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Hand-drawn sketch map of Bolsa de las Salinas boundaries. Volume 1, page 184.
Date: 1833
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Caption: "U. S. 10" Gun, Firing Position.," c. 1905. William McCarthy standing next to a 10" disappearing gun, raised to its firing position. 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
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Caption: "In Muir Woods.," c. 1906. Grace McCarthy (in hat with white feather) and an unidentified woman standing at a small platform along a railroad in Muir Woods, being passed by a train car. This was likely part of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway, established in 1896 as a scenic tourist railway between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County. See also 96-07-08-alb05-017.
Date: 1906