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Caption: "Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935. Built between 1904 and 1908 (Francis Rattenbury, architect), in Beaux-Arts architectural style, the Empress Hotel is located in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The luxury hotel was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Future Farmers & 4H Club Groups - State Agricultural Park Sacramento - State Department of Public Works - Division of Architecture - Sacramento." State Fair, Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento. Pencil drawing by Alfred Eichler. Design by W. K. Barteges, 1939 - Built. Project for Department of Finance - Fairs and Expositions.
Date: 1939
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Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "New Westminster Bridge.," c. 1908-1912. View of the New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge or the Fraser River Swing Bridge), which opened to traffic in 1904. The lower deck carried trains, while the upper deck (which was removed in 1937) was accessible to both foot and vehicle traffic.
Date: 1908