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Caption: "CHICAGO AND BENNINGTON, OFFICERS & CREW." View of the USS Chicago. The flagship of the US fleet in the Pacific at the time, the USS Chicago was called to the fort after a boiler explosion on the USS Bennington killed sixty-six and wounded dozens more. A board of inquiry into the cause of the explosion was convened on board the Chicago. The board found that no error on the part of the Bennington's crew contributed to the explosion.
Date: 1905
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No Caption: The Liberty Bell, on display in the Pennsylvania State Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, after its 3,000 mile journey from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See also 96-07-08-alb01-071.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Palace of Fine Arts," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-118.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Historic North Church, Boston. Where Signal was Hung for Paul Revere, Sept. 5, 1934." View of the clock tower and steeple of the Old North Church, built in 1723. The church is said to be the site where Paul Revere, after his famous midnight ride, caused two lanterns to be hung as the signal that British troops were advancing into the area by sea rather than by land.
Date: 9/5/1934
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Caption: "Lower Market St. San Francisco, Calif., May 14, 1934." Bird's eye view of a street scene along San Francisco's Market Street. The Ferry Building is visible in the upper right-hand corner of the photograph, while the Flatiron Building appears in the photograph's center.
Date: 5/14/1934
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Caption: "Market St. S.F." Shows Market Street in San Francisco, possibly during a parade to celebrate Admission Day on September 9, when California was admitted as a state into the U.S. See also 96-07-08-alb05-136, with caption: "Market St. Sept 9, 1910 S.F."
Date: 1910
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Caption: "U.S. 10-inch Gun Dismounted." A close-up view of a large gun that has been partially dismounted, at an unidentified coastal defense battery.
Date: Undated
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No Caption: c. 1908-1912. Group of men posing around 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: "Republic Statue Jackson Park Chicago," c. 1925. Designed by Chester French (sculptor), this version of the Statue of the Republic has stood in Chicago's Jackson Park since its construction in 1918. It is a one-third replica of a statue at the World's Columbian Exposition, held at Chicago in 1893.
Date: 1925
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No Caption: Grace McCarthy (left) and friend sitting in the Electric Motor Chair, also known as the Osborn Electriquette, with William McCarthy standing by, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Sea Beach Hotel," c. 1910. The Sea Beach Hotel, located on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz, was built in the 1870s by S.A. Hall. Originally called the Ocean View House, it was sold in the 1880s. Its new owner dubbed the building the Sea Beach Hotel. The resort hotel operated until burning down in 1912, never to be reconstructed.
Date: 1910
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-108, with caption: "Crockett Mandolin Club," c. 1906. William McCarthy is seen strumming the mandolin, second from left.
Date: 1906