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Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Looking up at the undercarriage of a 12" disappearing gun aimed over a high parapet. 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: "Court of Flowers," Grace McCarthy (on right) and unidentified woman at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Benicia, Calif.," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing in the doorway of a home in Benicia.
Date: 1915
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No caption. Grace McCarthy and an unidentified woman posing beside large bird bath or fountain, in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 8/27/1934
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Caption: "California Building," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-073.
Date: 1915
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No caption. William McCarthy and an unidentified woman sitting in a small go-cart in front of the John Shields residence in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.
Date: 1934
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Caption: "Blue Lakes," c. 1920. Lake with rolling hills/mountains in the distance.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Manufacturers and Varied Industries Building, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-120.
Date: 1915
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No Caption. Group photograph of twelve unidentified individuals, and a small dog, likely friends and family of the McCarthys, posing at the base of a large oak tree at an unidentified location, c. 1908.
Date: 1908
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No Caption: Court of Abundance, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-063.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Court of Palms," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-030.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Mission-San Diego," c. 1935, shows Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first of twenty-one missions built by the Spanish Franciscans, and founded in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra.
Date: 1935