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Caption: "Field Artillery -- Camp Kearney," c. 1917. View of heavy artillery carriages and what appear to be small tanks or other vehicles under canvas covers, at Camp Kearney. Camp Kearney was established by the U.S. Army in 1917 just north of San Diego. The post was largely abandoned by the government in 1920, used as a military and civilian airfield. It did not see increased military service again until the 1930s.

Date: 1917

Caption: "U.S. Capitol Building in the distance. View Taken from the Washington Monument. Washington, D.C. July 27, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of the National Mall, between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building.

Date: 7/27/1934

Caption: "Yosemite Driveways," c. 1917. William (right) and Grace (left, near vehicle) McCarthy pose with an unidentified woman next to an automobile on a dirt road in Yosemite National Park.

Date: 1917

No caption. An unidentified woman and boy pose in a small go-cart near the carport in front of the John Shields residence, in the Daybreak Estate area of Long Island.

Date: 1934

Caption: "Niagara Falls," c. 1925. View of Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the three waterfalls that make up the iconic Niagara Falls straddling the border between Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Riverside Villa Scenes," c. 1915, shows William (standing in water) and Grace McCarthy (in the water) with a group of unidentified people in a boat on the Russian River at Healdsburg.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Stockton Asylum." Stockton, California, c. 1906. The Stockton Insane Asylum was established in 1851, completed in 1853, and was the first public mental health hospital in California. It remained a functioning state hospital until 1995.

Date: 1906

Caption: "Rocky Mountains Near State Line East of Salt Lake City. Trees are Scarce in the Rockies. Oct. 2, 1934." Automobile parked along a road, with train tracks on one side and dramatic, steep, rocky bluffs on the other.

Date: 10/2/1934

Caption: "Constructing the Loup, Market Street," 1906. A view of construction workers repairing the tracks on Market Street, with the scaffolded Ferry Building in the distance, and numerous pedestrians observing the effort.

Date: 1906

Unidentified African-American woman and several children posing on the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please Note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.

Date: 6/17/1934