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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 312
    McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 312

    Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Office," c. 1915. William McCarthy began his career as an inspector of armaments for the U.S. War Department at the Benicia Arsenal in 1903. The arsenal was established in 1851 as the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West, from which it supplied and supported U.S. troops from the Civil War through WWII and the Korean War. It was deactivated in 1963.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 011
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 011

    Caption: "Old State Capitol, Benicia," c. 1906. California's State Capitol moved several times in the first decade of statehood. This photograph shows the third building to serve as the Capitol building, in Benicia. The California State Legislature occupied the building from 1853-1854, until lack of accommodations for the legislators prompted the moving of the Capitol to Sacramento, in February 1854.

    Date: 1906

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0721
    Old Series Trademark No. 0721

    Excelsior

    Date: 1881