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No Caption: c. 1910. Side view of a heavy coastal defense disappearing 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: 1910
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Caption: "Chicago Fair Grounds. View from Sky Ride Tower, Sept. 15, 34." Bird's eye view of the fair grounds where Chicago held its Century of Progress Exposition, a world fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. This photograph was taken from one of the two Sky Ride Towers, 628-foot structures that carried an aerial tram or gondola over the harbor in the center of the fair grounds. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934.
Date: 9/15/1934
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy standing with child riding a donkey in campground at Yosemite National Park.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Tower of Jewels," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Building up on Market Street," c. 1907. A view of Market Street repairs one year after the 1906 earthquake and fires.
Date: 1907
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Caption: "Old City Hall Tower," San Francisco, c. 1905. A view of the San Francisco City Hall, built in 1870, before it was damaged beyond repair by the 1906 earthquake and fires. A new city hall, near the site of the original, was completed in 1916.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Mammoth Springs Resort. - Yellowstone," c. 1923. William and Grace McCarthy pose in front of the Mammoth Springs Resort with three unidentified people. Originally called the National Hotel, the building opened for business in 1883. It underwent significant alterations and renovations between 1911 and 1913, by which time the resort was known as the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. The hotel was torn down in 1936 in favor of a more modern facility.
Date: 1923
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Caption: "Eagle River D. & R. G. R. R," c. 1923. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks run next to the Eagle River at the bottom of a canyon in this photograph. A wall of timber shores up part of one side of the canyon wall in the distance. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.
Date: 1923
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No caption. Grace McCarthy siting in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the McCarthy home in Watsonville, c. 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Russian River - Camp Rose," c. 1915, shows the Russian River and Valley at Camp Rose in Healdsburg.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Smith Building -- Seattle." View of the neoclassical Smith Tower in Seattle, built by industrialist Lyman Cornelius Smith. At the time of its completion in 1914, the Smith Tower was the tallest building on the West Coast, until being superseded by the Space Needle in 1962. See also 96-07-08-alb08-035.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Highway Near Daytona Beach, Florida. July 9, 1934." A road stretches toward a curve in the distance, flanked by trees dripping with Spanish moss, and palm trees.
Date: 7/9/1934
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No caption, c. 1935. William McCarthy offering food to a bear sitting in a clearing.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Field Artillery Target Practice. Gigling, Cal.," c. 1915, shows men in military gear firing a large cannon at the Gigling Field Artillery Range in Monterey, California, which, along with the surrounding area, was redesignated Fort Ord in 1940.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Ocean Beach -- San Francisco, May 14, 1934." View of San Francisco's Ocean Beach, with a crowded parking lot in the foreground and the Cliff House (the fourth iteration of this San Francisco landmark) visible just to the right of the photograph's center. The date on this photograph may not be accurate, as several of the vehicles shown appear to date from later in the 1930s.
Date: 5/14/1934
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Caption: "Bear and Cubs - Yellowstone National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935