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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 216
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 216

    Caption: "The Bennington Funeral." Shows several wagons loaded with caskets covered with American flags. This was the funeral procession for the victims of the USS Bennington's boiler explosion, which killed 66 of her crew on July 21, 1905. Solemn citizens line the roadway.

    Date: 1905

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0772
    Old Series Trademark No. 0772

    St. George

    Date: 1881

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 012
    McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 012

    Caption: "Breaking of Ground Celebration," Oct 14, 1911, held in San Francisco for the planned Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was slated to open in 1915. The Panama Pacific International Exposition was held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, as well as inventive technologies and new industries from around the world. It was also a chance for San Francisco to show the world how the great city had rebuilt and thrived after the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    Date: 1911