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Large numbers of enthusiastic people looking for ambergris in the sands of Bolinas Beach, California.
People dig in the sand and take out chunks of a bad-smelling substance, they believe is ambergris (a valuable perfume base, worth about $100 an ounce). They hold chunks of the material in their hands and happily pose for pictures on the beach and in their homes. (Note: although initially identified by a laboratory, as ambergris, the substance was soon determined not to be. Rather, it was found to be some sort of waste material, and was identified as waste from offshore shipping, by the Marin County Department of Public Works. New York experts described it as a vegetable substance, and other suggestions were made. But all authorities agreed it was not ambergris. Thus, the excitement quickly waned and life in Bolinas Beach returned to normal within a month.)
A streamlined passenger express visits the government's giant engineering project of the Boulder Dam in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A streamlined passenger express train passes by at the Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) construction site at Boulder City near Las Vegas, Nevada. The train on a railway track. Interior of the train. Men stand in the train and watch outside. The Colorado River amidst the mountains. View of the countryside. People stand near the railway track. The train passes across a bridge and views of the dam construction underway in Black Canyon.
Fishermen use bird cages and old boots to catch fish from the Sandy River in Troutdale, Oregon.
Fishermen at work near the Sandy river in Troutdale, Oregon during the Great Depression. The fishermen gather at the bank of the river. They use bird cages, old boots and their hands for catching the fish. Fish in cartons, boxes, and sacks.
American girls learn hula-hula on the Miami beach, Florida.
Two Hawaiian princesses teach hula-hula to American girls on the Miami beach, Florida. Bathing beauties surround the princesses. The princesses teach them the motions, twists and turns of the hula dance. They practice the motions.
The first annual celebration in honor of the mothers-in-law in Amarillo, Texas.
People gather to celebrate Mother-in-Law Day in Amarillo, Texas. Buildings along the sides of a street. A man gives a bouquet to an old lady. A man and an old woman talk. Another man walks with an old woman. They celebrate and enjoy.
A polar bear introduces her eleventh cub to the public at the Washington Park Zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Patsy, a polar bear, and her eleventh cub are viewed by zoo visitors, and play in the outdoor exhibit at the Washington Park Zoo (later renamed the Milwaukee County Zoo) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Note: Sultana was a famous polar bear at the Washington Park Zoo who had 11 cubs after introduction to the zoo in 1912. Some viewers have suggested that this bear is Sultana with one of her cubs. However, the March 12 1934 Universal Newsreels original documentation released to theaters with this newsreel reads specifically: "Milwaukee, Wis. -- Patsy, queen of the Arctic bruins at the Washington Park Zoo, introduces her eleventh child to the public."
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