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No Caption: A Yosemite National Park decal, 1937, octagon-shaped, blue and white, with an image of a mountain lion with Half Dome in the background.
Date: 1937
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Caption: "Prado -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." Street scene in Havana. A park appears at the right of the photograph, while buildings line the left side of the street.
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Century of Progress Crowd. Chicago Fair. Sept. 16, 1934." A large crowd mills about on a wide thoroughfare in Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.
Date: 9/15/1934
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Caption: "Boulder Lake [Lake Mead] - as the lake rises the small island will be submerged," c. 1935. Lake Mead was created by the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and is the largest man-made reservoir (when full) in the United States.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Niagara Falls, Sept. 10, 1934." View of a portion of the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.
Date: 9/10/1934