Date: | 10 26 1945 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the USS Wisconsin Silver Presentation ceremony, with the ship's guns in the foreground. |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Describes the amenities aboard the "North American" and "South American". |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor. |
Date: | 1912 |
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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. |
Date: | 1912 |
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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. |
Date: | 1912 |
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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. |
Date: | 1912 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 1910 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 1912 |
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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... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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Description: | Capsized USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma was hit with a large number of Japanese aerial torpedoes which ripped an opening across ... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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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. |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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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... |
Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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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... |
Date: | 10 22 1943 |
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Description: | View across water of Mushu Island in the distance. There is a ship in the foreground, an airplane above, and the appearance of explosions in the water. |
Date: | 11 13 1942 |
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Description: | Headquarters of the 32nd American Division, on the beach at Pongani, northeast New Guinea. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | View along top of rocky cliff toward a home on the right overlooking the ocean, with a large building further down the curving shoreline in the distance. |
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