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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, Wasp Boulevard near Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, First Aid & Decontamination Building, W...

Significance: It is associated with the build up of naval facilities on Ford Island in the early 1940s. It is a unique building type at the installation. Facility No. 166 is in a grouping of buildings that were... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Avenue, Pearl City Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Ave...

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 calamitous ... More

Ellis Island, Island 3 Powerhouse, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Island 3 Powerhouse, New York Harbor, New York, New York...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the "Maine-Havana Habor," recovering the dead bodies, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Admiral Sicard and Captain Sigsbe... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, Building No. 210, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, Building No. 210, New York Harbor, Ne...

Significance: Since its construction in the 1830s, the building has served an essential function. It is one of a set of four nearly identical buildings within Fort Jay that have been in continuous use as quarte... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline of Shipyard, between Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s, and played an important role in salvage operations after the December 7, 1941 attack. The dock... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline of Shipyard, between Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 2, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s, and played an important role in salvage operations after the December 7, 1941 attack. The dock... More

Bass Harbor Head Light Station, At southwest tip of Mount Desert Island off State Route 102, Bass Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Bass Harbor Head Light Station, At southwest tip of Mount Desert Islan...

Survey number: HABS ME-197 Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Type A Casualty Station, Hale Alii Avenue at Frederick Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Type A Casualty Station, Hale Alii Aven...

Significance: It was built as a casualty station as a direct reaction to the attack of Pearl Harbor. Casualty stations were a category of splinter-proof shelters, built to provide quick treatment to victims dur... More

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly Dam, Lockport, Will County, IL

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is an annex to Facility 67 (HABS HI-491), built nearly two decades earlier. It was constructed as part of the major buildup of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electric Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is an annex to Facility 67 (HABS HI-491), built nearly two decades earlier. It was constructed as part of the major buildup of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise Street and St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise...

Significance: It was built as a bombproof personnel shelter in direct response to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It is a distinctive type of reinforced concrete construction, built for the specific purpose of prot... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Combat Vehicle Shop, Corner of Lexington Boulevard & Liscome Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Combat Vehicle Shop, Corner of Lexingto...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 79E functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard Haven, Dukes County, MA

Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard...

Significance: ALABAMA was designed by Thomas F. McManus, a noted fishing schooner and yacht designer from Boston, Massachusetts. She was built during the final throes of the age of commercial sailing vessels i... More

Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard Haven, Dukes County, MA

Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard...

Significance: ALABAMA was designed by Thomas F. McManus, a noted fishing schooner and yacht designer from Boston, Massachusetts. She was built during the final throes of the age of commercial sailing vessels i... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Bombsight & Utility Shop, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Bombsight & Ut...

Significance: This was equipped for the preparation of torpedoes for loading, the repair and storage of torpedo bombsights and a parachute loft. It is representative of the many aviation support buildings cons... More

Curtis Wharf, Main Dock, O & Second Streets, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Curtis Wharf, Main Dock, O & Second Streets, Anacortes, Skagit County,...

Survey number: HABS WA-198-A Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose Hill Road), Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Captain William Webb Wakeman House, 478 Harbor Road (formerly 137 Rose...

Significance: The Wakeman residence was erected atop Rose Hill, overlooking the harbor circa 1828-33. Designed in the high Greek Revival manner, the structure's prototypical details and generous classical prop... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Officers' Quarters Type J, Makin Place, & Halawa, Makalapa, & Midway Drives, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Off...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

Panorama of the harbor of New York, Staten Island and the narrows

Panorama of the harbor of New York, Staten Island and the narrows

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel & Weingartner.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Betw...

Significance: They are associated with the build up of the Pearl Harbor base in the early 1940s. They were a group of additional warehouses built to meet the expanding storage requirements for supplying the adv... More

Oliver H. Perry House, 750 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Oliver H. Perry House, 750 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, C...

Significance: The Oliver Perry residence was constructed circa 1841-45 and is the finest Greek Revival temple style design in Southport and the surrounding area. In symmetry, balance and proportion this struct... More

Jordan Pond Road Bridge, Spanning Barr Hill-Day Mountain Carriage Road on Jordan Pond Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Jordan Pond Road Bridge, Spanning Barr Hill-Day Mountain Carriage Road...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Chapel, Corner of Oakley & Nimitz Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Chapel, Corner of Oakley & Nimitz Stree...

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Stockade, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Stockade, Unalaska, Al...

Significance: The Stockade houses American military personnel who had committed infractions. Although several Japanese prisoners were held briefly at Dutch Harbor, they were houses elsewhere. It is representa... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Saratoga Boulevard between Hancock Avenue & Yorktown Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Saratoga B...

