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Caption: "6" Disappearing Battery," c. 1905-1909. A 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). 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: 1905
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Photograph of rendering of East Wing, State Capitol, Sacramento. The rendering, in transparent watercolor by Alfred Eichler, is of a perspective drawing by Les Lam made under Eichler's direction, c. 1949. Design by R. D. Murray. Original color rendering displayed with State Office of Architecture and Construction. Trees in picture were sketched from nature by Eichler. Project for Department of General Services.
Date: 1949
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Caption: "Gold Mining at Downieville, Calif. Scene on the Yuba River," c. 1920. Small town nestled at foot of mountain, with gravel piles in foreground. Downieville was settled in 1849 during the California Gold Rush.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Post Office Building, antique Spanish architecture, Mexico City."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, June 21, 34." The photograph provides a view of Mobile Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama. The City of Mobile sits at its northwestern shore. Harbor facilities are evident in the photograph, and several small boats are docked at a wharf, including the tugboat Harry G. Lytle.
Date: 6/19/1934
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Caption: "Court of Abundance," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-067.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Sleighing -- Port Townsend.," c. 1908-1912. William and Grace McCarthy sitting in a sleigh pulled by two horses, in a snowy landscape.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Echo Park [sic] Los Angeles," c. 1910. William McCarthy standing on a bridge in Los Angeles' Echo Lake Park. The park opened in 1895. The lake was originally created in 1868 to support the operations of a mill. The mill, however, closed seven years later. The site was later selected for conversion to a city park.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Old Otomie [sic]Indian lady and her son. She is spinning twine from Maguey fiber onto a spool as she trudges the highway barefooted, Zimipan, Mexico."
Date: 1938
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Caption: "Broadway San Diego, Cal July 19, 1915," shows the busy thoroughfare. See also 96-07-08-alb07-231.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Van Ness turned into a Business Street." c.1906
Date: 1906
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Caption: "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree," shows William McCarthy sitting in a horse-drawn buggy next to an apple tree, likely on the McCarthy property in Watsonville, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Front Elevation (East). Female Acute Dist. Stockton." Design and drawing of Acute Disturbed Ward, Stockton State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.
Date: 1937
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Caption: "Union Depot St. Louis," c. 1923. Opened in 1894, the St. Louis Union Depot was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. Designed by Theodore Link, the building features a 280-foot-tall clock tower. At the time of its construction, it was the largest, busiest railroad station in the world.
Date: 1923
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Correspondence from Phoebe H. Bannister to Members of Public Assistance Staff Assigned to WCCA Local Office regarding statement by U.S. Public Health Service regarding medical care; see F3729_89_001b-F3729_89_001f for statement
Date: April 25, 1942
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Hand-drawn sketch map of San Francisco de las Llagas boundaries. Volume 1, page 42.
Date: 1833
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No Caption: A big tree at Yosemite National Park, c. 1935.
Date: 1935