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Caption: "The Zocalo and the Cathedral dating from 1573 - Mexico City. Plaza de la Costitucion [sic]."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Prado or Promenade -- Havana -- Cub. July 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide street lined with marble benches and trees on both sides. The Paseo del Prado is the oldest paved street in Havana, marking the line between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Its route was established in 1772 by Don Felipe Fonsdeviela y Ondeano. The street was redesigned in 1925 by landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (who added the trees and marble benches).
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "Houston Court House -- Houston Tex. June 7, 34." View of the Harris County Courthouse, a neoclassical building constructed in 1910 and designed by Dallas architectural firm Lang & Witchell. It was the fifth courthouse to be built on the site.
Date: 6/7/1934
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Caption: "Boulder Dam - Arrow Points to Largest Tramway Derrick Ever Built," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-168 with caption: "Mission Street After the Quake." A view of Mission Street damage resulting from the San Francisco earthquake.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "General View - Panama -California Exposition, San Diego, Cal." Shows a bird's eye view of the exposition grounds.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1925. View of the RMS Franconia, an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. She launched in October 1922, operating on the route between Liverpool and New York in the summers, and as a world cruise ship in the winters. The Franconia was requisitioned as a troop ship during World War II, then returned to the Cunard Line until being retired in 1956.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: An unidentified California Indian man standing in front of a wigwam covered in tree bark, and wearing a feather headdress, feather skirt, beads, and moccasins, c. 1935.
Date: 1935