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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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Caption: "Seattle totem pole.," c. 1905. View of the Tlingit totem pole in Seattle's Pioneer Square. The totem pole was stolen in 1899 by a group of businessmen, and erected in the square, then known as Pioneer Place. An arson destroyed this pole in 1938, but it was later replaced by another carved by the Tlingit tribe (who were also finally paid for the original pole).
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Victoria Glaciers at Lake Louise - Alberta, Canada," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Hardeeville, July 16, 1934." Four unidentified white children posing with an unidentified African-American woman, possibly their nanny given the manner of dress of all parties.
Date: 7/16/1934
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Caption: "Coronado Hotel Grounds.," c. 1910. View of the Coronado Hotel, with landscaped grounds in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Towering Trees and Cliffs - Yosemite," c. 1917. View of a granite mountain top as viewed through trees on a neighboring peak.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Fotos in San Francisco and Neighboring County's [sic] By Wm. McCarthy." A handwritten label mounted on the first page of the photograph album.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Louisiana Highway, June 12, 34." A highway in Louisiana recedes into the distance, flanked by tall vegetation.
Date: 6/12/1934
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Caption: "Department of Agriculture - Plant Quarantine Inspection Station - Ft. Yuma. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1930. This was one of the first border stations and was situated in desert country; its purpose was to provide a stopping place for inspection of motor traffic coming into California in order to enforce quarantine against insect infestation of California agricultural products. Project for Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1930
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Caption: "The Lagoon," near the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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No caption, c. 1915. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing in garden.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Picnic at Fishcamp," c. 1908. A large group of unidentified people enjoying a picnic at Fishcamp, near Yosemite, in Mariposa County.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Motoring in Solano Co. Calif.," c. 1915. William (driver's seat) and Grace (rear seat, at right) McCarthy posing in an automobile with an unidentified woman.
Date: 1915