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  McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 244

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  Caption: "Yosemite - From Inspiration Point," c. 1917. The Yosemite Valley, showing El Capitan (left middle distance), Cathedral Rocks (right middle distance), and Half Dome (far distance in the center).

  Date: 1917

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  Cotate Rancho

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  Hand-drawn sketch map of Cotate boundaries. Volume 2, page 116.

  Date: 1844

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 232

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  Caption: "6" Disappearing Battery," c. 1905-1909. A 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). 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: 1905