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  McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 078

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  Caption: "Palace of Horticulture," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-061.

  Date: 1915

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  Old Series Trademark No. 1400

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  The Pig and Hominy Store

  Date: 1886

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 199

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  Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Looking up at the undercarriage of a 12" disappearing gun aimed over a high parapet. 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