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Storm Snapshots

Date: 1917
Description: A page of snapshots with handwritten captions showing scenes at sea during a storm. Part of a scrapbook of photographs from Stevenson's service in World Wa...
Photograph

"The Ruby"

Date: 
Description: View of a ship called "The Ruby" going out from the mouth of a harbor.
Photograph

The Bow View of the "South American"

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Description: A bow view of the screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," docked. Passengers are waiting on the pier.
Photograph

Mobile Bay Beach

Date: 03 05 1915
Description: Two well-dressed men gazing thoughtfully at the ocean at Mobile Bay beach.
Photograph

New York Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor.
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Immigrants on Boats

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Description: Medical officers inspecting immigrants.
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Curtiss Flying Boat

Date: 1912
Description: John Kaminski (right) and a fellow student he identified only as "Cy," flying one of the Glenn Curtiss flying boats on San Diego Bay.
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Curtiss Hydroaeroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing.
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Curtiss Hydroplane in San Diego Bay

Date: 1912
Description: An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski.
Postcard

Rodgers' Vin Fiz

Date: 1912
Description: Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i...
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Helicopter Landing on Aircraft Carrier

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Description: A CH-37 Mojave helicopter landing on an aircraft carrier. This helicopter type could carry 26 troops or two jeeps. It was used for aircraft recovery in Vie...
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Brookins and Wright Airplane

Date: 07 1910
Description: Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit...
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Glenn Curtiss Over the Ocean

Date: 07 1912
Description: Glenn Curtiss flying over the ocean. The pontoons under each wing illustrate the beginnings of his development of amphibious aircraft. The famous Steel Pie...
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International LD-400 Series Truck and Trailer

Date: 1951
Description: Color photograph of an International LD-400 series tanker truck owned by Eastern Washington Transports, Inc., on a road near the Port of Seattle.
Photograph

Gloucester Lighthouse

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Description: Eastern Point Lighthouse at "Mother Ann" and residence on rocky point, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mother Ann is a rocky cliff at the far south end of Easte...
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Ansel Adams with Hasselblad at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad camera mounted on a tripod prepares to make a photograph at Point Lobos. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams takes a light reading with a hand-held light meter in front of his tripod mounted Hasselbald. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Boat on Edge of Ice

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Description: View of a ship in the spring on the edge of the ice five miles off Nome. On shore, sleds and sled dogs are in the foreground. Caption reads: "The first boa...
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Panoramic View of Havana

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Description: Panoramic collotype of Havana, Cuba harbor. Numerous boats are visible. Sky appears to have been masked out before printing.
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Truman Family at Key West

Date: 11 25 1951
Description: President and Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman motoring from the Little White House to Truman Beach in Key West.

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