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Hand-drawn sketch map of Mission Vieja or La Paz boundaries. Volume 2, page 119.
Date: 1843
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañadas or San Julian boundaries. Volume 2, page 26.
Date: 1841
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Caption: "Watervliet Arsenal Entrance," c. 1925. A tree-lined driveway to the Watervliet Arsenal Entrance. The Arsenal was founded in 1813 in Watervliet, New York, to support the War of 1812. Today the Arsenal houses the U.S. Army's Benét Laboratories, part of the Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "Fort Worden Wash.," c. 1908. Overview of Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, on Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1898, and by 1902 it was serving as an active U.S. Army base. Fort Worden was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. sold the property to the state of Washington in 1957. In 1973, the fort and surrounding area opened as Fort Worden State Park.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of Horseshoe Falls, largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York. At the right side of the photograph is a parking area with groups of tourists taking in the view.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: William McCarthy swimming in the Russian River at Healdsburg, c. 1914.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Old Landmark, Seaside, Or.," c. 1910. Shows a picket fence erected around what a sign calls "Remains of Cairn where Lewis & Clark made salt from the ocean water Jan. & Feb. 1806." When the famous expedition led by Merriweather Lewis and William Clark reached the Pacific Ocean in late 1805, their supplies had run dangerously low, including their salt supply. Salt, used not only to flavor meat but also to preserve it, was extremely important to the health of the expedition. Three of Lewis and Clark's men traveled to a site on the coast near present-day Seaside, Oregon to set up a small salt-works, boiling ocean water in a series of large kettles and then scraping the resulting salt crust off of the sides. In this manner, the men eventually collected about twenty gallons of salt before Lewis and Clark decided the supply was sufficient for the return journey. In 1910, the property containing the remains of the cairns was deeded to the Oregon Historical Society. In 1955, replica salt cairns were built at the site by the Lions Club to commemorate the expedition's activities.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Al Tahoe." Main building of Al Tahoe Hotel, located in what is now South Lake Tahoe. The hotel was built in 1907 by Almerin R. Sprauge.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Crowd Watching Chrysler Automobile Maneuvers. Chicago Fair. Sept. 17, 1934." Fairgoers pack the stands at a demonstration of the capabilities of Chrysler automobiles on a track created as part of the Chrysler complex built for the Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
Date: 9/17/1934
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Caption: "Preliminary Study - Mendocino State Hospital - Special Custodial Bldg. #2." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. The building, originally built for people deemed "criminally insane," was adapted to other purposes when the Atascadero State Hospital was built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.
Date: 1926
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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper or newsletter features an article by Paul Harrison called "Rattlesnakes Used in Canapes." It discusses the use of rattlesnake meat in a New York restaurant.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "California Medical Facility, Vacaville." Painting on board; drawing created in two hours by Alfred Eichler for a newspaper.
Date: 1952
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Former lands of Mission Delores, or San Pablo, or Cuchiosmos, or Cuchiguenos, or Cuduyunes boundaries. Volume 1, page 40.
Date: 1834
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Arroyo de San Antonio boundaries. Volume 2, page 82.
Date: 1844
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Aerial view of Veterans Home, Yountville; pen and ink drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1930
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Caption: "Butcharts Gardens, Victoria, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Court of Four Seasons," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-104.
Date: 1915
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No caption. Two unidentified boys boxing in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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No Caption: Two California Indian children standing before a wigwam at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Market St. San Francisco -- 1906." Street scene of Market Street in San Francisco before the earthquake and fire of April 1906.
Date: 1906