America Gallery

Corner Building on the Diagonal Norte y Maipu, Buenos Aires

Elaborate Corner Building on the Diagonal Norte y Maipu, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The building was built by Francisco Gianotti, an Italian architect in the early 1900s and originally was the Navigation Company ltalia America, later becoming the Banco di Napoli - now it houses the Banco Comafi. The architectural style features exterior Venetian Gothic decoration, reminiscent of the Doges Palace of Venice. Date: circa 1930s

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Albert, Duke of York - Honourary Degree for Taft, Cambridge

Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - receiving an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Law along with the ex-President (and then Chief Justice) of the United States of America William H. Taft, Cambridge University - July 1922. Date: 1922

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Albert, Duke of York - The Pilgrim Club of Great Britain

Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - attending a dinner of The Pilgrim Club of Great Britain - a society for men who travel frequently between England and America on 19th May 1921. Honour was done to Colonel George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928), United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom newly accredited to the Court of St. James. Also pictured are (2nd from right) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) and (far right) David Lloyd George (1863-1945) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Date: 1921

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