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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 058
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Union Square & Dewey Monument," c. 1908. St. Francis Hotel at Union Square, with the Dewey Monument in the foreground (Robert I. Aitken, sculptor), which commemorated U.S. Admiral George Dewey's naval victory at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898. The luxury hotel opened in 1904, and, fortunately, suffered little damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was expanded in 1913, and 1972, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.

    Date: 1908

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 215

    Caption: "The harbor of Vancouver, B.C." c. 1935.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 237
    McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 237

    Caption: "250th C.A.N.G. at Glenwood," c. 1926. The California National Guard established its 250th Coast Artillery in 1926, in Santa Cruz County. This photograph shows several caterpillar-type vehicles alongside a rural road near Glenwood.

    Date: 1926