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Caption: "A Spanish type home - Valles, Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Railroad and Vehicular Traffic Section of Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1934." Bird's eye view of an industrial section of Cleveland, showing rail yard facilities and a busy highway.
Date: 9/12/1934
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Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Market Place, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."
Date: 5/18/1934
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Caption: "Elcampo [sic] Grove," c. 1908, shows a group of unidentified people sitting at a table at an outdoor location at El Campo Grove in Marin County.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Grand Canyon Camp - Yellowstone," c. 1923. Grace McCarthy stands to one side of a large group of unidentified people under an outdoor pavilion in a camp ground near the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Date: 1923
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No caption. Unidentified people, one in costume with a painted-on mustache and goatee, c. 1905.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Carondelet St. - New Orleans," c. 1925. A bustling street scene in New Orleans.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: Shows a group of unidentified women posing on the grounds of the Benicia Arsenal, c. 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Driveway Through the Dead Giant - Tuolumne Grove - Yosemite," c. 1917. Grace (next to automobile) and William (far right) McCarthy pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman in the tunnel of "The Dead Giant," the remains of a giant sequoia in the Tuolumne Grove. The tunnel was cut into the trunk in 1878.
Date: 1917