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McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 162

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Caption: "Government exhibits of stuffed animals." Various mammals stuffed for display, including a tiger, moose, deer, and antelope, exhibited in the Government Building of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. The exposition was held in Portland, Oregon from June 1st to October 15th, 1905. It celebrated the one-hundred year anniversary of the exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase and what became the northwestern part of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Some 1.6 million people visited the fair, viewing exhibits from twenty-one countries.
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Jpeg, Scanned At 400 Dpi, 24 Bit Color
Contributors:
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
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© 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.
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