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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. 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: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 181

    Caption: "Grinnell Glacier - A solid mountain of ice and snow. A close up view of the Garden Wall, Glacier National Park," c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 234

    Caption: "Peristyle - City Park- New Orleans," c. 1925. The Neoclassical open air pavilion seen at the left side of this photograph was built in New Orleans' City Park in 1907 to host parties, dances and weddings. It was designed by architect Paul Andry.

    Date: 1925

  • eichler_f3274_074

    Caption: "Ornament for Stair Halls - Primary Dormitories." Color drawing of ornaments for girls' and boys' wings, of California School for the Deaf at Berkeley, c. 1932. Built. Annotation on drawing states, "A new rendering has been made of this [drawing]." Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1932

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1889

    Urbi et Orbi

    Date: 1890

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 179

    Caption: "On Grinnell Glacier. The solid mountain of ice and snow - Glacier Park," c. 1935, shows William McCarthy standing on Grinnell Glacier.

    Date: 1935

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0216

    Old Style Pure Hand Made Bourbon Whiskey

    Date: 1871

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0558

    Celestial Pain Charm

    Date: 1880

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1473b

    Carnation Cream

    Date: 1887

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 080

    Caption: "Cliff House." People standing on Ocean Beach watching the third Cliff House burning in San Francisco, in 1907. The original Cliff House was built in 1858. The second was built in 1863 and was destroyed by fire on Christmas day in 1894. The third Victorian- style Cliff House was completed in 1896, and although it survived the 1906 earthquake and fires, it burned to the ground in 1907, as seen in this image. A fourth Cliff House was then built with steel-reinforced concrete and opened in 1909.

    Date: 1907