
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Santa Barbara Mission, May 23, 1935," was established in 1786 by Spanish Franciscan monks.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. July 25, 1934. Taken from Washington Capitol Dome." A view of the Library of Congress. The Beaux Arts-style building was constructed between 1888 and 1894. It serves as the national library of the U.S., as well as the research library for the U.S. Congress.
Date: 7/25/1934
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No caption, c. 1910. Image of parlor or dining room decorated for a celebration. Strings of beads or bells hang around the entry to the room.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Aug. 28, 1934." Clipping from unidentified newspaper or pamphlet regarding "High Buildings in New York City." The clipping gives the names, addresses, number of stories, and height in feet of thirty-four New York skyscrapers.
Date: 8/28/1934