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No caption, c. 1917. Group of men posing on 6" Howitzers at Camp Kearney. William McCarthy is standing in a dark suit just beneath the barrel of the middle gun. 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
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Caption: "Feather River -- Calif.," c. 1920. Bend in the Feather River, a tributary of the Sacramento River.
Date: 1920
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Caption: "Houston Court House -- Houston Tex. June 7, 34." View of the Harris County Courthouse, a neoclassical building constructed in 1910 and designed by Dallas architectural firm Lang & Witchell. It was the fifth courthouse to be built on the site.
Date: 6/7/1934
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Caption: "The Zocalo and the Cathedral dating from 1573 - Mexico City. Plaza de la Costitucion [sic]."
Date: 1938
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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