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King of the Forest, Bear Leaf , Young Hyson, The Bamboo Grove
Date: 1885
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Caption: "Reflections on Lagoon," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Seven Falls -- Colorado Springs," c. 1920. One of a series of seven waterfalls on South Cheyenne Creek near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Brigham Youngs [sic] Bee Hive House. Brigham Young had 19 Wives and 52 Children. Oct. 3, 1934." Street scene in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints built the so-called "Beehive House" in 1854 to house himself and several of his wives (Young practiced polygamy). The Beehive House is visible in the photograph at the far right, with a widow's walk featured on its roofline. Designed by Salt Lake Temple architect Truman O. Angell, the Beehive House has since been used as a residence for several dignitaries of the Mormon Church, as well as a boarding home for young Mormon women. The house was restored in the late 1950s and is now a museum. See also 96-07-08-alb11-301.
Date: 10/3/1934
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Caption: "Market Street, San Francisco, May 21, 1935," shows the busy thoroughfare with the San Francisco Chronicle building on the right.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Tower Falls - Yellowstone Park, " c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "South Gardens," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-084.
Date: 1915
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A series of short notations about hospital patients under the supervision of Dr. Reid. Volumes one through four in this series run chronologically, starting in 1852 and ending in 1856. The entries include details such as patient name, nationality, and age, as well as mental disposition. A researcher with an interest in a particular hospital patient may find Reidà¿s journals useful. Dr. Robert K. Reid's medical journals do not include private thoughts about the medical profession or details about Reid's role as a physician at Stockton State Hospital. The fifth volume in the series contains Dr. Reid's Meteorological Observations. Beginning in 1850, Reid recorded daily meteorological observations, including three daily temperature recordings, taken at 8 a.m., 2 p.m., and 8 p.m.. He also recorded cloud, wind, and rain observations, and in 1853, began recording daily barometric pressures. Dr. Robert K. Reid's Meteorological Observations journal continues through 1856.
Date: 1850-1856
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-183, with caption: "San Francisco April 18, 1906. Center of Town. The Awful Fire after the Shake." Fire engulfing buildings in San Francisco's city center after the 1906 earthquake. Great plumes of smoke dominate the photograph.
Date: 1906
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No caption, c. 1915-1920. Two unidentified women swimming in what is likely Lake Tahoe
Date: 1920
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No Caption: c. 1910. Grace McCarthy seated on a rock with crashing surf in the background, at the Vue de L'eau in Santa Cruz. See also 96-07-08-alb07-198.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Boston State House. Sept. 5, 1934." The Massachusetts State House has been the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since its completion in 1798. Designed by Charles Bullfinch, its prominent feature is its gold-leafed dome. The building, a significant example of Federal architecture in a civic structure, has been declared a National Historic Landmark.
Date: 9/5/1934
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Caption: "Motor Chairs," shows Grace and William McCarthy, and unidentified woman riding in an electric motor chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Shasta Springs, Calif.," c. 1910. View of a waterfall behind a small gabled building and attached patio. Shasta Springs, just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the Trinity Mountains, was a resort area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It centered around natural springs, which became a featured stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Shasta Route. The resort operated until the 1950s, when it was purchased by private interests.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: Fountain of Spring (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Columbia River Scenes," c. 1920. Waterfall in upper part of photograph, with stream in foreground. A small footbridge can be seen at the base of the second tier of the falls.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Stockton," c. 1906. The Santa Fe Depot (William Benson Storey, architect) was completed in 1899 for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the depot was renovated and restored it to its original design, and reopened in 2005.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Tea Garden -- Golden Gate Park," c. 1910. View of the five-acre Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Established in 1894 by George Turner Marsh for the Midwinter Exposition of that year, it is the oldest public Japanese Tea Garden in the U.S.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "ESQUIMALT, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Esquimalt area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The photograph shows an ocean scene, possibly the Esquimalt Lagoon, with a ship in the middle distance and mountains in the far distance.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Indian Wigwam, Yosemite National Park," c. 1935, shows Grace and William McCarthy standing at the entrance to an Indian abode covered in tree bark.
Date: 1935