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Hand-drawn sketch map of Land- Mission San Buenaventura boundaries. Volume 2, page 138.
Date: 1845
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Caption: "Bakers [sic] Beach Presidio," c. 1906. Breaking ocean wave at Baker Beach. The beach is located on the Pacific Ocean, west and south of Golden Gate Point (the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula) within the boundaries of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Date: 1906
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Lliajome or Yajome boundaries. Volume 1, page 610.
Date: 1838
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Huasna or Ex-Mission of San Luis Obispo boundaries. Volume 2, page 15.
Date: 1843
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Caption: "Burnt Arlington Dock, Seattle." This photograph shows the result of a fire at Seattle's Arlington Dock on May 7, 1906. Heavy fire damage can be seen on the building pictured. Its roof and the central portion of the façade collapsed, and burn marks appear at all windows. Thousands of dollars' worth of supplies were destroyed in the fire. At the time, Arlington Dock was the primary shipping facility for the city.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Addition to Science Building, San Francisco State Teachers College: Division of Architecture, Sacto." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "The Coolidge Redwood Tree. Redwood Highway, Calif.," c. 1935. William and Grace pose with their automobile at the Coolidge Redwood Tree on the Redwood Highway in Mendocino County, named after Col. John Coolidge, father of President Calvin Coolidge.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Fort Flagler before Barracks were Built.," c. 1899-1906. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.
Date: 1899
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Caption: "Lower Falls - Yellowstone Grand Canyon," c. 1923. As the Yellowstone River flows north from Yellowstone Lake it passes over two waterfalls (Upper and Lower Yellowstone Falls) before reaching the Yellowstone Grand Canyon. This photograph shows the 308-foot Lower Yellowstone Falls. It carries more water volume than any other waterfall in the Rocky Mountains.
Date: 1923