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[Observation platform, Chicago and Alton Railroad]

[Observation platform, Chicago and Alton Railroad]

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

[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.

British observers in captured observation post

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

Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality commodious promenades overlooking the vast city from a height of 850 feet / / Mophochrom - Irving Browning - natural color.

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. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 17, New York New York City Skyscrapers

A black and white photo of people on a balcony. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people on a balcony. Office of War Informat...

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

Lane County, Oregon. Tourist at the Dee Wright observation point

Lane County, Oregon. Tourist at the Dee Wright observation point

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Irwin R. Steffy having his car gone over in the Pierson Motor Company garage. He uses it to go into Lancaster every day where he is doing a defense job at the Armstrong Cork Company; he shares a ride when hours permit. Before the war he worked for nine years for Spachts, the undertaker. Now he serves four hours a week as an airplane spotter at the nearby observation post

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Irwin R. Steffy having his car gone over in the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, S...

Significance: Antietam's stone Observation Tower was built during the War Department's era of battlefield preservation and interpretation. In 1890, congressional legislation gave the War Department oversight o... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House, Station "O" area, east end of Sled Track, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House...

Survey number: HAER CA-234-C Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Observation Bunker Types, Rogers Dry Lake, east of runway between North Base & South Base, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Observation Bunker T...

Survey number: HAER CA-235-B Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coney Island, N.Y.: Observation Tower

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.

MARINES AVIATION AWARD GIVEN. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVID LORD, COMMANDING OBSERVATION SQUADRON SEVEN OF THE MARINE CORPS, WITH THE HERBERT SCHIFF TROPHY, GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE SQUADRON OR UNIT WHICH LOGS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FLIGHT HOURS WITH THE MINIMUM OF ACCIDENTS. STANDING ON THE RIGHT IS COL. H.L. ROOSEVELT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

MARINES AVIATION AWARD GIVEN. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS FIRST LIEUT...

A group of men standing around a table holding a trophy. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visitors on the observation platform at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C.

Visitors on the observation platform at the municipal airport in Washi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. One of the many small shops throughout the nation making articles of the War Production Program. Here in the women's department of the Dante Electric Company, three workers of the Dante family help in the production of electrical parts for submarines. Mr. Dante just made a slight adjustment on the mechanical screw driver operated by Mrs. Hazel Wheeler. In the center, Mr. Artie Shaw is working on a similar machine, while Mary Dante puts her down for observation duty on the local airplane watching post. Bertha Kreig, of nearby Harwinton, is working at the right rear, while in the right foreground, Mrs. Dante is making an adjustment on a light joiner

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. One of the many small sho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Paul Ritz serving his two hours per week as an airplane spotter in the observation post on a hill near Lititz. There are two people here twenty-four hours a day. Ritz' companion was ill this time. He is a candy coater in the local chocolate factory; has a son in the Navy; was in the last war. The American Legion recruited the spotters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Paul Ritz serving his two hours per week as an a...

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Oil painting "Government Aid to Deep Sea Navigation-Captain Taking Observation" located on south wall, west side of lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Government Aid to Deep Sea Navigation-Captain Taking Obs...

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

Dugway Proving Ground, German-Japanese Village, Observation Bunker, So...

Survey number: HAER UT-92-B Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of Im... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House, Station "O" area, east end of Sled Track, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House...

Survey number: HAER CA-234-C Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Observation Bunker Types, Rogers Dry Lake, east of runway between North Base & South Base, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Observation Bunker T...

Survey number: HAER CA-235-B Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From lily pond near Agriculture Bldg., N. E. to Observation Wheel (250 ft. diam.), World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

From lily pond near Agriculture Bldg., N. E. to Observation Wheel (250...

Girl in boat. H50215 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood.

Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation

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.

[Observation building on mountain]

[Observation building on mountain]

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

Observation car on a deluxe overland limited train

Observation car on a deluxe overland limited train

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Chief Two Moon, wealthy Indian medicine man from Waterbury, Conn., photographed at the Lincoln Memorial on the observation platform of his palatial touring bus ...

