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Hand-drawn sketch map of Pleyto, or San Bartolome boundaries. Volume 2, page 133.
Date: 1845
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Caption: "Indian Wigwam," c. 1917. Grace McCarthy poses at the entrance to what William McCarthy labeled a "wigwam," a dwelling of the Ahwahnechee people. The Ahwahnechee (a Native American tribe who traditionally occupied the Yosemite Valley) called the dwellings o-chum. Pine branches were arranged in a tee-pee-like shape and then covered with layered slabs of cedar bark.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Main Entrance, Stockton Insane Asylum," c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Portion of Nob Hill," c. 1906. A portion of Nob Hill, with the Fairmont Hotel on the right side of the photograph, reveals the destruction from the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Grand Canyon -- Yellowstone," c. 1920. Scenic overview of the first large canyon along Yellowstone River below Yellowstone Falls, in Yellowstone National Park.
Date: 1920
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No Caption: A view of the large crowds surrounding an enormous United States flag and the Spanish-American War Memorial (Douglas Tildon, sculptor) at the Portola Festival of 1909. The Portola Festival was a grand celebration devised to commemorate the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar De Portola, and for the public to celebrate the future of the rebuilt city after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1909
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No Caption: Three unidentified people standing before a building at an unidentified location, likely the Alhambra Springs of Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County, c. 1906.
Date: 1906