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Public proclamation issued by H. C. Pratt of the Western Defense Command regarding rescission of all exclusion orders
Date: September 4, 1945
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Caption: "Government Steamer, Thomas.," c. 1980-1912. Shows a small steamship or ferry, its deck occupied by a group of unidentified people.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "The Battery, Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y [sic], Aug. 4, 1934." This photograph shows the Manhattan skyline, as well as the Battery, a 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan Island. The park was named for the artillery batteries that used to protect the city and its harbor from this location.
Date: 8/4/1934
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Caption: "Mountain Scene -- Tenaya Lake." Meadow with surrounding rocks and mountains. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Kingsbury Grade -- Nevada." Shows a hairpin turn on the Kingsbury Grade in Douglas County, Nevada. Now part of Nevada State Route 207, the road intersects U.S. Highway 50 near the southeastern corner of Lake Tahoe.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Obregon's tomb, Mexico City." William and Grace McCarthy standing before the monument to General Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928), who was a leader of the Mexican Revolution (1920-1920). Obregon was elected President of post-Revolution Mexico, serving from 1920-1924. In 1928, he was again elected but was assassinated by Jose de Leon Toral, a Roman Catholic who opposed Obregon's policies on religious matters. The monument was completed in 1935 and stands in the San Angel region of Mexico City, in the same location where Obregon was assassinated.
Date: 1938
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Item in meeting minutes regarding complications with hearing of charges filed by board against Japanese employees
Date: November 24, 1942