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Commander Richard E. Byrd, the first man to reach the North Pole by airplane, repeating his experiences on the flight before President and Mrs. Coolidge and an audience of 6,000, including cabinet officers, members of the diplomatic corps. and representatives of National Geographic Society from whom he ? the Hubbard Gold Medal in Washington, June 23rd. The President presented Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett with medals. Gift from National Geographic Society

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Commander Richard E. Byrd, the first man to reach the North Pole by airplane, repeating his experiences on the flight before President and Mrs. Coolidge and an audience of 6,000, including cabinet officers, members of the diplomatic corps. and representatives of National Geographic Society from whom he ? the Hubbard Gold Medal in Washington, June 23rd. The President presented Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett with medals. Gift from National Geographic Society

President Hoover presents special gold medal to Admiral Byrd. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd receiving from President Hoover the special gold of the National Geographic Society at the White House today. In the photograph, left to right; Gilbert Grosvener, President of the National Geographic Society; Admiral Byrd; President Hoover; and Ernest Lee Jahnke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Admiral Byrd admires medal awarded to aide on Antarctic expedition. Washington, D.C., April 27. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd admires the gold medal of the National Geographic Society which was awarded today to Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, (left) senior scientist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition of 1933-35. The presentation of the award was made by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society, 4/27/37

Admiral Byrd admires medal awarded to aide on Antarctic expedition. Washington, D.C., April 27. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd admires the gold medal of the National Geographic Society which was awarded today to Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, (left) senior scientist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition of 1933-35. The presentation of the award was made by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society, 42737

Navy secretary presents medal to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Washington, D.C., Oct. 15. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N. Retired, and members of his second Antarctic Expedition were presented with silver medals today by Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. Congress authorized the award of the medals on June 2, 1936. In the photograph, left to right: Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral William H. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, Secretary Swanson, and William C. Haines, U.S. Weather Bureau Meteorologist and a member of the expedition. 10/15/37

Navy secretary presents medal to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Washington, D.C., Oct. 15. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N. Retired, and members of his second Antarctic Expedition were presented with silver medals today by Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. Congress authorized the award of the medals on June 2, 1936. In the photograph, left to right: Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral William H. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, Secretary Swanson, and William C. Haines, U.S. Weather Bureau Meteorologist and a member of the expedition. 101537

Scientists for Uncle Sam awarded Magellan Gold Medal. Dr. L.J. Briggs, left, Assistant Director and Dr. Paul R. [Heyl?], Chief of the Sound Section of the United States Bureau of Standards, with the first successful experimental model of the earth inductor compass, which they developed for the Army Air Corps and for which they were awarded the Magellan Gold Medal by the American Philosophical Society. It was a model of this same compass that Capt. Charles Lindbergh used on his epochal flight from New York to Paris

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the National Geographic Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps. and the National Geographic Society. From the left: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, Ass't editor and vice president of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stephens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson. 111435

President Hoover presents special gold medal to Admiral Byrd. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd receiving from President Hoover the special gold of the National Geographic Society at the White House today. In the photograph, left to right; Gilbert Grosvener, President of the National Geographic Society; Admiral Byrd; President Hoover; and Ernest Lee Jahnke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Commander Richard E. Byrd, the first man to reach the North Pole by airplane, repeating his experiences on the flight before President and Mrs. Coolidge and an audience of 6,000, including cabinet officers, members of the diplomatic corps. and representatives of National Geographic Society from whom he ? the Hubbard Gold Medal in Washington, June 23rd. The President presented Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett with medals. Gift from National Geographic Society

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[Letter of Richard W. Byrd to Gov. John Tyler giving details of Peter's insurrection plans for rebellion, Smithfield, May 30 1810].

[Theodore Roosevelt walking in top hat, tails, and medal; with men, carriage, and horses in background]

Triple Railroad Crossing, East Byrd Street at Sixteenth Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

President Coolidge presents Congressional Medal of Honor to sailor Hero. William Russel Huber, Machinist Mate, First Class, United States Navy, receiving from President Coolidge today the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to him for an act of outstanding heroism. After a boiler explosion on the U.S.S. Bruce last June 11, Huber rescued shipmates and then succeed in closing off the steampipes at the risk of his own life. In the picture at extreme left is Admiral Charles F. Hughes, Chief of Naval Operations, while on the right is Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and cannon with message "Shoot the first man that attempts to pull down the American flag"]

Unidentified Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medals Richardson Bros., Hyannis, Massachusetts

Lt. Com. E.F. McDonald & Lt. Comdr. R.E. Byrd, 4/8/25

Japanese-American volunteers. Colonel James J. Doyle, second from right, commanding officer of Kauai, Hawaii Service Command looks on as the oath of induction is administered to the four young AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers of Kauai who went through the solemn pledge of allegiance immediately after Mitsuru Doi took his oath Thursday as the first man in the territory to be inducted. The oath is being administered by Major Charles V. McManus (extreme right), adjutant of the Service Command. The inductees are, from left to right: Goro Sadaoka, eighteen, of Lihue, who has two brothers on Oahu, both volunteers; Lenneth T. Tada, twenty-five, alumnus of the University of Hawaii, salesman for the Kauai Sales Company; Shigeo Suemori, twenty-one, of Lihue, whose brother Tadao was rejected after his physical examination, and Noboru Okamoto, eighteen, Lihue Plantation employee, who was born in Lihue and made a name for himself as pitcher for the Lihue baseball team

MEDALS, DECORATIONS, ETC. DR. MOTT; SEC. BAKER; FATHER JOHN BURKE; UNIDENTIFIED. OTHER ROWS ARE ARMY CHAPLAINS DECORATED

Soviet Flyers at White House. Washington D.C June 28. The three Soviet Flyer who conquered the North Pole route between the U.S.S.R. and the United States are shown leaving the White House today after being received by President Roosevelt. In the photograph, left to right: George Baiduckcv, co-pilot; Valeri Chkalov, Pilot; Alexander Beliakov, navigator. 6/28/37

[Charles A. Lindbergh shaking hands with Clarence Chamberlin, with Richard Byrd in center, and the Spirit of Louis behind them]

Wilhelm II - Print, Library of Congress collection

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