Committee Chamber, New-York, April 29, 1775. Extract of the proceeding...
Imprint 3.; On verso: S; Apr 29, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 13.
![The following persons were mentioned in the Committee of Observation, as proper to be elected for a General Committee for the City and County of New-York, in the present alarming exigency [100 names] The following are the names of persons mentio](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWZvbGxvd2luZy1wZXJzb25zLXdlcmUtbWVudGlvbmVkLWluLXRoZS1jb21taXR0ZWUtb2Ytb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tYXMtcHJvcGVyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/63/webp "The following persons were mentioned in the Committee of Observation, as proper to be elected for a General Committee for the City and County of New-York, in the present alarming exigency [100 names] The following are the names of persons mentio")
A map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mi...
Accompanied by: Geological report of an examination made in 1834 of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers / by G.W. Featherstonhaugh. Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. (97 p., [... More
![[Sketch of U.S. Army Signal Corps observation and signal tower]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvc2tldGNoLW9mLXVzLWFybXktc2lnbmFsLWNvcnBzLW9ic2VydmF0aW9uLWFuZC1zaWduYWwtdG93ZXItYjQ0OTRhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Sketch of U.S. Army Signal Corps observation and signal tower]")
[Sketch of U.S. Army Signal Corps observation and signal tower]
Title devised by Library staff. Printed on verso: Silsbee, Case & Co. Photograph Artists, 299 1/2 Washington St., Boston.
![Station & observation - summit of Pikes Peak]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvc3RhdGlvbi1hbmQtb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tc3VtbWl0LW9mLXBpa2VzLXBlYWstZWUwOWJjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "Station & observation - summit of Pikes Peak]")
Station & observation - summit of Pikes Peak]
Photograph shows Albert James Myer, holding binoculars, and another man standing outside a stone observation station on Pikes Peak, Colorado. Title from item.
Observation train following parade /
"There were two freight trains standing on the tracks between the river and the Riverside Park, and they furnished a perfect impromptu observation train service to the men and boys who clambered up on the cars ... More
![[Observation platform, Chicago and Alton Railroad]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tcGxhdGZvcm0tY2hpY2Fnby1hbmQtYWx0b24tcmFpbHJvYWQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Observation platform, Chicago and Alton Railroad]")
Observation car interior, N. P. Ry.
Photograph shows the interior of an empty railroad observation car for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Geo. M. Weister, Portland, Ore. No. 4. Title from item.
Coney Island, N.Y.: Observation Tower
Bird's-eye view. Photograph copyrighted by A. Loeffler. No. 663. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Amusement parks; Towers.
![[Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvaG9mZm1hbi1pc2xhbmQtaW1taWdyYW50cy1mcm9tLXNtYWxscG94LXNoaXAtaGVsZC1mb3Itb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tZjY2ZTRjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation]")
[Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation]
Immigrants behind fence and in building. H4552 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Miss E. A. Austen, Rosebank, Staten Island, N.Y. No. 3.
![[Immigrants from a smallpox ship, held in custody for observation, behind wire fence, Hoffman Island, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvaW1taWdyYW50cy1mcm9tLWEtc21hbGxwb3gtc2hpcC1oZWxkLWluLWN1c3RvZHktZm9yLW9ic2VydmF0aW9uLWJlaGluZC13aXJlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Immigrants from a smallpox ship, held in custody for observation, behind wire fence, Hoffman Island, N.Y.]")
[Immigrants from a smallpox ship, held in custody for observation, beh...
H4554 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo and copyright by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Emigration & immigration; Shelf.
Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation
Immigrants behind fence and in building. H4553 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Miss E.A. Austen, Rosebank, Staten Island, N.Y. No. 4.
His observation
Title continues: ... Minister: I suppose you know, Robert, that man does not live by bread alone? Robert: Oh! yes, sir, but then we don't get any such blowout as this except when you come. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). ... More
Birdseye view of Fair Grounds, showing Palace of Transportation from o...
H52780 U.S. Copyright Office. No. S. 148. Title from item.
Birdseye view of World's Fair Grounds and Festival Hall, from observat...
H52779 U.S. Copyright Office. No. S. 147. Title from item.
![Mackay Trophy is awarded to army av[...] Secretary of War James W. Good, co [...] lating Lieut. Harry A. Sutton, Army [...] aviator, after presenting him the Mackay Trophy for 1928 at Bolling Field, Wash[...] Lieut. Sutton received the trophy for [...] performing the most meritorious flight [...] Army pilots during 1928. He volunta[...] engaged in dangerous flight tests in [...] he determined the spinning character[...] of several types of observation and [...] planes. Others in the picture [...] Senator Hiram Bingham (left) of Conn. [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvbWFja2F5LXRyb3BoeS1pcy1hd2FyZGVkLXRvLWFybXktYXYtc2VjcmV0YXJ5LW9mLXdhci1qYW1lcy13LWdvb2QtY28tbGF0aW5nLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Mackay Trophy is awarded to army av[...] Secretary of War James W. Good, co [...] lating Lieut. Harry A. Sutton, Army [...] aviator, after presenting him the Mackay Trophy for 1928 at Bolling Field, Wash[...] Lieut. Sutton received the trophy for [...] performing the most meritorious flight [...] Army pilots during 1928. He volunta[...] engaged in dangerous flight tests in [...] he determined the spinning character[...] of several types of observation and [...] planes. Others in the picture [...] Senator Hiram Bingham (left) of Conn. [...]")
