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Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Dahlgren Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS MD-329-4 Building/structure dates: 1898-1903 Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work National Register of Histor... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Dahlgren Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS MD-329-4 Building/structure dates: 1898-1903 Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work National Register of Histor... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

[Richmond, Virginia Stacked and scattered ammunition near the State Ar...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 14, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wate...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HAER NY-218 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/s... More

[Richmond, Virginia Ruins of State Arsenal from the Canal]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Eli Whitney Armory, Forge Building, Mill River, Hamden, New Haven Coun...

Significance: An important part of Whitney's early manufacturing process. Archeological excavation of this building revealed the early water-power system, several original forge bases, and two large machinery ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Chapel & Armory, Central Avenue, Pensacola, Es...

Significance: The Chapel and Armory is the oldest structure on the Naval Air Station. It survived the Civil War, though the matching Commandant's Offices was destroyed. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Magazine Building, Kuakua Avenue near W...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastating... More

View in arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel...

Photograph shows a group of people gathered in a grove of trees in the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 241.

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

Southern Market & Municipal Building, 107-115 South Royal Street, Mobi...

Significance: A rare and well documented 1858 building that served the City of Mobile concurrently both as a public market and city governmental building until well into the 20th century. Since the removal of ... More

[Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; another view. H....

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

The government arsenal in Charleston, S.C., guarded by detachments of ...

Print shows a crowd of people and troops in front of the arsenal building. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 262 (1860 Dec. 1), p. 25.

The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. Ap...

Print shows the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in flames as soldiers and citizens carry away to safety the munitions that were stored there. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293.

Lima. The arsenal of Santa Catalina

Photograph shows view of arsenal entrance; soldiers and civilians stand on the roof and at the front gate. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

[The Valide Shipyard and the factories in its vicinity, at the Imperia...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 25. No. 422. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empi... More

[View of the middle stone dock] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Located at the Imperial Naval Arsenal. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 35. No. 17. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Departmen... More

[The armory, Jacksonville, Fla.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armory, Holyoke, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negat...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[65th Regiment Armory, Buffalo, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of castle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ohio State University, the armory, Columbus, Ohio]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Armory, Holyoke, Massachusetts - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

"4123" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070355. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Armory of the Ohio National Guard, Cleveland

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Armory at the National Guard, Cleveland. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13116) lists title as: Armory of the Ohio National Guard, Cleveland... More

Armory, Columbus, O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Officers' row, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park alley, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Armory. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More

True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More

John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W...

Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in t... More

John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W...

Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Robbins & Lawrence Armory, 196 Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, V...

Significance: The period of significance for the private Armory is 1846-1856. The factory was constructed in 1846 and was the site of innovation and invention in the manufacture of firearms and machine tools un... More

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Dahlgren Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132 Survey number: HABS MD-329-4 Building/structure dates: 1898-1903 Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work National Register of Histor... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...

Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 152, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HAER MA-20-O Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 14, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wate...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HAER NY-218 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/s... More

Cleveland Grays Armory, 1234 Bolivar Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Established in 1837, the Cleveland Grays were a volunteer militia whose members were among the first to serve during the Civil War. The Armory, built in... More

Eli Whitney Armory, Forge Building, Mill River, Hamden, New Haven Coun...

Significance: An important part of Whitney's early manufacturing process. Archeological excavation of this building revealed the early water-power system, several original forge bases, and two large machinery ... More

U.S. Arsenal Building, City Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-12 Building/structure dates: 1837- 1838 Initial Construction

U.S. Arsenal Building, City Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-12 Building/structure dates: 1837- 1838 Initial Construction

U.S. Arsenal Building, City Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-12 Building/structure dates: 1837- 1838 Initial Construction

U.S. Arsenal Building, City Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-12 Building/structure dates: 1837- 1838 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Air Station, Chapel & Armory, Central Avenue, Pensacola, Es...

Significance: The Chapel and Armory is the oldest structure on the Naval Air Station. It survived the Civil War, though the matching Commandant's Offices was destroyed. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pyrotechnic Magazine, Kingfisher Street...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ruins of arsenal, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing the ruins of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad bridge in the yard where the Confederate artillery was manufactured. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Ga... More

View in arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel...

Photograph shows a group of people gathered in a grove of trees in the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 241.

[Washington, D.C. The four condemned conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...

Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More

[Two tombs in the Weapons Museum]

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 915. In album: Armory museums, ... More

[Interior of the Weapons Museum]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. No. 251. In album: Armory museums, ... More

[The electric generator factory at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdul...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 16. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms... More

Mediaeval weapons, museum, Salzburg, Austria - stereocsopic card

Copyright 1898 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas.

The Armouries, Windsor, Ontario

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of armory, U.S. Naval Academy, Anapolis [sic], Md.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Armory, Mt. Vernon, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cadet Armory, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lynchburg City Armory, Church Street between Twelfth & Thirteenth Stre...

Survey number: HABS VA-1190 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

M-4 tank line, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Crewman of an M-3 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky

12002-34. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More