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Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, making his initial appearance upon the Hill since taking oath as Navy Secretary, asked the House Naval Affairs Committee to enact laws to increase naval tonnage, 'in view of the grave international situation.' He said that he would elaborate upon this statement later. He introduced Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, who made the main statement to the committee

Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secr...

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

Graduation day at U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, addressing the 578 graduates of the United States Naval Academy here today. Following the talk Admiral Leahy presented commissions as ensigns to 525 members of the class. Although the other 52 graduated their failure to pass the strict physical examination prevented them from receiving commissions

Graduation day at U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Admiral W...

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Mining operations, Pennsylvania coal fields /

Mining operations, Pennsylvania coal fields /

The film opens on an area covered with snow where the following operations are visible: track laying, and dirt moving by explosion, grader, steam shovel, and steam engine. H54720 U.S Copyright Office Copyright:... More

NAVY YARD, U.S., WASHINGTON. 14 INCH GUN; VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN SHRINKING JACKET ON IT

NAVY YARD, U.S., WASHINGTON. 14 INCH GUN; VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN SHRINK...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in foreground. Harbor was obtained practically without added expense by application of design to the quarrying operations which furnished the concrete aggregate for the dam. This view, which shows only a portion of the parking space, indicates the tremendous popularity enjoyed by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) resorts, all the parking spaces being jammed full on summer holidays

Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in...

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

A black and white photo of a sewing factory, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a sewing factory, New Jersey. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

During planting operations, pine trees taken from the nursery are kept in good condition by the process of "healing in" near the planting area. Withlacoochee Land Use Project, Florida

During planting operations, pine trees taken from the nursery are kept...

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Cut-over hillside showing white pine stumps and logs left by operations. On road from Tipler to Long Lake, Wisconsin

Cut-over hillside showing white pine stumps and logs left by operation...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Threshing operations. Southwestern Wisconsin

Threshing operations. Southwestern Wisconsin

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Navy secretary presents medal to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Washington, D.C., Oct. 15. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S.N. Retired, and members of his second Antarctic Expedition were presented with silver medals today by Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. Congress authorized the award of the medals on June 2, 1936. In the photograph, left to right: Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Rear Admiral William H. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, Secretary Swanson, and William C. Haines, U.S. Weather Bureau Meteorologist and a member of the expedition. 10/15/37

Navy secretary presents medal to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Washing...

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Near Visalia, California. Rehabilitation family. Farm operations changed from failure to success by following plan devised by Rural Rehabilitation supervisor

Near Visalia, California. Rehabilitation family. Farm operations chang...

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Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denying any foreign commitments or understandings, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, today told to Naval Affairs Committee of the House that the fleet expects "To stand on it's own feet" in national defense, Interested listeners to the Admiral's testimony were Rep. Ralph E. Church of ILL. (center) and Rep. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine (right)

Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denyi...

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A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man standing on top of a truck, Mississip...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Citrus workers resting during lull in operations. Weslaco, Texas

Citrus workers resting during lull in operations. Weslaco, Texas

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Snaking a log in land clearing operations, Sabine Farms, Marshall, Texas

Snaking a log in land clearing operations, Sabine Farms, Marshall, Tex...

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Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber, called the Boston by the British, is used by both the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force. It was designed as an attack bomber for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations. Because of the speed and performance abilities of this plane, the British have converted a number for use as night fighters. Some have also been used for reconnissance work. Armament details vary according to use, light and heavy guns being mounted in varying combinations

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by mine and mill operators in the early mining days and indicates that the owners felt that the mining operations would be of a permanent nature

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by ...

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Silos and threshing operations along Route 15 near Liberty, Pennsylvania

Silos and threshing operations along Route 15 near Liberty, Pennsylvan...

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Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Laboratory exhibit. This specimen shows the "worms" of rubber on top and the bagasse settled to the bottom, which is exactly what happens in regular factory operations of rubber extraction

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Laboratory exh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Laboratory exhibit. This specimen shows the "worms" of rubber on top and tha bagasse settled to the bottom, which is exactly what happens in regular factory operations of rubber extraction

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Laboratory exh...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Steel plates of wasteless dimensions stacked ready for laying out, one of the first operations on the production line of multiply cargo ship construction. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Steel plates of wasteless dimensions st...

