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  McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 077

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  Caption: "C.P.R.R. Depot. Montreal," c. 1920. Street scene dominated by Canadian Pacific Railway depot building, built in 1889. The tower was added in 1916.

  Date: 1920

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  McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 044

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  Caption: "Tree Bareing [sic] 8 Varieties of Fruit. Shields Date Gardens - Blythe, Calif. May 31, 1935," shows William McCarthy standing next to a tree that bears eight varieties of fruit.

  Date: 1935

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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 194

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  Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a coastal defense 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