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  McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 299

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  Caption: "Street Scene -- San Diego.," c. 1910. Street-level view of street in San Diego. The U.S. Grant Hotel rises above the surrounding buildings in the center of the photograph.

  Date: 1910

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  McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

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  Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. 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: 1910