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Caption: "East Elevation." Final drawing of east elevation, Mess Hall, Veterans Home, Yountville; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1942
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Caption: "The Bennington (after the Boiler Explosion)." View of the USS Bennington, a U.S. Navy gunboat, Yorktown class, launched in 1890. She had tours of duty in South America, the Mediterranean, North and Central America, Hawaii, and the Philippines. On July 21, 1905, while in San Diego Harbor, the Bennington's boiler exploded, killing sixty-six men and injuring many more. Taken after the explosion, in this photograph the Bennington sits low in the water.
Date: 1905
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