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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. Nose wheels for B-25 bombers lined up for inspection at a big Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle, who flew in a B-25, has called this bomber the best militiary plane in existence. Many men and women were quickly trained in this plant for the various operations necessary to the making of a modern bomber. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. Nose wheels for B-25 bombers lined up for in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber, called the Boston by the British, is used by both the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force. It was designed as an attack bomber for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations. Because of the speed and performance abilities of this plane, the British have converted a number for use as night fighters. Some have also been used for reconnissance work. Armament details vary according to use, light and heavy guns being mounted in varying combinations

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble intricate electrical parts to be used in America's fighting planes at a large West Coast aircraft factory. The supervisor passes down the line, gives advice for speeding up operations, solves problems and keeps supplies flowing. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before aluminum parts for Uncle Sam's Army and Air Corps can be acquired. Here excess aluminum alloy is poured into a holding pot. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before ...

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A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies before" says George Woolslayer (right) giving an army jeep the once-over. At the post where Sergeant French L. Vineyard (center) is stationed, Woolslayer learned a great many things about army operations. Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans (left) got a few pointers himself during this tour of the camp which was arranged after the servicemen had visited Woolslayer's steel mill. The three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster found that they actually must "work together" for the successful waging of the war. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies bef...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Another Douglas A-20 attack bomber leaves the assembly line at the Long Beach, California, plant for transfer to the flight line and test flight before delivery to the Army. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Another Douglas A-20 attack bomber le...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin smelter performs delicate analytical operations that determine the amounts of pure metal remaining in slags from the furnaces. Accurate laboratory control is one of the important reasons why the percentage of metal recovery from the South American ore used at the plant is remarkably high

Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin sme...

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. A steady stream of bodies for Dodge Army trucks receive important finishing operations along this section of the production line

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics fuel a new A-20 attack bomber for its trial flight from the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics fuel a new A-20 attack bomb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by the wings of A-20 attack bombers, waiting their turn on the assembly lines of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by th...

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Production. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of both sexes contribute to the production of A-20 attack bombers in the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. As extruded rod comes from the extrusion machine, it is too hot to handle. It is put under a cold water spray, then sent to the saws to be cut to shorter lengths for further operations. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. As extruded rod comes from th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Moore County, Texas. Adding length of pipe to drill stem during rotary drilling operations

Moore County, Texas. Adding length of pipe to drill stem during rotary...

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aluminum casting. To insure against cracking when metal is poured into it this sand-filled mold is skin dried with a gas torch, one of the many major delicate operations required of employees of a large Midwest aluminum factory. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. To insure against cracking when metal is poured into...

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Production. B-25 bombers. A new B-25 bomber is rolled out on the field of a big Western airplane plant. This mighty ship is a product of the teamwork of American men and women who took in stride the job of adapting themselves to the many intricate operations necessary in the production of a modern bomber. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. A new B-25 bomber is rolled out on the field...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pipe fittings. Finishing department of large Midwest plant producing pipe fittings for the Army. Here fittings made by bending straight pipe pass through beveling and other machine operations that prepare them for later welding. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Finishing department of large Midwest plant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aluminum casting. Knocking cores out of a sand casting, one of the myriad essential operations necessary to production of aluminum products. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Knocking cores out of a sand casting, one of the myr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the Army. Experienced auto plant workers do this work as efficiently as they did parts for the family car. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fedala, Morocco. Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor during the landing operations of the U.S. task forces there

Fedala, Morocco. Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor duri...

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

Big throat, big voice. Boring operations are finished on a major-caliber gun at an eastern arsenal. This big boy will soon be ready to speak with authority for total warfare

Big throat, big voice. Boring operations are finished on a major-calib...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. After a short wait to let a passenger train go by, the train starts up again and the rear brakeman gives his OK signal as he hops on the caboose

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench. Office of War I...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond Indiana. The engine is an old New York Central locomotive now being used by the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. After the delivery to the Erie railroad, the crew heads back. The caboose will now be going in the opposite direction so rear brakeman Zerkel changes the signal lights to the other end

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond Indiana. Part of the train inspection consists in seeing that all airhose connections are properly made

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. While the train is waiting at Calumet City due to a derailed car somewhere ahead on the line, a switchman drops in for a few minutes to warm up a little

