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  McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 089

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  Caption: "Sea Coast Guns.," c. 1908-1912. View of a disappearing coastal defense gun, with 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: 1908

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  McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 209

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  Caption: "Santa Cruz," c. 1920. Five swimsuit-clad women (including Grace McCarthy, far left) on a beach in Santa Cruz. See also 96-07-08-alb04-207, 208.

  Date: 1920

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  McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 134

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  Caption: "Mount Royal Park - Montreal," c. 1925. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of a horse and buggy at Montreal's Mount Royal Park.

  Date: 1925

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  McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 090

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  Caption: "Boulder Dam. View Taken From Launch on Boulder Lake," c. 1935, shows Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, providing water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

  Date: 1935