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Curtiss Hydroplane in San Diego Bay

Date: 1912
Description: An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski.
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
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Ansel Adams on Location

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams mounting his Hasselblad camera onto the tripod on a rocky shore near or at Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams Setting Up Camera

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams setting up his camera in a wooded waterfront area near Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams Looking Through His Camera

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams under his dark cloth looking through the groundglass of his 8 x 10 field camera in a wooded area near Point Lobos. The Pacific Oce...
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Long Beach Roller Coaster

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Description: View of a crowd on the beach. The amusement park "The Pike" can be seen in the background, which was home to The Jack Rabbit Racer, which at the time was t...
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Ansel Adams with Hasselblad at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad camera mounted on a tripod prepares to make a photograph at Point Lobos. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams and Tide Pool

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams makes a close-up photograph of a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams takes a light reading with a hand-held light meter in front of his tripod mounted Hasselbald. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams mounts his 8 x 10 field camera onto his tripod at Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams' Camera at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams' camera and hat at Point Lobos.
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Boy in a Sailor Suit

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J...
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Marines Loading Truck

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a dozer shovel loader to fill a truck parked on a beach. A ship is in the water behind...
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Marines Unloading Supplies

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to unload supplies and equipment from a ship. Many ships are in the water in the ba...
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Robert Bloch Aboard a Ship

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Description: Bloch on a ship in Mississippi at New Orleans, headed for Baton Rouge. Trip was gratis from Victor Ehr, director of the Baton Rouge chamber of commerce and...
Poster

Travel By Train, California Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overloo...
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Rowboat and Water Scene

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Description: View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are hou...
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Boat Frame on Beach

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Description: View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th...
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Fishing Rocks

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Description: Elevated view across water toward large rocks from which people are fishing. Caption reads: "Fishing Rocks, Near Seaview, Wash."
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The Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

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Description: View from shoreline toward the wreck of the S.S. Atlantus, a concrete hulled ship in the water near a shoreline. In the foreground are three men on ...

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