Observation parlor on Limited
Photograph shows passengers either talking or reading in observation car. Copyright 1905 by Geo. R. Lawrence Co. No. 5357-O. Title from item.
![[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing, with two other men in front of railroad observation car]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvdGhlb2RvcmUtcm9vc2V2ZWx0LWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLXdpdGgtdHdvLW90aGVyLW1lbi1pbi1mcm9udC1jYjQ3MTgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing, with two other men in front of railroad observation car]")
[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing, with two other me...
Title devised by library staff. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
![[Observation building on mountain]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tYnVpbGRpbmctb24tbW91bnRhaW4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Observation building on mountain]")
Observation train, Po'keepsie
Photo shows people watching rowing races from New York Central Lines railroad cars, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2739-13)
Schneider Coast Defense Train (observation car)
Photograph shows observation car of a train carrying guns made by the Swiss company Schneider & Cie during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
German observation balloon
Photograph shows a German observation balloon during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
British observers in captured observation post
Photograph shows British Artillery observing officers of the Royal Artillery, in a captured German observation post near Oosttaverne Wood, Belgium during the Battle of Messines offensive, during World War I. (S... More
German observation post destroyed
Photograph shows a destroyed German observation post outside Oosttaverne Wood, Belgium on June 11, 1917, during the Battle of Messines during World War I. The British officer in the foreground is holding a Germ... More
The ruins of Montfaucon, from a German observation position, captured ...
Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 169. Gift; Breckenridge Long; 1953.
![["Pilot" climbing up rope to get into basket (gondola) suspended below observation kite balloon during training at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcGlsb3QtY2xpbWJpbmctdXAtcm9wZS10by1nZXQtaW50by1iYXNrZXQtZ29uZG9sYS1zdXNwZW5kZWQtYmVsb3ctb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tNDgwZGUyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[\"Pilot\" climbing up rope to get into basket (gondola) suspended below observation kite balloon during training at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia]")
["Pilot" climbing up rope to get into basket (gondola) suspended below...
J232574 U.S. Copyright Office. Wittemann Collection. Copyright by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
![[Observation kite balloon in air with basket (gondola) suspended below, U.S. Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24ta2l0ZS1iYWxsb29uLWluLWFpci13aXRoLWJhc2tldC1nb25kb2xhLXN1c3BlbmRlZC1iZWxvdy11cy1uYXZhbC01NDQ0ZjctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Observation kite balloon in air with basket (gondola) suspended below, U.S. Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia]")
[Observation kite balloon in air with basket (gondola) suspended below...
J232564 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Wittemann Collection.
![Carnegie Magentic Ship, Observation tower, [10/8/19]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvY2FybmVnaWUtbWFnZW50aWMtc2hpcC1vYnNlcnZhdGlvbi10b3dlci0xMDgxOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Carnegie Magentic Ship, Observation tower, [10/8/19]")
![[Iroquois Park, Observation Point on top of hill, looking toward Louisville, Kentucky]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvaXJvcXVvaXMtcGFyay1vYnNlcnZhdGlvbi1wb2ludC1vbi10b3Atb2YtaGlsbC1sb29raW5nLXRvd2FyZC1sb3Vpc3ZpbGxlLWtlbnR1Y2t5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Iroquois Park, Observation Point on top of hill, looking toward Louisville, Kentucky]")
[Iroquois Park, Observation Point on top of hill, looking toward Louis...
Copyright by Caufield and Shook, Louisville, Ky. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Kentucky Iroquois Park; Kentucky Louisville region; Sh... More
![Coolidge with Commission for observation of 200th ann. of birth of Geo. Washington, [2/16/25]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvY29vbGlkZ2Utd2l0aC1jb21taXNzaW9uLWZvci1vYnNlcnZhdGlvbi1vZi0yMDB0aC1hbm4tb2YtYmlydGgtb2YtZ2VvLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Coolidge with Commission for observation of 200th ann. of birth of Geo. Washington, [2/16/25]")
Chief Two Moon, wealthy Indian medicine man from Waterbury, Conn., pho...
National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: p. 2, no. 38536.
![British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on observation post with rifles, machine-guns & flare-lights, view looking toward Sinjel from height above Lubba[n]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvYnJpdGlzaC1taWxpdGFyeS1jYW1wLWF0LWtsbS00MS1sdWJiYW4tbmFibHVzLXJkLWJyaXRpc2gtdHJvb3BzLW9uLW9ic2VydmF0aW9uLTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on observation post with rifles, machine-guns & flare-lights, view looking toward Sinjel from height above Lubba[n]")
Manzanar War Relocation Center, Observation (Guard) Tower, Independenc...
Survey number: HABS CA-2399-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000484
Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality...
Print shows people looking at New York City from the top of Rockefeller Center. Title from item. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 17, New York New York City Skyscrapers
![Observation room, Washington [Monument]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvb2JzZXJ2YXRpb24tcm9vbS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLW1vbnVtZW50LTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Observation room, Washington [Monument]")
A view inside a S.A. field dressing station which is accommodated in a...
Title from item. S. A. official photograph no. E. 700. Issued by the Bureau of Information.
