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Caption: "6" Disappearing Battery," c. 1905-1909. A 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). 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: 1905
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Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Grand Canyon of Arizona," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of part of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, on the Colorado River.
Date: 1925
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Caption: "California St. S.F." Shows the devastation from the 1906 earthquake and fires, along California Street in San Francisco, 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Work of Mounting Big Guns, Point Benito [sic]," c. 1906. This may actually be Point Bonita in the San Francisco Bay.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "The City Disaster." Photograph of The Seattle Daily Times front page and photographs of the San Francisco earthquake's aftermath with headline: "City Wiped Out! Fire Still Raging!" Dated April 20, 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "250th C.A.N.G. at Glenwood," c. 1926. The California National Guard established its 250th Coast Artillery in 1926, in Santa Cruz County. This photograph shows several caterpillar-type vehicles alongside a rural road near Glenwood.
Date: 1926
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No Caption: A birds-eye view of Yosemite Valley with the Merced River running through it, c. 1935.
Date: 1935