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Panama Bay. Pearl fishers. Taken about 1883

Panama Bay. Pearl fishers. Taken about 1883

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Pearl Benton as a Chinese idol in "San Toy" / Photo by Miss Ben Yusuf.

Pearl Benton as a Chinese idol in "San Toy" / Photo by Miss Ben Yusuf.

Illustration showing a portrait of Pearl Benton dressed in an Asian costume portraying a character in the musical, "San Toy." The photograph is surrounded by a decorative "frame" and forms a part of a portfoli... More

Pearl Street, Manchester, N.H. - A black and white photo of a park bench

Pearl Street, Manchester, N.H. - A black and white photo of a park ben...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park alley, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pearl Aufrere - Public domain portrait photograph

Pearl Aufrere - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows actress Pearl Aufrere. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

At one of the paper offices on Pearl St. at 3:30 P.M.  Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

At one of the paper offices on Pearl St. at 3:30 P.M. Location: Buffa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room of the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C. She said her brother 8 years old helps too.  Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pearl White, no. 2 - Public domain portrait print

Pearl White, no. 2 - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows silent film actress Pearl White holding a pig while seated on the hood of a Stutz automobile with New York license plate. Copyright 1916 by White, N. Y. Title from copyright registration.

William Allen House, County Road 245, Pearl, Elbert County, GA

William Allen House, County Road 245, Pearl, Elbert County, GA

Significance: This two-story frame house contains one of the oldest remaining structures in Elbert County. The two-story central portico, added about forty years after the initial construction, is an interestin... More

Pearl & Wall Streets (House), Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Pearl & Wall Streets (House), Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-3229 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Widow Sturtevant House, Pearl Street, Albany, Albany County, NY

Widow Sturtevant House, Pearl Street, Albany, Albany County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-6003 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Republican women leaders discuss 1938 election plans with G.O.P. Chairman. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Women members of the Republican National Committee from all parts of the country converged on Washington today for a conference with National Chairman John Hamilton. Plans for the party's 1938 election campaign were discussed. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) Mrs. Robert L. Hoyal, Ariz.; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, PA; Chairman Hamilton; Mrs. John E. Hillman, Colo.; and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Dist. of Col. Standing left to right: Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Ind.; Mrs. Cara L. Ebert, W.Va.; Ms. Chris Carlson, Minn.; Mrs. Edna B. Conklin, N.J.; Mrs. Pearl Wates, Ala.; Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Brown, Ohio; Mrs. margaret A. Green, Massachusetts.; Mrs. Doris K. Reynolds, Wyo.; Miss Katheryn Byrne, Conn; and Miss Consuelo Northrop, VT, 8/11/37

Republican women leaders discuss 1938 election plans with G.O.P. Chair...

A black and white photo of a group of women. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Pearl Lang and Robert Cohan in Diversion of angels]

[ Pearl Lang and Robert Cohan in Diversion of angels]

Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

D.S. Schaab, residence in Pearl River, New York. Outdoor grill with the family

D.S. Schaab, residence in Pearl River, New York. Outdoor grill with th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

D.S. Schaab, residence in Pearl River, New York. Entrance facade, with baby

D.S. Schaab, residence in Pearl River, New York. Entrance facade, with...

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First Army photos of the bombing of Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Smoke from Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field as seen from Kan Highway near John Rodgers Airport Road

First Army photos of the bombing of Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Smoke from P...

Smoke behind field of sugar cane. Photoprint by U.S. Army Signal Corps. No. SC-127022. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia burning in the foreground. Smoke rolling out amidships shows where the most extensive damage occurred. Note the two men in the superstructure. The USS Tennessee is inboard

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 to...

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

California hit. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the U.S.S. California settles slowly into the mud and muck of Pearl Harbor. Clouds of black oily smoke pouring up from the California and her stricken sister ships conceal all but the hulk of the capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma at extreme right

California hit. Battered by aerial bombs and torpedoes, the U.S.S. Cal...

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

Conversion. Safe and lock company. This man and the factory he works in were both accustomed to a different kind of work in times of peace. A former silk weaver and loom repairman, this worker now assembles thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts in a plant which made safe and locks before Pearl Harbor. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. This man and the factory he works i...

