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Caption: "Mortar Target Practice," c. 1910. Large-caliber mortars with associated gun crews at target practice. At least one gun has just been, or is about to be, fired, given that the men are all holding their hands against their ears. See also 96-07-08-alb05-105 and 107.
Date: 1910
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Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Entrance," c. 1915. View of the gateway to Benicia Arsenal, where William McCarthy worked (starting in 1903). Established in 1851, the Benicia Arsenal was the primary ordnance facility of the U.S. Army on the West Coast. The facility was deactivated in 1963, and closed completely the following year. The area now serves a vastly different function, providing work and retail space for artists and artisans.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "One of the Main Barracks, March Field, Calif.," c. 1935. Today known as March Air Reserve Base, March Field was one of several airfields established in April 1917, just after the United State's entry in World War 1. The airfield was named for Peyton C. March Jr., son of then Army Chief of Staff, Peyton C. March, who had been killed in an air crash just fifteen days after being commissioned.
Date: 1935