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Caption: "Devil's Kitchen," c. 1923. This photograph shows several people descending into and standing around the entry to Devil's Kitchen, an extinct hot spring that left behind a cavern. Once a popular tourist attraction for its small opening that made visitors feel as if they were descending into the underworld, the site was closed in 1939 because the cavern periodically fills with dangerous levels of carbon dioxide.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Mountains in Yosemite," c. 1917. View of rock cliffs and domes in the mountains surrounding Yosemite Valley.
Date: 1917
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Caption: "Los Angeles -- San Bernardino Boulevard.," c. 1915-1916. Automobile parked on road under row of eucalyptus trees. A row of palm trees graces the opposite side of the boulevard.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Business district of Puebla, Mexico - view taken from the Cathedral Belfry - Easter Sunday - April 17th, 1938.
Date: 1938
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No caption, c. 1915. Twelve-inch disappearing coastal defense gun, showing the breech of the barrel where shells are loaded and ejected. 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: 1915