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train crosses a long steel bridge

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train going through the town to the yard which is two miles beyond

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The journey ended, conductor Wolfsmith walks to the little passenger station to wait for a suburban train to take him home to Chicago

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. On its way back from Clinton, Iowa, the train passes many sidings where stock cars wait to be loaded with cattle

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cowhand Chad Ferguson readies himself for a busy branding day at the Ladder Livestock Ranch's cattle operation in Moffat County, Colorado, literally on the Wyoming border. In fact, the ranch's headquarters and sheeping operations are based in Wyoming

Cowhand Chad Ferguson readies himself for a busy branding day at the L...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center, 5220 Riverside Drive, Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center,...

Significance: Building 2605 was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1995 under Criterion Consideration G as a significant Cold War-era structure. The Co... More

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center, 5220 Riverside Drive, Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center,...

Significance: Building 2605 was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1995 under Criterion Consideration G as a significant Cold War-era structure. The Co... More

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center, 5220 Riverside Drive, Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center,...

Significance: Building 2605 was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1995 under Criterion Consideration G as a significant Cold War-era structure. The Co... More

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center, 5220 Riverside Drive, Moreno Valley, Riverside County, CA

March Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command, Combat Operations Center,...

Significance: Building 2605 was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1995 under Criterion Consideration G as a significant Cold War-era structure. The Co... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Florida Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Florida Stre...

Significance: Building 2884 housed the 310th and 380th Air Refueling Squadrons. Its function was essentially the same as it counterpart, Building 2833, although no Bombardment Squadron elements resided in the s... More

The operations of the registration laws and Negro [suffr]age in the South / from sketches by James E. Taylor.

The operations of the registration laws and Negro [suffr]age in the So...

Eight scenes: 1. Jury of Whites and Blacks. 2. Freedman discharged for voting the Radical ticket. 3. Scene in Registration office, Macon, Ga. 4. Potential arguments to the Freedman for his vote. 5. Freedmen ...... More

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Operations Building & Annex, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Operations Building & Annex, East Ridge...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-Z Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Base Operations Tower & Fire Station, 1820 Vandenberg Court, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Base Operations Tower & Fire Station, 1820 V...

Significance: The Operations Tower and Fire Station was built in 1951 as a combination operations control tower and crash truck building containing eight crash stalls for the Fire Department. The building repre... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Base Operations Tower & Fire Station, 1820 Vandenberg Court, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Base Operations Tower & Fire Station, 1820 V...

Significance: The Operations Tower and Fire Station was built in 1951 as a combination operations control tower and crash truck building containing eight crash stalls for the Fire Department. The building repre... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Str...

Significance: It included space for squadron-level planning, briefing, administration, and critique of combat crews. Space was also provided for the care, storage, and issue of flying clothing and equipment for... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Str...

Significance: It included space for squadron-level planning, briefing, administration, and critique of combat crews. Space was also provided for the care, storage, and issue of flying clothing and equipment for... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Squadron Operations Building, Delaware Str...

Significance: It included space for squadron-level planning, briefing, administration, and critique of combat crews. Space was also provided for the care, storage, and issue of flying clothing and equipment for... More

Eagle Rock Operations Control Center, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Eagle Rock Operations Control Center, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-250 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Delaw...

Significance: Building 2830 supported the SAC mission by providing space in support of squadron-level operations, and later in support of squadron-level operations, and later in support of police security opera... More

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign ... 1864 /

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign .....

Shows Union Army lines of march, dates, troop positions, and campsites in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. The coverage of these 5 maps is indicated on J.v. Glümer... More

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton,...

Significance: The primary mission of the Hill Field during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, and also to receive, store and supply air materiel. Building 1, the Aircraft Opera... More

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton,...

Significance: The primary mission of the Hill Field during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, and also to receive, store and supply air materiel. Building 1, the Aircraft Opera... More

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

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

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

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bridge]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bri...

Photograph showing a man boring a hole in bridge trestle and a man with Haupt's Torpedo; back of train in background. No. 59 (handwritten) and 2560 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military ... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Operations Building No. 1, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Operations Buildin...

Significance: Building 102 Control Station (formerly Operations Building #1, Control Station) was constructed as the first operations building at the control station for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System in... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Operations Building No. 1, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Operations Buildin...

