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  • Old Series Trademark No. 3242
    Old Series Trademark No. 3242

    Cloverleaf Ammonia Borax Soap

    Date: 1898

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3527
    Old Series Trademark No. 3527

    Star Brand

    Date: 1899

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 119
    McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 119

    Caption: "Prado or Promenade -- Havana -- Cub. July 4, 1934." Street scene, with a wide street lined with marble benches and trees on both sides. The Paseo del Prado is the oldest paved street in Havana, marking the line between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Its route was established in 1772 by Don Felipe Fonsdeviela y Ondeano. The street was redesigned in 1925 by landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (who added the trees and marble benches).

    Date: 7/4/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 017
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 017

    Caption: "City Hall, Los Angeles, Population of Los Angeles 1, 360,000," The iconic Los Angeles City Hall building, completed in 1928, still houses the offices of the mayor and city council. Defined as "Modern American" by one of the architects who worked on the original building, the landmark was restored to its original grandeur and seismically stabilized in 2001. See also 96-07-08-alb11-005, dated May 18, 1934.

    Date: 1934