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Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 339
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: No caption, c. 1917. William McCarthy standing next to a 6" Howitzer at Camp Kearney. Camp Kearney was established by the U.S. Army in 1917 just north of San Diego. The post was largely abandoned by the government in 1920, used as a military and civilian airfield. It did not see increased military service again until the 1930s.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-339
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/4863
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/c1cb033381343b00abed8eedbc4b527c.jpg
Language: English
Subject: Heavy Artillery at Camp Kearney, California
Place: Camp Kearney, California
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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