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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 005
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 005

    Caption: "FAIR BUILDING, Victoria, B. C.," c. 1901-1907. View of an exhibition building with multiple turrets and flags, constructed in Oak Bay (near Victoria) circa 1891. Designed by Cornelius Soule, the building was destroyed by fire in 1907.

    Date: 1901

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0486
    Old Series Trademark No. 0486

    Pride of the West

    Date: 1879

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 054
    McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 054

    Caption: "U. S. 12" Barbett [sic] Carriage & Gun at Fort Flagler.," c. 1908-1912. View of a 12" disappearing gun installed at Fort Flagler. The coastal artillery fortification Fort Flagler was established in 1897 and activated in 1899. Most of the fort's buildings and batteries had been completed by 1907. Fort Flagler was part of the "triangle of fire," three coastal defense fortifications (Fort Casey, Fort Worden, and Fort Flagler) guarding the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was decommissioned in 1953, and purchased by the State of Washington in 1955 for use as a state park.

    Date: 1908

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1447a
    Old Series Trademark No. 1447a

    Twentieth National Encampment

    Date: 1886

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 032
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 032

    Caption: "Signal Peak -- Guadalupe Mts. 10,000 ft alt. New Mexico, May 29, 34." View of Guadalupe Peak (also known as Signal Peak), the highest natural point in Texas with an elevation of 8,751 feet above sea level.

    Date: 5/29/1934