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Caption: "Napa Parade," c. 1907. A view of a parade procession on a dirt road in Napa.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "New Westminster Bridge.," c. 1908-1912. View of the New Westminster Bridge (also known as the New Westminster Rail Bridge or the Fraser River Swing Bridge), which opened to traffic in 1904. The lower deck carried trains, while the upper deck (which was removed in 1937) was accessible to both foot and vehicle traffic.
Date: 1908
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This item has no description.
Date: 1860
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No Caption. A view of a train crossing over trestle at an unidentified location, c. 1910.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: A section from an informational tourist brochure describing San Angel, or Villa Alvaro Obregon, a municipality of Mexico City.
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Beautiful equestrian costumes -beautiful senoritas and escorts - a frequent Sunday morning sight - Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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No caption, c. 1915. Twelve-inch disappearing coastal defense gun, showing the breech of the barrel where shells are loaded and ejected. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Asleep NOT!" William and Grace McCarthy jokingly ensconced in a bed beneath a tree in a garden or yard.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs," c. 1923. A busy street scene in Colorado Springs, with the Antlers Hotel rising in the background. Built in 1901 to replace a previous building lost in a fire, this Italian Renaissance structure was torn down in 1967 and replaced with a fourteen-floor hotel, which still stands today.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "The Yum Um Tree, This is Where it Began, July 12, 1908." A view of a large tree with a dense vine wrapped around its bark.
Date: 1908
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This item has no description.
Date: 1952
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Caption: "Central Park. View from Radio City Blg. New York. Aug. 14, 1934." Bird's eye view of New York City's 843-acre Central Park. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and architect Calvert Vaux designed the park, the first portion of which opened to the public in 1858. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
Date: 8/14/1934
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