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United States Naval Training Station

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of uniformed sailors pose while others distribute the mail at the United States Naval Training Station St. Helena, land found on the eastern ...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors seated around a boxing ring, watching a match at a United States Naval Training Camp.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers play with a large push ball while others look on. The military buildings of the United States Naval Training Camp stand behind the spe...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the exterior of Hangar No. One of the Naval Air Station. A flag stands atop the steel structure, and through the open section, an airship can be...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the airship, "Los Angeles," in Hangar No. One, at the Naval Air Station. The hangar was erected in 1920, and the airship was completed in 1924.
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the right, and a J-3 blimp, fi...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the exterior of Hangar No. One, a steel structure erected in 1920, at the Naval Air Station and the "Los Angeles," an airship completed in 1924, ...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the "Los Angeles" refueling at the Naval Air Station. The airship, completed in 1924, is seen at a tower, flying over a field.
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, at the Naval Air Station. The airship has landed in a field and is loading passengers.
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Naval Air Station

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Description: A view of the "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, landing in a field at the Naval Air Station. Two Navy officers stand in front of the airship, and a landin...
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Naval Air Station

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Description: The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, can be seen flying over Hangar No. One, a steel structure erected in 1920, at the Naval Air Station.
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United States Navy Aviation Training

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Description: A rear view of a sea plane marked with the number 1700 landing in Hampton Roads Harbor. On the right, another plane can be seen in the water.
Book or Pamphlet

The Gun Boat Fleet

Date: 04 05 1862
Description: Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Island No. 10". The view from the deck of a boat looks out at the approaching gun boats coming do...
Photograph

USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
Photograph

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry

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Description: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry seated in a chair holding a sword. Perry was the commander for the United States Naval Forces during the Battle of Lake Erie....
Print

U.S.S. Wisconsin Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1945
Description: Menu for the 1945 Christmas dinner on the U.S.S. Wisconsin in the form of a holiday greeting card, with a profile of a Santa head in which the silho...
Print

U.S.S. Wisconsin Thanksgiving Menu

Date: 11 23 1944
Description: Front cover of "The Badger," official newspaper of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu set against an outline in red ink of a larg...
Print

Wisconsin Perry's Centennial Commission Victory Cruise Menu

Date: 09 07 1913
Description: One-page menu printed on a wide silk ribbon to commemorate the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, ...
Poster

GEE!! I Wish I Were A Man. I'd Join The Navy. Be a Man and Do It

Date: 1917
Description: United States Navy recruitment poster. Depicts a woman in a naval uniform.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lower Lake Michigan, the Region Found Most Suitable for a Lake Naval Training Station : to Accompany the Report of the Board on Site for a Naval Training Station, of Which Rear Admiral H.C. Taylor, U.S.N. is Senior Member

Date: 1902
Description: This map covers the area adjacent to Lake Michigan in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. Also shown is the position of the center of popu...

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