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Caption: "#2 -- Record Oct 25, 09." This postcard shows plume of seawater thrown up by a mortar shell during target practice at Fort Point. The facilities at Fort Point were part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, however, for in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, however, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.
Date: 1909-10-25
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Caption: "A Nebraska Corn Bin, Many of These are Seen in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. Sept. 27, 1934." A simple corn crib in Nebraska, where the corn ears are contained by wire fencing and sheltered by a gabled roof.
Date: 9/27/1934
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Caption: "Butte, population 40,000. The city of Butte is honeycombed underneath by numerous copper mines. The mining section, Butte, Mo. one mile high & one mile deep," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb06-227, with caption: "Field Piece in Action." Unidentified location, c. 1905.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Camp Life -- Chino Calif." William and Grace McCarthy laughing as they remove their shoes in preparation for getting into a bed situated under a tree in a yard or garden.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Looking from the Track Above," c. 1907. A view of a train engine and two cars taken from above at Mount Tamalpais.
Date: 1907