To enter or exit full screen mode, press the full screen button , located just above the right side of the thumbnail strip. The keyboard arrow keys can also be used to browse through the images. This particular slide show is set for for manual play because of four tall images which look better when reduced in size. On the upper left side of the screen are three buttons to enlarge or shrink the image on a particular page. to enlarge the image, to shrink the image and to revert back. You may find it necessary to first enlarge the image before you can reduce it's size.
Of all the substantial buildings erected in the late-19th-century boom years in Stockton ("destined to become the Chicago of the West," according to one writer at the time), the courthouse was the most impressive. Among its many marvels was a gas well "providing heat and light without cost to taxpayers" and a statue of Justice atop a dome that rose 172 feet above the street. The building was demolished in 1961 to make room for a new courthouse.
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