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USS Nevada and USS Shaw

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb.
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Ruins of the USS Cassin and USS Downes

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The remains of the USS Cassin and the USS Downes floating in front of the USS Pennsylvania in dock at Pearl Harbor. On the left is th...
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Rescuing the USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors in a motor launch attempt a rescue of survivors from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia during or shortly after the...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline over water towards the Coast Guard Station and houses at Baileys Harbor. The long pier extending from the station's boathouse is easily...
Photograph

Port Moresby Harbor

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh...
Photograph

Allied Officers' Club

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate...
Map or Atlas

A Topographical Map of Hudsons River: With the Channels Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals &c. and the Country Adjacent

Date: 1777
Description: Map showing the Hudson River in three sections, from New York City up through Lake Champlain, including cities, forts, roads, topographical features, and n...
Map or Atlas

Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the County. Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge: Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and Part of Long Isladn & the Jersey Shore

Date: 11 1781
Description: Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ...

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