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Caption: "D. & R. G. Locomotive - Length 105 FT. - Salt Lake City," c. 1923. View of Locomotive #3501 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Store House," c. 1905. The Benicia Arsenal Store House, also known as the Clocktower building, was erected in 1859 at three stories high. In 1912, an explosion and fire caused extensive damage, after which it was rebuilt as a two-story structure.
Date: 1905
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Hand-drawn sketch map of San Francisco de las Llagas boundaries. Volume 1, page 42.
Date: 1833
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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
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Hand-drawn sketch map of Paso de Bartolo, Viejo. Volume 1, page 132.
Date: 1833
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Caption: "Santa Cruz Beach," c. 1915, shows William and Grace McCarthy wearing swim suits and standing on the beach at Santa Cruz.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Double Bow Knot Mt Tamalpais," c. 1907. A bird's eye view of the twisty road up Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Cypress Forest, Society Hill, South Carolina. July 16, 1934." A grove of cypress trees near the town of Society Hill.
Date: 7/15/1934
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Caption: "Steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA at Vancouver [sic] dock, B.C.," c. 1908-1912. The Princess Victoria was constructed in 1902 by England's C.S. Swan and Hunter Company shipyards. The luxury passenger ship was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on routes between Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle in Washington until she was sold in 1951 to an oil carrier. Shortly thereafter, in 1953, she struck a rock and sank.
Date: 1908
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Date: undated