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-gunes & flare-lights, close-up

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s Palestine, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. Mrs. Arthur Shaw is another resident of Bantam. Her husband is a private chauffeur in Litchfield. Mr. Dante is watching her operate a small drill press. Mrs. Shaw has volunteered to serve as one of Bantam's air raid watchers, puts in several early morning hours at the local observation post before reporting to work in the morning

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. Mrs. Arthur Shaw is anoth...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lane County, Oregon. The Dee Wright observation point in the lava fields

Lane County, Oregon. The Dee Wright observation point in the lava fiel...

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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather observation data from all sections of the country being placed on charts and maps preparatory to the issuing of of forecasts

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reunion Tower, a 561-foot-high observation tower, completed in 1978, that is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dallas, Texas

Reunion Tower, a 561-foot-high observation tower, completed in 1978, t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Located in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, the tower was free-standing structure until the construction of an addition to th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...

Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished

Captured armored observation tank of Germans

Captured armored observation tank of Germans

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German observation post destroyed - Public domain map

German observation post destroyed - Public domain map

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

Beersheba, inspection of Camel Corps by H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) Sir Harold McMichael. Camels trotting past the observation dais

Beersheba, inspection of Camel Corps by H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) Si...

Public domain image of a horse riding, cavalry, military forces leader, general, 17th, 18th-19th century armed conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Observation stand for largest open pit iron mine in the world. Hibbing, Minnesota

Observation stand for largest open pit iron mine in the world. Hibbing...

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Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill...

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An unusual windmill, complete with observation deck, along California Rt. 12 in the Sonoma Valley

An unusual windmill, complete with observation deck, along California ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort McKinley, Battery Weymouth Combined Observation Station, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 125 feet south of Weymouth Way, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, Battery Weymouth Combined Observation Station, West sid...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: The Valley Forge Observation Tower is an example of facilities built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to provide overviews of historical and scenic areas. The tower was built on... More

From lily pond near Agriculture Bldg., N. E. to Observation Wheel (250 ft. diam.), World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

From lily pond near Agriculture Bldg., N. E. to Observation Wheel (250...

Girl in boat. H50215 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood.

Fort McKinley, Battery Honeycutt Observation Station, East side of East Side Drive, approximately 225 feet south of Cove Side Drive, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, Battery Honeycutt Observation Station, East side of Eas...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Birdseye view of World's Fair Grounds and Festival Hall, from observation wheel, St. L. World's Fair

Birdseye view of World's Fair Grounds and Festival Hall, from observat...

H52779 U.S. Copyright Office. No. S. 147. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herald Sheperdstown Tour, observation tower, Antietam

Herald Sheperdstown Tour, observation tower, Antietam

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U.S. Envoy to tell president of talk with Stalin. Washington, D.C., June 25. Joseph E. Davies, recently resigned envoy to the Soviet, arriving at the White House today where he gave President Roosevelt a first-hand observation of political and economic conditions in Europe. He also described his two hour talk with Stalin

U.S. Envoy to tell president of talk with Stalin. Washington, D.C., Ju...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visitors watching a plane from the observation platform at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C.

Visitors watching a plane from the observation platform at the municip...

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Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill...

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Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. As part of training in the fundamentals of navigation, Senta Osoling and George Agzarian make a ballon observation. This instruction ties in with Polytechnic High School's Victory Corps activities offering students opportunity for important technical preparation for war service

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. As part of training in...

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Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House, Station "O" area, east end of Sled Track, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House...

Survey number: HAER CA-234-C Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingham County, NH

Fort Point, Observation Tower, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-I Building/structure dates: 1942 Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...

Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of balcony in front of it (compare with end wall in K 2304). Large glass panels permit observation by visitors and view of plant by control room operators. Ceiling of control room is assymmetric barrel vault with acoustic tile surface; all light is indirect from reflectors above low soffit along front of room. In more recent installations, control equipment is gray instead of black to reduce eye fatigue by lessening contrast

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of ...

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Proposes Air Defense Cabinet separate from Army and Navy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 31. Kern Dodge, President of the Air Defense League, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee today proposed the establishment of an Air Defense Cabinet, separate from the Army and Navy and with an Assistant Secretary as Director. He also urged passage of immediate legislation to build up a synchronized force of pursuit, observation and bombing planes, 1-31-39

Proposes Air Defense Cabinet separate from Army and Navy. Washington, ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visitors on the observation platform. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

Visitors on the observation platform. Municipal airport, Washington, D...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people on a balcony. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a group of people on a balcony. Great Depre...

