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No Caption: Court of Abundance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Looking up at the undercarriage of a 12" disappearing gun aimed over a high parapet. 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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No caption. Caption in photograph album (172.0): "City Hall Tower Before and after the Quake." 1906. A view of San Francisco City Hall before the April 18, 1906 earthquake.
Date: 1906