Significance: Facility No. 78 was built in 1940 as part of the development of housing facilities for the Naval Air Station at Ford Island in the period preceding World War II. Facility No. 78 provided housing ... More

Hunters Beach Brook Bridge, Spanning Little Hunters Brook on Park Loop Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Hunters Beach Brook Bridge, Spanning Little Hunters Brook on Park Loop...

Significance: Hunters Beach Brook Bridge carries the Park Loop Road over one of the island's smaller streams. The small structure is unobtrusive, but its stone-faced parapets allow the structure to harmonize w... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Mount Ballyhoo Garrison Barracks, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Mount Ballyhoo Garriso...

Significance: Built to conform to Standard Constructing Quartermaster plans for mobilization-type infantry garrisons, the wood frame buildings were closely spaces, the barracks having two-stories and others one... More

Water front, Put-in-Bay, O[hio]

Water front, Put-in-Bay, O[hio]

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Avoget Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Av...

Significance: Facility No. 184 is associated with the build-up of facilities at the Naval Air Station during WWII. It is related in function, although not in design, to the other nearby storehouses. This groupi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Avoget Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Air Base Temporary Storehouse, Av...

Significance: Facility No. 184 is associated with the build-up of facilities at the Naval Air Station during WWII. It is related in function, although not in design, to the other nearby storehouses. This groupi... More

Philadelphia Harbor showing the islands now being removed by the United States. Major C. W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge, 1891

Philadelphia Harbor showing the islands now being removed by the Unite...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imperial Majesty Alexander 1st. by his much obliged humble servant J.A. Atkinson / drawn on the spot by J.A. Atkinson, from the observatory of the Academy of Sciences.

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...

Harbor with boats and cultural buildings, including the Hermitage and the Marble and Winter Palaces.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Annex, Near Russell Avenue (previously Avenue E), between of Facility Nos. 1C & 1E , Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Annex, Near Russell Aven...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is associated with the great expansion of facilities and personnel during WWII. It functioned as a secure fireproof record stor... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Powerhouse, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Powerhouse, Unalaska, ...

Significance: The Powerhouse generated electricity for the Base through oil-fired steam powered engines. Designed to withstand the impact of a direct hit from a 500-pound bomb, the building is an outstanding e... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf S378, Beckoning Point, Southeast of Cowpens Street, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf S378, Beckoning Point, S...

Significance: Wharf F-5 is rated as a Category 3 historical structure. A Category 3 building or structure is defined as only of minor importance to the historic character of Pearl Harbor. Wharf F-5 is located... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Hill 400 Fixed Defense Battery Command Post, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Hill 400 Fixed Defense...

Significance: Part of the coastal defense system implemented after the Japanese attacks of June 1942 when an invasion was feared. Principal defenses were four 144mm. guns on Panama mounts which could fire in a... More

Nikolaevskʹ n. Amurʺ Kitaĭski︠a︡ shampīnʹki i gorodskoĭ nristani.

Nikolaevskʹ n. Amurʺ Kitaĭski︠a︡ shampīnʹki i gorodskoĭ nristani.

Print shows Chinese sampans in the harbor at Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia. Message on verso dated February 20, 1910. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congres... More

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sullivan's Island), S.C., looking N.E.

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sulliv...

Stereograph showing a cannon inside the battery of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Air Operations Administration Building, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Air Operations Adminis...

Significance: This was built to monitor and direct air traffic, playing an integral role in the operation of the naval air station. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey numb... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Bounded by Lanakila & Laniwai Avenues, Kaiapo Canal & shoreline, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This block is significant as the only remaining area with buildings from the pre-World War II civilian history of the peninsula, and for its association with the Navy history of this peninsula dur... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2 Machine House & Substation, Near intersection of Avenue G & Third Street, northwest of Dry Dock No. 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2 Machine House & Su...

Significance: It functioned as the winch for the Marine Railway No. 2, which was a repair cradle for Pearl Harbor. The Marine Railway No. 2, with its rails, cradle, and superstructure of steel beams and steel g... More

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

Stereograph showing gunboats at dock at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Handwritten on verso: The cooling yard at Baton Rouge (Messrs. Hill & Markham), Miller, vol. 1, p. 233. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Colle... More

Seattle from the water front - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Seattle from the water front - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery, Battery Command Center, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery...

Significance: This antiaircraft battery command center and its gun emplacements are associated with the hasty construction of nine 5-inch antiaircraft defensive positions in the months after the 7 December 1941... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery, Battery Command Center, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery...

