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  Old Series Trademark No. 0074

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  Lemon Soda

  Date: 1867

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  Old Series Trademark No. 1542

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  Climax Brand

  Date: 1887

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  McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 078

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  Caption: "Nudist Colony - San Diego Exposition," c. 1935. The Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, named for the Persian mystic, Zoroaster, was an unusual and controversial attraction that featured partially nude men and women performing as nudists. Exposition visitors were charged twenty-five cents to watch the "nudists" perform ceremonies and other activities. Today, the sunken Zoro Garden in Balboa Park is a butterfly garden.

  Date: 1935

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 198

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  Caption: "A 12" Disappearing Battery," c. 1915. View of a barbette equipped with a 12" disappearing gun. 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