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

S.S. Independence, American Export Lines. Observation lounge II

S.S. Independence, American Export Lines. Observation lounge II

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Beekman Theatre, 2nd Ave. and 66th St., New York City. Lounge to observation window

Beekman Theatre, 2nd Ave. and 66th St., New York City. Lounge to obser...

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Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: The Valley Forge Observation Tower is an example of facilities built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to provide overviews of historical and scenic areas. The tower was built on... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunker 1-D-3, Test Area 1-125, northwest end of Altair Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

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Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunker 1-D-3, Test Area 1-125, northwest end of Altair Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

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Fort McKinley, Battery Berry Observation Station, North side of Wood Side Drive approximately 80 feet east of Spring Cove Lane, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, Battery Berry Observation Station, North side of Wood S...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Observation train, Po'keepsie - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Observation train, Po'keepsie - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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)

Scientists of Naval Observation who will photograph eclipse of sun from "Los Angeles," 1/7/25

Scientists of Naval Observation who will photograph eclipse of sun fro...

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British observation post on a hill-top near Lubbau

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British observatio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ruined building, desolated landscape with ruins and stones, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on observation post with rifles, machine-guns & flare-lights

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Beersheba, inspection of Camel Corps by H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) Sir Harold McMichael. Camels trotting past the observation dais

Beersheba, inspection of Camel Corps by H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) Si...

Public domain image of a horse riding, cavalry, military forces leader, general, 17th, 18th-19th century armed conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Visitors on the observation platform. Washington, D.C. municipal airport

Visitors on the observation platform. Washington, D.C. municipal airpo...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Paul Ritz serving his two hours per week as an airplane spotter in the observation post on a hill near Lititz. There are two people here twenty-four hours a day. Ritz' companion was ill this time. He is a candy coater in the local chocolate factory; has a son in the Navy; was in the last war. The American Legion recruited the spotters

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Paul Ritz serving his two hours per week as an a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missouri. To observation window, and desk

Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missou...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamship Brasil, Moore McCormack Line. Observation deck, from forward

Steamship Brasil, Moore McCormack Line. Observation deck, from forward

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Las Vegas Strip, looking toward the 112-story Stratosphere observation tower, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas Strip, looking toward the 112-story Stratosphere observation...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, S...

Significance: Antietam's stone Observation Tower was built during the War Department's era of battlefield preservation and interpretation. In 1890, congressional legislation gave the War Department oversight o... More

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Battlefield, Observation Tower, Richardson Avenue, S...

Significance: Antietam's stone Observation Tower was built during the War Department's era of battlefield preservation and interpretation. In 1890, congressional legislation gave the War Department oversight o... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observation Bunkers for Test Stand 1-A, Test Area 1-120, north end of Jupiter Boulevard, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House, Station "O" area, east end of Sled Track, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Observation Block House...

Survey number: HAER CA-234-C Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...

Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: The Valley Forge Observation Tower is an example of facilities built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to provide overviews of historical and scenic areas. The tower was built on... More

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: The Valley Forge Observation Tower is an example of facilities built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to provide overviews of historical and scenic areas. The tower was built on... More

British observers in captured observation post

British observers in captured observation post

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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.

His observation - Drawing. Public domain image.

His observation - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

[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).

Manzanar War Relocation Center, Observation (Guard) Tower, Independence, Inyo County, CA

Manzanar War Relocation Center, Observation (Guard) Tower, Independenc...

Survey number: HABS CA-2399-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000484

Dead Sea Album, prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. A section of Jebel Usdum showing observation post on summit

Dead Sea Album, prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. A section of Je...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lane County, Oregon. Tourist at the Dee Wright observation point

Lane County, Oregon. Tourist at the Dee Wright observation point

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

S.S. United States. Observation lounge II

S.S. United States. Observation lounge II

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ocean and Bathing Beach from behind the Life Savers' Observation Stand, Asbury Park, N.J.

Ocean and Bathing Beach from behind the Life Savers' Observation Stand...

H9402 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of New Jersey, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...

Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...

Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished

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