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Caption: "A 12" Disappearing Battery," c. 1915. View of a barbette equipped with a 12" disappearing 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: "Copy of Mechanical drawing," illustrator unknown, but likely William McCarthy.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Santa Cruz Beach," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy wearing swim suits and standing on the beach at Santa Cruz.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Double Bow Knot Mt Tamalpais," c. 1907. A bird's eye view of the twisty road up Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Cypress Forest, Society Hill, South Carolina. July 16, 1934." A grove of cypress trees near the town of Society Hill.
Date: 7/15/1934