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Challenge Cod Strips

Date: 1900

Rangeley

Date: 1891

Caption: "U. S. 10" New Model Gun Carriage.," c. 1908-1912. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun carriage, without the gun barrel installed. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Glacier Point - 3000 Feet Above Camp Curry," c. 1917. William McCarthy poses atop Glacier Point, overlooking Yosemite Valley. Glacier Point, on the south wall of the valley 3,200 feet above what is now known as Half Dome Village, provides panoramic views of the valley and many of its features.

Date: 1917

G. G. M. S.

Date: 1889

W.W. Cozzens Fruit Co. Sunset Brand

Date: 1891

Excelsior Brand

Date: 1888

Caption: "Boundary monument and division line. Banff Natl. Park, Alberta, and Kootenay Natl. Park, B.C., Canada," c. 1935, shows Grace McCarthy standing by the monument and dividing line between the national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.

Date: 1935

Caption: "U. S. and Mexico Border Monument. May 20, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy standing in front of the monument placed at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico.

Date: 5/20/1934

Caption: "Old Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. July 28, 1934." Taken from across a park, this photograph shows the Smithsonian complex rising above surrounding trees. Built in 1855, it houses the Smithsonian Institute's administrative offices and information center.

Date: 7/28/1934