Significance: This antiaircraft battery command center and its gun emplacements are associated with the hasty construction of nine 5-inch antiaircraft defensive positions in the months after the 7 December 1941... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery, Battery Command Center, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery...

Significance: This antiaircraft battery command center and its gun emplacements are associated with the hasty construction of nine 5-inch antiaircraft defensive positions in the months after the 7 December 1941... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Humpy Cove Magazine, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Humpy Cove Magazine, U...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View of San Francisco harbor] - Victorian era public domain image

[View of San Francisco harbor] - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, AF/FRD-10 Circularly Disposed Antenna Array, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, AF/FRD-10 Circular...

Significance: The AN/FRD-10 Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) at NCTAMS (Facility 314) was a part of the US' Cold War efforts to gather foreign intelligence information. Along with fourteen other FRD-10 ... More

Fort Sumter as seen from Morris Island, Charleston harbor, S.C.

Fort Sumter as seen from Morris Island, Charleston harbor, S.C.

Photograph shows the lighthouse constructed by the Union Army inside the fort and the heavily damaged exterior on the right flank after the bombardment.

Cana island Light Station, Cana Island Road, Baileys Harbor, Door County, WI

Cana island Light Station, Cana Island Road, Baileys Harbor, Door Coun...

Significance: The lighthouse played an important role in the safe expansion of shipping and passenger travel on the Great Lakes. Its construction and association with regional events contributed to broad patter... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Circle, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Ci...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at 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 calamitou... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Circle, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Ci...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at 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 calamitou... More

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory E, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Richmond County, NY

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory E, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Ric...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This building, completed in 1880, is one of an outstanding group of five Greek Revival dormitories which overloo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrine for Machine Shop, Near intersection of Sixth Street & Avenue D, adjacent to Facility No. 67, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrine for Machine Shop, Near intersec...

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

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays Harbor County, WA

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-A

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Submarine Base, Berthing Wharves S10-S14, North Waterfront Road at Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Submarine Base, Berthing Wharves ...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at 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 devastatin... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Woodworking Shop, Seventh Street near Avenue E, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Woodworking Shop, Seventh Street near A...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It was among the major shop buildings in the initial phase of construction at the Shipyard, which began in 1912. Prior to WWII it ... More

Burnt Island Light Station, Burnt Island, west side of entrance to Boothbay Harbor, Pine Cliff, Lincoln County, ME

Burnt Island Light Station, Burnt Island, west side of entrance to Boo...

Survey number: HABS ME-219 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York Count...

Significance: Having served as the entrance to the United States at the nation's largest port for over seventy percent of immigrants entering this country from 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island is the most important i... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Commanding Officer's Quarters, 6-8 First Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Comm...

Significance: This was the residence for the chief medical officer of the navy hospital. As such, this residence was designed to be the most luxurious and have the most dignified look of any of the houses in t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery, East Gun Emplacement, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery...

Public domain scan of construction site, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery, East Gun Emplacement, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island 5-Inch Antiaircraft Battery...

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

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory D, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Richmond County, NY

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory D, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Ric...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This building, constructed from 1840-1841, is one of an outstanding group of five Greek Revival dormitories whic... More

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory D, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Richmond County, NY

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory D, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Ric...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This building, constructed from 1840-1841, is one of an outstanding group of five Greek Revival dormitories whic... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Officers' Duplex Quarters, Salvor Street & Russell Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Officers' Duplex Quarters,...

Significance: Facility 207 is associated with the establishment of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. It was among the earliest residential buildings at Pearl Harbor, but the last four quarters of the four quarters f... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Officers' Duplex Quarters, Salvor Street & Russell Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Officers' Duplex Quarters,...

Significance: Facility 207 is associated with the establishment of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. It was among the earliest residential buildings at Pearl Harbor, but the last four quarters of the four quarters f... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange Garage, Corner of North Road & Nimitz Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange Garage, Corner of North R...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange Garage, Corner of North Road & Nimitz Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange Garage, Corner of North R...

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

Jas. A Herne's new play, Sag Harbor

Jas. A Herne's new play, Sag Harbor

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Significance: After the signing of the Treaty of LaPointe in 1843 with the Chippewa Nation, Isle Royale was opened to copper exploration and mining. By 1847 more than one dozen mining companies had established... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Orote Point Airfield, Apra Harbor Naval Reservation, Agat, Guam, GU

Orote Point Airfield, Apra Harbor Naval Reservation, Agat, Guam, GU

Site associated with the Battle of the Philippine Sea & "Operation New Life." Significance: Orote Airfield was the first airfield in Guam, a pioneering effort in military aviation in the western Pacific. It pl... More

Orote Point Airfield, Apra Harbor Naval Reservation, Agat, Guam, GU

Orote Point Airfield, Apra Harbor Naval Reservation, Agat, Guam, GU

Site associated with the Battle of the Philippine Sea & "Operation New Life." Significance: Orote Airfield was the first airfield in Guam, a pioneering effort in military aviation in the western Pacific. It pl... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pilot Boathouse, South end of Jarvis Street on West tip of Kuahua Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pilot Boathouse, South end of Jarvis St...

