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Caption: "Casa Del Rey -- Santa Cruz.," c. 1911. View of the resort hotel known as Casa del Rey, built in 1911 in Santa Cruz. The hotel operated until sustaining significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The building was subsequently demolished.
Date: 1911
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No Caption: c. 1908-1912. Side view of a disappearing coastal artillery 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: 1908
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No caption, c. 1905-1906. William and Grace McCarthy, with an unidentified woman, sitting on the entry stairs to an unidentified residence.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Sea Side, Oregon.," undated. View of a beach along the Oregon coastline, with a rocky cliffs and ocean waves breaking.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Crossing the Line California to Nevada," c. 1915, shows railroad tracks intersecting the border between California and Nevada in the Sierra Nevada.
Date: 1915