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.

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Women are being trained along with men in the Volusia County, Florida Vocational School to take their places on the war production front. Pearl Kinchen, who is leaning overhead welding under the watchful eye of instructor, is a housewife with a brother in the army. She will soon be welding aircraft in the De Land industrial pool

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Women are being trained alo...

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Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Downes and Cassin. The jumbled mass of wreckage in the foreground of drydock number one are the U.S. destroyers, Downes (left) and Cassin (right). The battleship in the rear is the USS Pennsylvania, 33,100 ton flagship of the Pacific Fleet, which suffered relatively light damage during the Japanese attack. The Pennsylvania was repaired shortly after the attack. Main and auxiliary machinery fittings of the Downes and Cassin are being transferred to new hulls

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Downes and Cassin. The jumbled mass of wreck...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Epping, North Dakota. High school girls singing "Remember Pearl Harbor" at meeting of the women of the town to promote sale of defense bonds and stamps

Epping, North Dakota. High school girls singing "Remember Pearl Harbor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York City. Road to Victory XV, Pearl Harbor

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York City. Road to Victory X...

Public domain photograph of life and commerce in the New YorkCity in1940s-1950s, interiors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Pearl River School, Pearl River, New York. West facade

Pearl River School, Pearl River, New York. West facade

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leechee [sic] nuts on Pearl River, Qingdao China

Leechee [sic] nuts on Pearl River, Qingdao China

Photo shows a man in a boat selling(?) lychee fruit alongside a wall on the Pearl River in China.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fire Station, Liscome Bay Street near Hornet Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fire Station, Liscome Bay Street near H...

Significance: Facility 42 is significant for its architecture and its history. Its design has elements of the Art Deco and Art Moderne styles associated with 1930s architecture in Hawaii. The building is asso... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Maintenance Ships-Spares Storage, Between Independence & Hammonds Port Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Maintenance Ships-Spares Storage, Betwe...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor including Ford Island was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century ... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Northeast of Fourth Street & D Avenue intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Nor...

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Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Northeast of Fourth Street & D Avenue intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Nor...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Telephone Exchange Building, Morton Street near Clark Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Telephone Exchange Building, Morton Str...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second St...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers' Quarters Two Story Type, 1-5, 7-8 Hale Alii Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...

Significance: Facilities 1001, 1002, 1004, 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039 are excellent examples of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The structures are distinctive for their use of materials s... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Passenger Shelter, Central Avenue near Sixth Street intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Passenger Shelter, Central Avenue near ...

Significance: It is significant for its distinctive type of construction. Yard employees built the structure in a resourceful way, using functional and utilitarian materials while incorporating artistic salvage... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Two-Story Duplex Type, Bounded by Kamehameha Highway, Plantation Drive, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Two-Story Duplex Type, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, M-Shaped Four-Bedroom Duplex Type 5, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Two-Bedroom Duplex Type 1, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, and Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Ammunition Depot West Loch, Oahu, Dispensary, Near Avenue A between First & Second Streets, Lualualei, West Loch Branch Naval Magazine, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Ammunition Depot West Loch, Oahu,...

The name was changed from U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Medical Clinic to U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Ammunition Depot West Loch, Oahu, Dispensary to more accurately reflect its historic name. Signifi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Quaywall Y-3, Western tip of Kuahua Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Quaywall Y-3, Western tip of Kuahua Pen...

Significance: Quaywall Y-3, constructed in 1944, is a 985 foot long sheet pile bulkhead structure. Plans for repair and construction work to Quaywall Y-3 are included in Military Construction (MCON) Projects P... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Officers' Quarters Type C, North end of Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This housing type is significant as residences for most of the flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Officers' Quarters Type C, North end of Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This housing type is significant as residences for most of the flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier & Quay Walls, Entrance to Dry Dock No. 2 & Repair Wharfs, east & west sides of Dry Dock No. 2 & west side of Dry Dock No. 3, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier & Quay Walls, Entrance to Dry Dock...

