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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. 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: 1910

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2897

    Bonita Brand

    Date: 1897

  • eichler_f3274_088_022

    Caption: "West Elevation." Drawing of postwar building, California School for the Deaf at Berkeley. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler, 1944; built in 1946. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1944