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HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the Hiei an Imperial Japanese Navy warship which served during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Tokyo, has established a unique combat record in several war theaters. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air, said the B-25 can "go farther, faster, and carry more bombs than the best ships of our enemy"

This North American B-25 bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Toky...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Assembling controls for the United Nations war planes at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Assembling controls for the...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese nurserymen selling out their stocks before they are evacuated from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese nurserymen selling out their ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Hundreds of Kirksite and lead dies are stocked in this huge storage area at the Inglewood, California, foundry of North American Aviation, Incorporated. They move from this yard into the adjoining drip hammer department where they are used in forming sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Hundreds of Kirksite and l...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Making final adjustments on an "automatic pilot" which will be mounted in a war plane at the North American Aviation Inglewood, California, plant. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Making final adjustments on...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese pack up their belongings as they close their stores in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Photograph (framed) of Iwo Jima taken by the crew of the U.S.S. Spearfish on her twelfth war patrol, Nov. 28, to Dec. 2, 1944]

[Photograph (framed) of Iwo Jima taken by the crew of the U.S.S. Spear...

Image has vertical and horizontal markings that may have been from photographing through a scope. Gift; Captain C. C. Cole; March 26, 1954. Exhibited: "War/Photography : Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Af... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street between Lexington Boulevard & parking lot, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street bet...

Significance: Facility 26A was built in 1935 as part of the expansion of facilities for the Fleet Air Base at Ford Island. During the 1930s the Navy frequently sent most of their fleet to Pearl Harbor to condu... More

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area, Dugway, Tooele County, UT

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South ...

Significance: The Dugway German Village was the primary American site for testing incendiary bombs prior to large-scale attacks near the end of World War II against civilian targets such as Dresden, Germany. Th... More

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area, Dugway, Tooele County, UT

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South ...

Significance: The Dugway German Village was the primary American site for testing incendiary bombs prior to large-scale attacks near the end of World War II against civilian targets such as Dresden, Germany. Th... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Elevation, Area 4, Yucca Flat, 4-04 Road near Rainier Mesa Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Elevation, Area 4, Yucca Fl...

Survey number: HABS NV-27-C Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Merchant & Nuuanu Streets, Yokohama Specie Bank Building, 24-32 Mercha...

Significance: The Yokohama Specie Bank was the first Japanese bank to be established in the Hawaiian islands as a branch of Japan's premier banking establishment. This sophisticated Merchant Street structure r... More

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size figure of "Slap Happy Jap" has been created by the "Quicker for Victory" campaign of the labor-management committee in the Cleveland warehouse plant. He appears in different departments with varying messages to spur production

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size fi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Wreckage of USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Official U.S. Navy photograph. No. 8967. Z 75685. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak attacks are these three stricken U.S. battleships. Left to right: U.S.S. West Virginia, severely damaged; U.S.S. Tennessee, damaged; and U.S.S. Arizona, sunk

Stricken from the air. Testifying to the extent of the Japanese sneak ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army Navy Civilian," on a background map of the state of Alaska. Title transcribed fr... More

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Sign on a cleaning shop in Little Tokyo

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a more and more important part in war production. An elderly employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, turns out a heavy quota of sheet metal parts for war planes on a hand press at the Inglewood, California plant. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a mor...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type B Structure, Area 4, Yucca Flat, 4-04 Road near Rainier Mesa Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type B Structure, Area 4, Yucca Fl...

Survey number: HABS NV-27-A Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1992-1993 Demolished

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Structure, Area 4, Yucca Flat, 4-04 Road near Rainier Mesa Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Structure, Area 4, Yucca Fl...

Survey number: HABS NV-27-B Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area, Dugway, Tooele County, UT

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South ...

Significance: The Dugway German Village was the primary American site for testing incendiary bombs prior to large-scale attacks near the end of World War II against civilian targets such as Dresden, Germany. Th... More

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area, Dugway, Tooele County, UT

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South ...

Significance: The Dugway German Village was the primary American site for testing incendiary bombs prior to large-scale attacks near the end of World War II against civilian targets such as Dresden, Germany. Th... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This poster was very effective because it made use of the product--exhausts--made by the section of the Westinghouse factory in which it was displayed. The labor-management committee kept it up to date with production figures

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This post...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of Singapore during a Japanese air raid.

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas, under United States Army war emergency order. Stores of Japanese in Little Tokyo are closed as the owners are evacuated

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Ameri...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of announcement of the Japanese surrender in 1945] / World-Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsico.

[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of a...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curato... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

The Jap way - cold-blooded murder We'll make them pay if you keep up production.

The Jap way - cold-blooded murder We'll make them pay if you keep up p...

Two Japanese soldiers with blindfolded, captured American pilot. Title transcribed from item. Promotional goal: U.S. J71. 1943. GPO no. 1943-O-556099. I.S.D. no. 101.

Harvey, Young and Kaye [The Three Terpsichoreans]

Harvey, Young and Kaye [The Three Terpsichoreans]

The Three Terpsichoreans, Japan 1934 (General) David Harvey, Kathleen Young and Danny Kaye (General)

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the foreground]

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the fo...

