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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: Mission Delores, the oldest intact building still standing in San Francisco today, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. The parish church next to it was greatly damaged and rebuilt as the Mission Dolores Basilica, opened in 1918.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Business district of the quaint little city of Taxco with its buildings of red tile roofs and adobe brick walls. - Mexico."
Date: 1938