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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 312

    Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Office," c. 1915. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 281

    Caption: "Mirror Lake," c. 1917. Mirror Lake in Yosemite National Park, on Tenaya Creek, is the remains of a glacial lake that used to fill most of the valley. Its calm waters provide near-perfect reflections of the surrounding natural splendor.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 011

    Caption: "Old State Capitol, Benicia," c. 1906. California's State Capitol moved several times in the first decade of statehood. This photograph shows the third building to serve as the Capitol building, in Benicia. The California State Legislature occupied the building from 1853-1854, until lack of accommodations for the legislators prompted the moving of the Capitol to Sacramento, in February 1854.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 171

    Caption: "Lake Josephine. McCloud Mountain reflection - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 137

    Caption: "Embassy Club Royal Palm Garden -- Palm Beach, Fla. Designed by Adison [sic] Mizner of Benicia Calif. July 8, 1934." Grace McCarthy sitting on an ornamental fence in a garden, surrounded by palm trees. The Embassy Club was a popular Palm Beach club in the mid-twentieth century.

    Date: 7/8/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 150

    Caption: "Ordnance Machine Shops, Benicia," c. 1905. A view of the Benicia Arsenal's Machine Shops.

    Date: 1905

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 281

    No Caption: William McCarthy (second from left) and four unidentified men standing on a road in an unidentified location, c. 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 227

    No Caption: shows a street scene in Venice, California, c. 1915.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 232

    Caption: "Tatoosh Mountain Range - Rainier National Park Lodge," c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 123

    Caption: "City of Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." View of Havana taken from across a harbor, or other stretch of ocean. The dome of El Capitolio (then Cuba's Capitol) can be seen just to the left of the photograph's center.

    Date: 7/4/1934