McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 230

Title: McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 230
Description: Caption: "Unknown Soldiers Grave - Arlington Cemetry[sic]," c. 1925. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, also called the Tomb of the Unknowns, memorializes those U.S. military service members who died without their remains being later identified. The remains of the first Unknown Soldier, stemming from World War I and disinterred from a cemetery in France, were laid to rest in the tomb in 1921.
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: Arlington County, Virginia
Date: 1925
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb-09-230
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: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery
Type: Still Image