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Caption: "Feeding a Golden Mantled Squirrel Rainier National Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy feeding the wildlife at Mt. Rainier National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Jackson Park - Chicago," c. 1923. The Grand Basin at Jackson Park. This 500-acre park was originally designed for use as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (also called the Chicago World's Fair), held in 1893. The Grand Basin was a large reflecting pool at the center of the Exposition, around which the main buildings were constructed.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Saltair Pavilion - Great Salt Lake," c.1923. Interior of the Saltair Pavilion on Utah's Great Salt Lake. Constructed in 1893 and designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, the Saltair resort set out to be the Western counterpart of Coney Island. The resort was a popular spot for Mormon families, only fifteen miles from Salt Lake City and overseen by Church leaders. The Church sold the building in 1906. It was later destroyed by fire in 1925, but a second pavilion was quickly built.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Palace of Horticulture - Night View," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption: A path leading to the John Shields home on Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: " Educational Building," with marching band and Tower of Jewels in the background at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Agua Caliente Swimming Pool -- Mexico -- May 20, 34." View of the swimming pool, with bathers and people socializing around the water, at Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. Designed by Wayne McAllister, the resort opened in Tijuana in 1928. It closed only a few years later, in 1935, when Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling.
Date: 5/20/1934
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No Caption: A landslide at Brookdale Farm, Pajaro, Watsonville, California. 1910.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Negro Woman and Son -- Morgan City -- Louisiana, June 13, 1934." Unidentified African-American woman and young man along a road in Morgan City. The woman is carrying a pail on her head, while the young man is carrying two wood planks.
Date: 6/13/1934
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," 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
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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, sometimes called the Mexican Venice, for its canals and floating gardens.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Coronado Hotel." The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego County opened in 1888. It was designated a California Historic Landmark in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Date: 1915