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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 038
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 038

    Caption: "San Jacinto Battle Ground -- Tex, June 11 34." View of the gated entry to the San Jacinto Battleground. The site was the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which the Texan Army (led by Sam Houston) defeated the Mexican army (led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna), paving the way for the formation of the Republic of Texas. A Texas Historic Site, the battleground was also declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

    Date: 6/11/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 230
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 230

    Caption: "Washington State Capitol Building, Olympia, Wash." c. 1935. The Neo-classical style building (Walter R. Wilder and Harry K. White, architects) opened in 1928, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

    Date: 1935