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Caption: "Connecticut River, Greenfield. Mass. Sept. 6, 1934." Picturesque view of the Connecticut River, flanked by rolling hills and mirroring the clouds in the sky above.
Date: 9/6/1934
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Caption: "Ostrich Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Mammoth Springs Resort. - Yellowstone," c. 1923. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of the Mammoth Springs Resort with three unidentified people. Originally called the National Hotel, the building opened for business in 1883. It underwent significant alterations and renovations between 1911 and 1913, by which time the resort was known as the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. The hotel was torn down in 1936 in favor of a more modern facility.
Date: 1923
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No caption, c. 1915. Unidentified child pulling another unidentified, smaller child in a wagon.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Motor Boat Speeding," shows a small motor boat and large, unidentified ship in the San Francisco Bay.
Date: 1915