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

The Demiloon [sic], Ft. Marion - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Demiloon [sic], Ft. Marion - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Assembly Complex, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Assembly Compl...

Significance: Utilized in the assembly and storage of torpedoes for use in air warfare, this complex is a fine example of such facilities which were often constructed at American air stations close to combat zo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Married Chief Petty Officer's Quarters, 90 Belleau Wood Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Married Chief Petty Officer's Quarters,...

Significance: The five remaining bungalows for Chief Petty Officers (CPO) on Belleau Wood Loop form the only remaining historic neighborhood at Pearl Harbor built for this rank of Navy personnel. The buildings ... More

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Recreation Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Ellis Island, New York harbor, immigrants, immigration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Barracks, West Loch, B Avenue near Arizona Road, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Barracks, West Loch, B Avenue ne...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 33 functioned as part of the Pearl ... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Marine Barracks, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Marine Barracks, Unala...

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Governors Island, Post Hospital, New York Harbor, Nolan Park near Barry Road, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Post Hospital, New York Harbor, Nolan Park near Barr...

Significance: Since its construction, this building has been a key structure on the Governors Island military post. It was erected in 1839 as the post hospital and served that purpose until 1878 when it was con... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 4, Galley, Third Street at intersection of Avenue I, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 4, Galley, Third Street at...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It was constructed in 1943 in association with the expansion of the shipyard during WWII. It is more notably grouped with former a... More

The Harbor and Colonial Arms, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The Harbor and Colonial Arms, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Brown's Fish House, 17544 North Whitefish Point Road, Paradise, Chippewa County, MI

Brown's Fish House, 17544 North Whitefish Point Road, Paradise, Chippe...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, General Storehouse, Intersection of Avenue D & Seventh Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, General Storehouse, Intersection of Ave...

Significance: It is the first storehouse built in the Navy Yard, as part of the base establishment of Pearl Harbor, under the Act of Congress of 13 May 1908. It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Histo... More

Wharves at Bermuda Hundred Landing, Virginia

Wharves at Bermuda Hundred Landing, Virginia

No. B393. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pattern Shop, Seventh Street near Avenue F, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pattern Shop, Seventh Street near Avenu...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is significant for being among the major shop buildings built in the initial phase of construction at the shipyard that began i... More

Military maps illustrating the operations of the armies of the Potomac and James against Richmond, May 4th, 1864 to April 9th, 1865 : including battlefields of the Wilderness, Totopotomoy, North Anna, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, the movements north of the James River, Siege of Petersburg, battlefields of Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Farmville & Appomatox Court House, as also the routes of march of the opposing armies.

Military maps illustrating the operations of the armies of the Potomac...

Shows fortifications and troop movement. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 517 Some sheets have the map title, border, and names of the surveyor added. Available also through the Library of... More

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wishkah River Bridge, Wishkah Street spanning Wishkah River, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, WA

Wishkah River Bridge, Wishkah Street spanning Wishkah River, Aberdeen,...

Significance: The bridge is a classic example of a patented Strauss "heel-trunnion" bascule bridge type. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N187 Survey number: HAER WA-92 Building/str... More

Wishkah River Bridge, Wishkah Street spanning Wishkah River, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, WA

Wishkah River Bridge, Wishkah Street spanning Wishkah River, Aberdeen,...

Significance: The bridge is a classic example of a patented Strauss "heel-trunnion" bascule bridge type. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N187 Survey number: HAER WA-92 Building/str... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange, First Street west of C Avenue, Lualualei; West Loch Branch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange, First Street west of C A...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. Q339 functioned as part of the Pear... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange, First Street west of C Avenue, Lualualei; West Loch Branch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Navy Exchange, First Street west of C A...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. Q339 functioned as part of the Pear... More

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Little Harbor Road, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Little Harbor Road, Portsmouth, Rockingham...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Machine Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-10 Pier, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Machine Shop, Sixth Street opposite 10-...

Significance: They are located within the Controlled Industrial Area of the Naval Shipyard within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Facility 67 was the first major shop building constructed at the Sh... More

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