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No Caption. A view of the Benicia Arsenal, with the store house in the distance. 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. Benicia Arsenal store house in the distance, c. 1905.

Date: 1905

Caption: "Deception Pass -- Wash.," c. 1909. View of the strait known as Deception Pass, separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island in Puget Sound. Deception Island can be seen in the center of the photograph in the distance. See also 96-07-08-alb08-094.

Date: 1909

No caption. An unidentified man and woman sitting on a bench near the Russian River, c. 1920. See also 96-07-08-alb04-227 and 228.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Camp Life.," c. 1915-1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing next to automobile at an unidentified campground. See also 96-07-08-alb04-175, 180, 181, and 182.

Date: 1920

No Caption: A section of a tourist informational brochure describing the Pan American Highway from Victoria to Tamazunchale.

Date: 1938

No Caption: Shows a group of adult African lions in a enclosed area of Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, Los Angeles. Charles and Muriel Gay opened the farm in 1925 and operated it until 1942 as a popular tourist attraction where lions were selectively bred and trained for the Hollywood film industry. It was closed during WWII due to wartime meat shortages, and the lions were loaned to zoos around the country, c. 1935.

Date: 1935

Caption: "Resident Section -- Los Angeles," 1915-1916. The Bernheimer Brothers' mansion, built in 1914, can be seen on a hill in the center of the photograph, while another mansion is featured at the left side of the image.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Fort Casey Barracks," c. 1908-1912. View of two barracks buildings at Fort Casey, located on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Construction began on the fort in 1897. Fort Casey was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. The U.S. Army used the facility until the 1950s, when the fort was decommissioned. The area is now a state park.

Date: 1908

Caption: "Gun Drill, Field Artillery," Unidentified location, undated.

Date: undated

No Caption: A Glacier National Park decal, 1935, octagon-shaped, olive green and white, with an image of a mountain goat standing on a rocky cliff.

Date: 1935