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Construction Worker Buddis Stone

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl...
Photograph

Construction Workers at Dam Site

Date: 1958
Description: Construction workers O.R. Williams, Fred Mappin, and Rober Garner at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountai...
Photograph

TD-9 Tractor Removing Flood Debris

Date: 1941
Description: International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) lifts dirt into a dump truck. Original caption reads: "An International TD-9 Diesel TracTracTor equipped w...
Photograph

Deepening a Creek Channel with a TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to deepen a creek channel. Original caption reads: "TD-18 TracTracTor and Emseo(?) Bull...
Photograph

Excavating a Basement with a T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates a crawler tractor to level an area of dirt while two men near a fence observe. Original caption reads: "A T-20 TracTracTor and Bucyrus-Erie ...
Photograph

Camp Pendleton Fire Department

Date: 1944
Description: Two K-5 International trucks equipped with hoses and ladders used by the Camp Pendleton fire department are parked near a building and a road sign. The ori...
Photograph

Bulldozer Operator Training

Date: 1944
Description: Two men operate International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) with bulldozer blades on a rocky hillside as part of a military training program at Camp Pend...
Photograph

Bulldozer on Hillside

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer blade on a hillside in the construction of a road. The original caption...
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Uniformed Men with International Trucks

Date: 1944
Description: Uniformed men sit on top of International crawler tractors equipped with bulldozer blades in an area of brush with hills in the background. An internationa...
Poster

South Pacific System Southern California Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the South Pacific System railway and southern California. Featuring the artist M. Gundlach, the poster depicts the rolling...
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...
Poster

Central Pacific Railway California Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
Photograph

Mount Lowe Railway's Cable Car

Date: 
Description: The cable car on Mount Lowe Railway, existing from 1893-1938, climbing a steep incline in California. Mount Lowe is known for being the only scenic mountai...
Photograph

M-40 Marine Corps Vehicle with Wrecker Body

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of an M-40 Marine Corps vehicle equipped with a wrecker body towing a searchlight truck up a sandy hill. Mountains are in the far backgrou...
Photograph

General Vallejo's English Carriage

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Description: View of the carriage of the late General Vallejo, which was built in England in 1832. A field of cacti can be seen behind the carriage. There is a fence an...
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ...
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western. Shown on the right is actor Roy Stewart, playing Calumet Marst...
Print

Tonga Room Menu

Date: 
Description: Front cover and partial menu listing with drinks overleaf. Front cover has a porthole view of pairs of men in three boats with mountains and palm trees in ...
Map or Atlas

Land Grant Map

Date: 1871
Description: A map of California showing railroad lines and reservations.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Earthmover

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: Earthmover working outdoors. A man is standing on the far right. Mountains are in the distance.

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