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  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 266
    McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 266

    Caption: "Arched Rock- Merced River Drive - Yosemite.," c. 1917. Grace and William McCarthy (to right of the car) pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman underneath the arched rock on what is now Highway 140, the El Portal Road. The area is now known as the Arched Rock Entrance to Yosemite Valley.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 253
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 253

    Caption: "Fort Baker, California," c. 1910. Fort Baker was constructed between 1901 and 1910 to provide permanent housing for the new seacoast fortifications that were built between 1897 and 1905. The men stationed at Fort Baker were members of the Coast Artillery Corps, officially created in 1907 by the U.S. Army to protect and defend the nation's harbors.

    Date: 1910