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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 230
    McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 230

    Caption: "Unknown Soldiers Grave - Arlington Cemetry[sic]," c. 1925. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, also called the Tomb of the Unknowns, memorializes those U.S. military service members who died without their remains being later identified. The remains of the first Unknown Soldier, stemming from World War I and disinterred from a cemetery in France, were laid to rest in the tomb in 1921.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 168
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 168

    Caption: "Mission Street After the Quake," 1906. A view of the severe damage to Mission Street after the earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906