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Caption: "Spanish Club and Street Car -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 34." Street Car #116 rolls through the center of this photograph, with one of the elaborate towers of Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," visible in the background.
Date: 7/4/1934
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Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of 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: 1915
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Caption: "R.R. Grades in the Siskiyou Mountains -- Scene Taken from the Track Above.," c. 1910. Mountain scene, looking down on railroad tracks in the Siskiyou Mountains of northern California or southern Oregon.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "Byron Springs," c. 1915-1920. Byron Hot Springs resort hotel, built in 1913 (the third hotel on the site).
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Golden Gate Bridge Construction, July 1, 1936." View of the Golden Gate Bridge while under construction. The towers and suspension cables have been built, but the work on the bridge deck has not started. Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay (called the Golden Gate), connecting San Francisco with Marin County to the north. It is one of the most recognizable bridges in the world, and was named in 1994 as one of the Modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Date: 7/1/1936
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Caption: "Crockett Sugar Mill, "c. 1906. The Californian and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company Building in Crockett, Contra Costa County, California.
Date: 1906