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Hand-drawn sketch map of Lot- Mission-San Gabriel boundaries. Volume 2, page 189.
Date: 1843
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Caption: "Retracting 6 inch Gun.," c. 1909. View of crew installing coastal defense weaponry. 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: 1909
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Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a coastal defense gun. 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: 1915
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb05-018 with caption: "Italian Refugee Hut S.F. 1906." Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.
Date: 1906
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Punta del Monte or Rincon de la Punta del Monte boundaries. Volume 1, page 406.
Date: 1826
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Caption: "Union Pacific Bridge -- Portland," c. 1912. Built in 1912, this through-truss, double-deck, vertical lift bridge crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
Date: 1912
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Caption: "U. S. 12" Mortar Dismounted." View of the barrel of a 12-inch mortar, dismounted from its carriage and set upon a tower made of lumber.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Fillmore St. Dec. 10, 1906," A view of a flooded Fillmore Street in San Francisco during the winter of 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Mrs. Potter Palmers [sic] Home - Chicago," c. 1923. Constructed between 1882-1885, Palmer Mansion was once the largest private residence in Chicago. It was demolished in 1950.
Date: 1923