Significance: They are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. They are integral parts of Dry Dock Nos. 2 & 3. The docks and their walls were built at the time of intense military build-up d... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, Hunter Street at Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, Hunter Street at Maga...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at northwest side of Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at ...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at northwest side of Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at ...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at northwest side of Magazine Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Floating Dry Dock Quay, Hurt Avenue at ...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Boat Shop, Seventh Street near Avenue E...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is significant as part of the initial development of Pearl Harbor Naval Base at the beginning of WWI. Ut was among the major sh... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Chapel & Duplex Quarters, 9 First Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

This structure was moved to its current location in 1947. (5/12/03, KEY) Significance: This building is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood, although it is not associated with the development of the ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Engine & Aircraft Overhaul Shop, Swan Street at Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Engine & Aircraft Overhaul Shop, Swan S...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

Fraunces Tavern Block, Bounded by Pearl, Water & Broad Streets & Coeties Slip, New York, New York County, NY

Fraunces Tavern Block, Bounded by Pearl, Water & Broad Streets & Coeti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Aven...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunitions Explosive Maintenance Building, West Loch,Third Street near D Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunitions Explosive Maintenance Build...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. MQ39 functioned as part of the Pear... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Boulevard between Kingfisher Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Bo...

Significance: Facility No. 174 was part of the early expansion of the Army Air Field on Ford Island. It is one of the oldest hangars in Pearl Harbor and is associated with both Army and Navy aviation history on... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Boulevard between Kingfisher Street and Ranger Loop, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Bo...

Significance: Facility No. 174 was part of the early expansion of the Army Air Field on Ford Island. It is one of the oldest hangars in Pearl Harbor and is associated with both Army and Navy aviation history on... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Warehouse & Cold Storage Building, North corner of Pokomoke Street & Hornet Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Warehouse & Cold Storage Building, Nort...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor including Ford Island was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier & Yacht Club Marine Railways, End of Lanakila Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier & Yacht Club Marine Railways, End ...

Significance: Facility No. S649 was originally a civilian-constructed pier used by the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club. Although some sections of the pier are deteriorated, it retains substantial integrity. The remnant... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Kolekole Road, near Constitution Street intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Ko...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-232

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Kolekole Road, near Constitution Street intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Ko...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-232

James B. Weeks House, 26 Pearl Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

James B. Weeks House, 26 Pearl Street, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Significance: This excellent example of a Greek Revival "Country Villa" is found frequently illustrated in the major architectural pattern books of the 19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Magazine Type 1, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, & Ninth Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Magazine Type 1, Fourth, F...

Significance: These structures serve as excellent examples of military ammunition storage construction from the 1940s, and are significant as part of the WWII buildup of the base. Survey number: HABS HI-211

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Merry Point Barracks, Between North Road & Quarry Loch, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Merry Point Barracks, Between North Roa...

Significance: It is historically associated with the Marry Points wharfs and Pearl Harbor's oil storage tanks, all built about 1924. This building was constructed as a barracks for the men working in this area.... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Two-Bedroom Single-Family Type 6, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard near Willamette Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard nea...

This structure was moved to its current location in 1945. (5/14/03, KEY) Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Yard Restaurant, Seventh Street at Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Yard Restaurant, Seventh Street at Aven...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. This prominent wood structure is significant for being built as a functional support facility during the shipyard's initial phase ... More

River Street Historic District, River Street between. Union & Pearl Streets, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

River Street Historic District, River Street between. Union & Pearl St...

Significance: Structures in the district include one of the major warehouses of the Sullivan Machinery Co., a small factory built in the latter part of the 19th century, tenement buildings and workers' cottages... More

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl Islands, Isla San Telmo, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl ...

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amaz... More

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl Islands, Isla San Telmo, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl ...

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amaz... More

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl Islands, Isla San Telmo, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl ...

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amaz... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Operational Storage Building, Thirteenth Street near Franklin Street intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Operational Storage Bui...

Significance: The building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-240

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 9, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 9, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 9, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Drive in Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Dri...

Significance: The building is significant because it housed the first joint intelligence agency for ground, air, and naval forces. In this building, during the last years of WWII, the whole range of intelligenc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Barracks & Mess Hall, Hornet Avenue between Liscome Bay & Enterprise Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Barracks & Mess Hall, Hornet Avenue bet...

