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  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 052

    Caption: "Mono Lake -- Craters in the Distance." Mono Lake, in Mono County, California, is a shallow saline lake used as a resting stop by almost two million migratory birds each year.

    Date: 1927

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 105

    Caption: "Division Headquarters. Camp Lewis, Wash.," c. 1918. Shows the two-story building that served as Division Headquarters for Camp Lewis in Washington. The Camp was established by the U.S. Army in 1917, as part of the U.S.'s preparations for eventual entry into World War I. Rapid construction had the camp ready to house 60,000 men within a few months. The site is still in use as a military facility, under the name Fort Lewis.

    Date: 1918

  • McCarthy Album 01, Photograph 107

    Caption: "The Pioneer Mother" (Charles Grafly, sculptor), in the Fine Arts Colonnade at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 096

    Caption: "Resident Section -- Los Angeles," 1915-1916. The Bernheimer Brothers' mansion, built in 1914, can be seen on a hill in the center of the photograph, while another mansion is featured at the left side of the image.

    Date: 1915