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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: "Harbin Springs -- Lake Co," c. 1920. Resort buildings at Harbin Springs, home of the Harbin Hot Springs.
Date: 1920
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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: "Zellerbach Paper Plant, Port Townsend, Wash." c. 1935. The Crown Zellerbach National Paper Products Mill in Port Townsend opened in 1928.
Date: 1935
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No caption, c. 1920. Scene of rocky sea cliffs and ocean, with trees bracketing the view. May be near Midway Point, near Pebble Beach.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "One of Yosemite's Granite Walls," c. 1917. View of a granite wall carved by glaciers and shaped by water, wind, and rock falls, in the Yosemite Valley.
Date: 1917
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Former lands of Mission Delores, or San Pablo, or Cuchiosmos, or Cuchiguenos, or Cuduyunes boundaries. Volume 1, page 38.
Date: 1834
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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
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Caption: "San Diego." View of Point Loma Light. First lit in 1891, this light replaced the "Old Point Loma Lighthouse" that had been constructed in 1855 (see 96-07-08-alb08-225). The old lighthouse was often obscured by fog, so a new lighthouse was built at a lower elevation much closer to sea level, as can be seen in this photograph. The light was automated in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb05-226.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Russian River -- Healdsburg," c. 1914. William and Grace McCarthy in a rowboat on the Russian River near Healdsburg.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Orocopia Mountains Near Mecca, Calif. May 30, 1935," shows an empty road traversing the Orocopia Mountains near Mecca, in Riverside County.
Date: 1935
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No caption. An unidentified man and woman sitting on a bench near the Russian River, c. 1920. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227 and 228.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Daybreak. Side View, Long Island, New York. Aug. 24, 1934." Residence of John Shields, on Long Island in the Daybreak Estate area.
Date: 8/24/1934
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No caption, c. 1909. William McCarthy (second from the left) and a group of unidentified family and friends boating on a river or lake.
Date: 1909
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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: "Florida Highway, June 21 34." A tree-lined, unidentified highway stretches into the distance in this photograph.
Date: 6/21/1934
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Caption: "Fountain of El Dorado," (Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor), at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-083.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "C.P.R.R. Depot. Montreal," c. 1920. Street scene dominated by Canadian Pacific Railway depot building, built in 1889. The tower was added in 1916.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Storehouse Ruins," c. 1915, shows some remaining walls of the Benicia Arsenal storehouse, which suffered damage from a 1912 explosion.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Oregon Building Interior," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-134.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: View of Point Loma Light. First lit in 1891, this light replaced the "Old Point Loma Lighthouse" that had been constructed in 1855 (see 96-07-08-alb08-225). The old lighthouse was often obscured by fog, so a new lighthouse was built at a lower elevation much closer to sea level, as can be seen in this photograph. The light was automated in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb05-232.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "China Town, San Francisco, May 21, 1935," shows a busy street scene in the Chinese district of San Francisco.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Miami Beach, Florida. June 30 1934." William and Grace McCarthy posing on a beach at the ocean's edge, with surf foaming around their ankles.
Date: 6/30/1934