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  • 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

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 196
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 196

    Caption: "Fourth and Market, One Year Later," 1907, shows much construction in progress, and completed, to the street and buildings one year after the 1906 earthquake and fires.

    Date: 1907

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2922
    Old Series Trademark No. 2922

    [Spread Eagle in an oval]

    Date: 1897

  • 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