Significance: Facility No. 55 was an integral part of the build up of the air base on Ford Island in the 1930s. This new quarters building for 1000 enlisted bachelors was one of the largest of such facilities f... More

Sickles House, Pearl River, Rockland County, NY

Sickles House, Pearl River, Rockland County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-90, FN-94 Survey number: HABS NY-4119

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room of the Pickett Cotton Mill, High Point, N.C. She said her brother 8 years old helps too.  Location: High Point, North Carolina.

Pearl said she was 10 years old and helps her mother in the weave room...

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Shared Outbuilding Type with Carports, Off Eighth Street on either side of Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Shared Ou...

Significance: Facilities 86 and 87 are examples of a utilitarian outbuilding type that have had numerous additions over the decades of their existence. The structures utilize early twentieth-century Craftsman-... More

City Hall, Genesee & Pearl Streets, Utica, Oneida County, NY

City Hall, Genesee & Pearl Streets, Utica, Oneida County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-5444 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gaskin Avenue Neighborhood, Bounded by Dart Street to east, CSX Railroad to south, Pearl & Madison Avenues to west, & Wilson & Gordon Streets to north, Douglas, Coffee County, GA

Gaskin Avenue Neighborhood, Bounded by Dart Street to east, CSX Railro...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Magazine Type, Fourteenth Street near Kwajalein Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Magazine Type, Fourteen...

Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military ammunition storage construction from the World War II period, and are significant as part of the WWII build-up of the base. Survey n... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Commandant's Quarters, 6 Hale Alii Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Commandan...

Significance: Facility 1000 is an excellent example of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The Commandant's Quarters is the largest and most architecturally elaborate of the thirteen quarters... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 2, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, and Cedar Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Small Arms Ammunition Storehouse, North end of Kuakua Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Small Arms Ammunition Storehouse, North...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

[Portrait of Pearl Bailey, St. Louis Woman]

[Portrait of Pearl Bailey, St. Louis Woman]

Posed in costume after rendition of St. Louis woman. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VI CC 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Officers' Quarters Type B, 23 Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This house is significant as the residence of flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping o... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Retail Warehouse, Fleet Landing Halawa, near Kamehameha Highway between Richardson Recreation Center & USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Retail Warehouse, Fleet Landing Halawa,...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor including Ford Island was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century ... More

Metal Exchange Building, 234 Pearl Street, New York, New York County, NY

Metal Exchange Building, 234 Pearl Street, New York, New York County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33, FN-34 Survey number: HABS NY-431 Building/structure dates: ca. 1846 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Quarters for Officer in Charge of Radio Station, 1 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This property has a historic association with the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. It served as a residence for the Officer in Charge of the radio station until the radio towers were moved to... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Quarters for Officer in Charge of Radio Station, 1 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This property has a historic association with the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. It served as a residence for the Officer in Charge of the radio station until the radio towers were moved to... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Quarters for Officer in Charge of Radio Station, 1 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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

Significance: This property has a historic association with the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. It served as a residence for the Officer in Charge of the radio station until the radio towers were moved to... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 1, On northern shoreline of shipyard, near intersection of Avenue G & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 1, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: At the time of completion, Dry Dock No. 1 was one of the largest and most modern dry docks in the world. In addition to its immense size, Dry Dock No. 1 was an important engineering and constructi... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 1, On northern shoreline of shipyard, near intersection of Avenue G & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 1, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: At the time of completion, Dry Dock No. 1 was one of the largest and most modern dry docks in the world. In addition to its immense size, Dry Dock No. 1 was an important engineering and constructi... More

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

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

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Paint Shop & Rigging Loft, Sixth Street between Avenues E & G, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Paint Shop & Rigging Loft, Sixth Street...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is associated with the early establishment of the Shipyard at Pearl Harbor and has a distinctive type and period of constructio... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, Operations Building, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, Operations Buildin...

Significance: Facility 294, the operations building for the AN/FRD-10 Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) at NCTAMS, was a part of the United States' Cold War efforts to gather foreign intelligence informa... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, Operations Building, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, Operations Buildin...

Significance: Facility 294, the operations building for the AN/FRD-10 Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) at NCTAMS, was a part of the United States' Cold War efforts to gather foreign intelligence informa... More

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

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

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

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