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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
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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