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Caption: "12 Inch Sea Coast Gun," c. 1908-1912. Group of men operating or maintaining a 12-inch 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. Such guns were often used in coastal fortifications.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Hall, Visiting Room, Cottage No. 11, Stockton Farm." Stockton State Hospital. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Vendome San Jose," c. 1910, was a luxury hotel in San Jose that opened in 1889. It was purchased by a real estate syndicate in 1930 and subsequently demolished in order to subdivide the property into lots for residential housing.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Broadway, San Diego," c. 1915, one of the city's main thoroughfares.
Date: 1915