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| 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: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A hydroplane built by the Wright Brothers being tested by the U.S. Navy on San Diego Bay. |
| 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: | Glenn Curtiss sold two hydroplanes (NS 1 & 2) to the U.S. Navy and continued to test them independently from their base also located on North Island. This ... |
| 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: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Photographer Ansel Adams mounting his Hasselblad camera onto the tripod on a rocky shore near or at Point Lobos. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Photographer Ansel Adams setting up his camera in a wooded waterfront area near Point Lobos. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Photographer Ansel Adams adjusting the exposure on his camera in a wooded area near Point Lobos. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Photographer Ansel Adams under his dark cloth looking through the groundglass of his 8 x 10 field camera in a wooded area near Point Lobos. The Pacific Oce... |
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| Description: | View of a crowd on the beach. The amusement park "The Pike" can be seen in the background, which was home to The Jack Rabbit Racer, which at the time was t... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ansel Adams takes exposure notes during a photo shoot at Point Lobos. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ansel Adams prepares to photograph a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Photographer Ansel Adams photographs a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ansel Adams makes a close-up photograph of a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ansel Adams mounts his 8 x 10 field camera onto his tripod at Point Lobos. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Ansel Adams' camera and hat at Point Lobos. |
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