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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 118

    Caption: "Spanish Club Building -- Havana -- Cuba. July 4, 1934." View of the Centro Gallago, now called "Gran Teatro de La Habana," or "Great Theatre of Havana," completed in 1915. It serves as the headquarters for the Cuban National Ballet Company.

    Date: 7/4/1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 034

    Caption: "Independence Day Parade -- Benicia," c. 1905-1906. Parade float possibly with a Native American theme (stylized teepees can be seen at the back of the float) pulled by a team of horses bedecked in garlands, with a single person on horseback riding alongside.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 009

    Caption: "Fort Point and Golden Gate," c. 1906. 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