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  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 001

    Caption: "Fort Point." c. 1906. See also 96-07-08-alb06-009 with caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate," and 96-07-08-alb03-118, San Francisco. Fort Point in the foreground, with ships in the bay. Fort Point was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861 of brick and mortar, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 199

    Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York. Aug 2, 1934." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.

    Date: 8/2/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 216

    Caption: "Empire State Bldg. in the Distance. Height 1250 Feet, 102 Stories. 34th St. New York. Aug. 16, 1934." Street scene dominated by the Empire State Building rising a few blocks away. Construction began on this iconic 102-story building, designed by William F. Lamb, in 1930. Completed by early 1931, it held the title of world's tallest building for almost 40 years, until being surpassed in 1970 by the construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower. It is now the fifth-tallest building in the U.S., and the 28th-tallest in the world.

    Date: 8/16/1934

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0048

    Medicated Aromatic Bitters

    Date: 1865

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0196

    The White House

    Date: 1871

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2942

    Gilt Edge Saloon

    Date: 1897

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0617

    Old Cabinet, Old Kentucky Club

    Date: 1880

  • Old Series Trademark No. 1759

    Aphroditine

    Date: 1889

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0394

    California Sugar of Lemons

    Date: 1877

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 210

    Caption: "Main Entrance, Radio City or Rockefeller Center, N.Y. Aug 11, 1934." William McCarthy standing in front of the Prometheus sculpture in Rockefeller Center. The gilded bronze statue, designed by sculptor Paul Manship, was erected in 1934 in the middle of New York's Rockefeller Center.

    Date: 8/11/1934