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Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Exposition," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "C.P.R.R. Depot. Montreal," c. 1920. Street scene dominated by Canadian Pacific Railway depot building, built in 1889. The tower was added in 1916.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "A.Y.P.E. Seattle California Bldg." View of California Building, part of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus. See also 96-07-08-alb08-128.
Date: 1909
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No Caption: shows night scenes at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1914. Grace McCarthy in a rowboat on the Russian River near Healdsburg.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "In the Debths [sic] of Yellowstone Canyon," c. 1923. The Yellowstone River tumbles its way through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in this photograph, taken at river-level.
Date: 1923
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-261 with caption: "Hagerman Avenue, Eddy, N.M." New Mexico, c. 1905. A view of an unidentified woman standing on the side of a dirt road.
Date: 1905
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No Caption. A view of a train crossing over trestle at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Empire State Bldg. 1250 Ft. High, 102 Stories. 34th St. New York. Aug. 13, 1934." View from the sidewalk, looking up at the Empire State Building. Construction began on this iconic 102-story building, designed by William F. Lamb, in 1930. Completed by early 1931, it held the title of world's tallest building for almost 40 years, until being surpassed in 1970 by the construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower. It is now the fifth-tallest building in the U.S., and the 28th-tallest in the world.
Date: 8/13/1934
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Caption: "Yosemite," c. 1917. View of Yosemite Valley, taken from the valley floor, with Half Dome rising at the right. .
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Seattle Times, Copy." Photograph of the front page and an additional page from the Seattle Daily Times, April 20, 1906, in regard to the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco on April 18, 1906. The primary headline reads "CITY WIPED OUT! Fire Still Raging!" See also 96-07-08-alb05-020 and 021.
Date: 4/20/1906
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Caption: "Woolworth Bldg. Broadway, N.Y. Aug. 8, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of New York City, with the Woolworth Building at the left. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.
Date: 8/8/1934
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Caption: "Home of Mary Clark -- Movie Star -- New Orleans, June 17, 1934." View of large, two-story residence in New Orleans. William McCarthy described this as the home of Helen Marguerite Clark, a silent film actress who married Louisiana businessman Harry Palmerston Williams. California State Archives staff were not able to confirm that this house was one of the New Orleans-area residences owned by the couple.
Date: 6/17/1934
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Caption: "Civic Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1934." View of a busy intersection in Cleveland's Civic Center, a district housing several governmental buildings.
Date: 9/12/1934
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Caption: "Mission Street After the Quake," 1906. A view of the severe damage to Mission Street after the earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Glacier Point Hotel," c. 1917. The 80-room chalet-style Glacier Point Hotel opened in 1918, located 3,218 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley on Glacier Point. This photograph shows the back side of the building, with a viewing porch that looked out over the valley. The building was destroyed by an electrical fire in July 1969.
Date: 1917