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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 184
    McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 184

    Caption: "Fairfield Courthouse," c. 1918, shows the Solano County Courthouse in Fairfield, built in 1911 and festooned with United States flags, possibly for an event to welcome home WWI troops from overseas.

    Date: 1918

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 086
    McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 086

    Caption: "San Francisco April 22, 1906. Center of Town." Shows the city center in ruins after the earthquake and fires. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906