Copy photograph from filmstrip no. 30-1. No. 24. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germs" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objectives of the war production drive

War Production Board poster (WPB). "Beware Jap-Germs." This is one of ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was keeping house; today she is doing her part in the war effort by helping build B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was k...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, before the evacuation of Japanese from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders

Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Japan floods Malaya with fake money

Japan floods Malaya with fake money

Photograph shows a five dollar bill issued after Japan invaded Malaysia. British official photograph: KF.33A. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita reception center for Japanese evacuated under United States Army war emergency order

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita r...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Captured Japanese submarine. A Japanese vest-pocket sub, captured from the Japs after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, is being utilized in a plan to sell war bonds and stamps in various communities throughout the States. The sub, which requires only a two-man crew, is shown here as it appeared in Vallejo, California. The purchase of a war stamp or bond entitles the buyer to a peek at the inside of the vessel

Captured Japanese submarine. A Japanese vest-pocket sub, captured from...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fighter pilot interviewed after escape. Left to right: Jack Jarrel, INS correspondent; Captain Jesse Carney, 14th Air Force fighter pilot, Hoylwan, Oklahoma; Riley O'Sullivan, Associated Press war correspondent interviewing Captain Carney after successful escape from Japanese-occupied Burma. Carney is holding a pistol given him by the Chinese

Fighter pilot interviewed after escape. Left to right: Jack Jarrel, IN...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

This section of Osaka, Japan was levelled by fire-bomb attacks by Superfortresses in a long series of heavy raids during the months that preceded Japan's capitulation / Credit U.S. Army A.A.F. photo, Wash. D.C.

This section of Osaka, Japan was levelled by fire-bomb attacks by Supe...

Aerial view of Osaka, Japan after firebombing. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection. No. 58495 A.C.

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aerial view of Osaka after bombing, showing bomb craters. Photograph by U.S. Army Air Forces. No. C-58589. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Battery Command Post No. 1, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street between Lexington Boulevard & parking lot, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street bet...

Significance: Facility 26A was built in 1935 as part of the expansion of facilities for the Fleet Air Base at Ford Island. During the 1930s the Navy frequently sent most of their fleet to Pearl Harbor to condu... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele Coun...

Significance: The history of Wendover Airport spans a period of 50 years, and has gained historical recognition due to the critical role it played during World War II. During World War II events at Wendover pro... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Rough & Ready Island, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District is significant in the areas of military history and architecture/engineering. As discussed under "Historic Context," the supply annex was built l... More

Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.

Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a snake representing Japan being bombed by an eagle. Title transcribed from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Con... More

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germ" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the Jap-Germ, was featured in all posters of the series which warned against sabotage and encouraged the objective of the war production drive

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

This catalog record contains preliminary data. Gift; Elin O'Hara Slavick 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:065). Was AP 1255.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North American Aviation's B-25 final assembly floor at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North Ameri...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This North American B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, similar to the type used to bomb Tokyo, has established an unique combat record in several theaters of war. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air said the B-25 can "go farther, faster and carry more bombs than the best ships of our enemy." The plane is flying near the Inglewood, California, plant in which it was made. In addition to the battle-tested B-25, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This North American B-25 "B...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet aluminum stock in the Inglewood, California, receiving stores department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, is placed on an overhead conveyor platform to be delivered to the material preparation department. These sheets will be fabricated into parts for the United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet aluminum stock in the...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This worker at North American's Inglewood, California, plant paints the U.S. Army insignia on war planes as they leave the final assembly floor. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This worker at North Americ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Grave of a Japanese aviator in the South Pacific theater of war

Grave of a Japanese aviator in the South Pacific theater of war

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

LSM's (r) sending rockets at shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, five days before invasion

LSM's (r) sending rockets at shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, fi...

Rockets being fired from ships. Photograph by U.S. Navy. No. USN 324262. Joseph J. Spagnola Collection.

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on August 6, 1945

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on Au...

"Official photograph furnished by Headquarters, A.A.F. AC/AS-2" stamped on back of print. "If published credit U.S. Army, A.A.F. photo" stamped on back of print. Photo number: A-58914 AC. Forms part of the Nat... More

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Emil Bach House, 7415 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: This is one of the few houses in the Chicago area done by Frank Lloyd Wright after returning from Europe in 1911 and before going to Japan to supervise the work on the Imperial Hotel. It is a late... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street between Lexington Boulevard & parking lot, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storehouse Extension, Gannet Street bet...

Significance: Facility 26A was built in 1935 as part of the expansion of facilities for the Fleet Air Base at Ford Island. During the 1930s the Navy frequently sent most of their fleet to Pearl Harbor to condu... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the foreground]

[Two Japanese soldiers on guard with the barrel of large gun in the fo...

Copy photograph from filmstrip no. 30-1. No. 24. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South of Stark Road, in WWII Incendiary Test Area, Dugway, Tooele County, UT

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, German Village, South ...

Significance: The Dugway German Village was the primary American site for testing incendiary bombs prior to large-scale attacks near the end of World War II against civilian targets such as Dresden, Germany. Th... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

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