Significance: Building 102 Control Station (formerly Operations Building #1, Control Station) was constructed as the first operations building at the control station for the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System in... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations & Message Center, Behind Facility No. 1, corner of Avenue E & Seventh Street, connected to Facility Nos. 1B & 1D by wooden bridges, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations & Message Center, Behind Fac...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark, and was completed as part of the initial build-up to WWII. It has a distinctive type and period of construction. Most bomobproof c... More

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Squadron Operations Building, At southwestern-most boundary of Project Looking Glass Historic District, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Squadron O...

Survey number: HAER NE-9-J Building/structure dates: 1959 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1980- before. 1990 Subsequent Work

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Arkansas Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Arkan...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations Building, Ford Island, Enterprise Street near Intrepid Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations Building, Ford Island, Enter...

Significance: The military presence on Ford Island began when the United States entered World War I in 1917. At that time the U.S. Army assumed control of Ford Island and established Luke Airfield. This airfi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations Building, Ford Island, Enterprise Street near Intrepid Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Operations Building, Ford Island, Enter...

Significance: The military presence on Ford Island began when the United States entered World War I in 1917. At that time the U.S. Army assumed control of Ford Island and established Luke Airfield. This airfi... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Vehicle Operations Heated Parking, Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Vehicle Operations Heated Parking, Idaho A...

Significance: The building was a requirement for Air Force installations situated in cold climates. The building provided heated parking facilities for certain assigned vehicles needing to be maintained in "rea... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Vehicle Operations Heated Parking, Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Vehicle Operations Heated Parking, Idaho A...

Significance: The building was a requirement for Air Force installations situated in cold climates. The building provided heated parking facilities for certain assigned vehicles needing to be maintained in "rea... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flight Test Building, Northeast corner of Tenth & C Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flig...

Significance: Building 8, the Operations and Flight Test Building, was an integral part of Wright Field's World War II expansion. At this time ti housed the newly formed Flight Test Division, and also Wright F... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Uranium Rolling & Forming Operations, Southeast section of plant, southeast quadrant of intersection of Central Avenue & Eighth Street, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Uranium Rolling & Forming Operations, Southeast sec...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Rocky Flats Plant, Uranium Rolling & Forming Operations, Southeast section of plant, southeast quadrant of intersection of Central Avenue & Eighth Street, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Uranium Rolling & Forming Operations, Southeast sec...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...

No. 49 (handwritten) and 2551 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations B...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations B...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations B...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations B...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations Building, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Launch Operations B...

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 34, Operations Support Building, Freedom Road, Southwest of Launch Stand CX-34, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 34, Operations Suppor...

Significance: The Operations Support Building (OSB) is located in the Launch Complex (LC) 34 Area of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). This one-story, 30,506 square foot (ft2) facility, built in 19... More

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 34, Operations Support Building, Freedom Road, Southwest of Launch Stand CX-34, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 34, Operations Suppor...

Significance: The Operations Support Building (OSB) is located in the Launch Complex (LC) 34 Area of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). This one-story, 30,506 square foot (ft2) facility, built in 19... More

Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions

Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi Rive...

Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the W... More

Middies receive commissions. Annapolis, Md. June 1. For the first time in many years the graduation exercises today at the U.S. Naval Academy were held out of doors. This general view was made while Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, presented the graduates with commissions and diplomas

Middies receive commissions. Annapolis, Md. June 1. For the first time...

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Navy's Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Washington, D.C., June 15. Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who today assumed his duties as Chief of Naval Operations succeeding Rear Admiral J.O. Richardson

Navy's Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Washington, D.C., June 15. Rear ...

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One of the last articles to be moved from the house during the moving operations of Everett Shoemaker, tenant farmer. Near Shadeland, Indiana

One of the last articles to be moved from the house during the moving ...

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Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High Naval Officials and members of key Congressional Committees conferred with President Roosevelt today in regard to a Naval Expansion Program. Following the meeting, Chairman Taylor of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the President will shortly send a message to Congress recommending Naval expansion. Left to right: Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee; Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee; Rep. William B. Umstead of North Carolina; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/5/38

Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High...

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Boy with oyster rake used for scooping oysters in fishing operations, Olga, Louisiana

Boy with oyster rake used for scooping oysters in fishing operations, ...

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