McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 300

Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 300
Description: Caption: "San Diego Fair Grounds." and "39-6, 3,400 Men, Naval Training Station, Balboa Park, San Diego Cal.," c. 1917. With the advent of World War I, the U.S. Navy needed additional training grounds for sailors. In 1917, the City of San Diego offered to lease the Navy a portion of Balboa Park as a temporary training site until a new, more permanent facility could be constructed. This postcard shows 3,400 sailors lined up to form a Navy flag while at the temporary training ground.
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.
Coverage: San Diego, California
Date: 1917
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-300
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Postcard Showing a Formation of U.S. Navy Sailors in San Diego's Naval Training Station in Balboa Park
Type: Still Image