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Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. A conference held yesterday at the War Department between Army and Corps area commanders and the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff was held to plan intensive training of the army for the next six months. Left to right: Brig. General Lorenzo D. Gasser; Maj. General Daniel Van Voorhis, Commanding General of the 5th Corps. area; Maj. General Percy P. Bishop, Commanding General, 7th Corps. area; Maj. General Herbert J. Brees, Commanding General, 8th Corps area; Lieut. General Stanley D. Embick, Commanding General, 3rd Army and Fourth Corps area; Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, First Army and Second Corps. area; Major General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Harry Woodring, Secretary of War, Lieut. General Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General, 2nd Army and Sixth Corps area on or about Dec. 1 with the rank of Lieutenant General; Maj. General James K. Parsons, Commanding General, 3rd Corps area; Maj. General James A. Woodruff, Commanding General, 1st Corps area; Brig. General George P. Tyner, Assistant Chief of Staff. Note: Brig. General Gasser who is first in this photo is Acting Chief of Staff

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

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War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks

War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. ...

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War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Regulars - They were in it at the first - There to the last, and with Old Glory all the way through / John W. Sheeres, War Department.

Regulars - They were in it at the first - There to the last, and with ...

Poster showing soldiers and Army insignia with the exclamation, "Well done!" Text continues: Enlist in a regular Army division: Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Engineers, Signal Corps, Medical Department, Q... More

Coolidge leaving War Dept. - Public domain politician photograph

Coolidge leaving War Dept. - Public domain politician photograph

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War Department. Pentagon, aerial view IV

War Department. Pentagon, aerial view IV

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New Chief of Insular Affairs. Washington, D.C., May 24. Brig. General Charles Burnett pictured at his desk in War Department today following his induction as Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. He succeeds Brig. General Creed F. Cox, 5/24/37

New Chief of Insular Affairs. Washington, D.C., May 24. Brig. General ...

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Chicago. Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward Vaughn, living in one of the apartments. Mr. Vaughn works for the War Department

Chicago. Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward ...

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Chicago schoolchildren buy 263,148.83 in war bonds. In a specialwWar bond Campaign which ended last month, the public school children of the South-Central District of Chicago purchased 263,148.83 in war bonds and stamps. The campaign was climaxed with a rally in Washington Park on June fourth, at which time a huge check representing enough money for 125 jeeps, two pursuit planes and motorcycle was presented to Major C. Udell Turpin of the Illinois War Bond Sales staff, representing the Treasury Department. Also participating in the excercises were representatives of the War Department

Chicago schoolchildren buy 263,148.83 in war bonds. In a specialwWar b...

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 6: Peace Conference Documents, 1898-1921; Subseries L: War Department, Weekly Reports, 1918-1919; 1918, Sept. 10-1919, Aug. 6

Woodrow Wilson Papers: Series 6: Peace Conference Documents, 1898-1921...

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Andrew Jackson to United States War Department

Andrew Jackson to United States War Department

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Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & North Oakwood Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & N...

Significance: The Base Theater was constructed in 1938, as funding gradually became available to complete the permanent post construction. It occupies a prominent position in the base plan and is an excellent ... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ...  War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...

Photographs show men displaying the wounds received during the Civil War. Upper left: John Brink, Private, Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Surgical photo 208). Upper right: Sergeant Warden (Surgical photo... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department

Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department

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[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, right profile "at his desk in War Dept"]

[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, right profile "at his desk ...

Photograph shows a half-length portrait of William Howard Taft, seated, right profile at his desk in the War Dept., Washington, D.C. H110117 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co., 1908. No... More

NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE. GENERAL VIEW OF ARMY OFFICERS LEAVING WAR DEPARTMENT FOR RECEPTION

NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE. GENERAL VIEW OF ARMY OFFICERS LEA...

A group of people standing around a horse drawn carriage, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title and date from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris &... More

Maj. General Robert C. Davis, Adjutant General of the Army, looking at his finger prints the first to be taken under a recent War Dept. order

Maj. General Robert C. Davis, Adjutant General of the Army, looking at...

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War worker goes to Washington. Rested and happier than since she came to Washington, Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland, Ohio, enters the Social Security Building where her War Department unit was assigned. The Mail and File Section has now been transferred to the Pentagon Building in Arlington, Virginia

War worker goes to Washington. Rested and happier than since she came ...

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Fort Washington, Fort Washington Light, Northeast side of Potomac River at Fort Washington Park, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort Washington Light, Northeast side of Potomac Rive...

Significance: A light and fog signal were located at Fort Washington to guide ships along the Potomac River, an important shipping and transportation route from the Chesapeake Bay to the cities of Alexandria an... More

Radar Station B-71, Operations Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte County, CA

Radar Station B-71, Operations Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del N...

Significance: The Operations Building served as the housing for the station's radar equipment. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terra... More

War Department, December 8, 1806, Disposition of Army Regulars

War Department, December 8, 1806, Disposition of Army Regulars

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Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Reception of the officers of the Army by Secretary of War Stanton. Monday = PM. at the War Dept. Washington D.C.

Reception of the officers of the Army by Secretary of War Stanton. Mon...

Drawing shows an interior scene of meeting, images detailed-several portraits of Union officers.

Old War Dept. Bldg., [Washington, D.C.]

Old War Dept. Bldg., [Washington, D.C.]

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Paintings. Painting in War Department building by Kindred McLeary I

Paintings. Painting in War Department building by Kindred McLeary I

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Takes oath as first Assistant Interior Secretary. Washington, D.C., April 8. His nomination finally approved by the Senate after three month's consideration of his fitness for the post, Ebert K. Burlew was today sworn in as first Assistant Secretary of Interior to succeed the late Theodore A. Walters of Idaho. Burlew, a civil service career man, arose from a clerk-ship in the war department to the present post as an Assistant Cabinet Officer. In the picture, left to right: Ebert K. Burlew, Secretary Harold Ickes, and Floyd E. Dotson, Chief Clerk of Dept. of Interior, who administered the oath, 4/8/38

Takes oath as first Assistant Interior Secretary. Washington, D.C., Ap...

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Passport Bureau, War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Passport Bureau, War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee mem...

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War worker goes to Washington. Acting on the advice of the personnel advisor in her section of the War Department, Miss Clara Camille Carroll registers at the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service, Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, North West. This office was established to aid war workers in obtaining suitable living quarters

War worker goes to Washington. Acting on the advice of the personnel a...

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Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward Vaughn living in one of the apartments. Mr. Vaughn is doing work for the War Department

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Family of Mr. Edward ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Significance: The federal section of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway was constructed to provide a dignified entrance to the nation's capital. The parkway also provided a new traffic artery that relieved conge... More

Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Significance: The federal section of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway was constructed to provide a dignified entrance to the nation's capital. The parkway also provided a new traffic artery that relieved conge... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

Radar Station B-71, Operations Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte County, CA

Radar Station B-71, Operations Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del N...

Significance: The Operations Building served as the housing for the station's radar equipment. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terra... More

War Department, April 21, 1802, John Spence's Case and Sentence

War Department, April 21, 1802, John Spence's Case and Sentence

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Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & North Oakwood Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & N...

Significance: The Base Theater was constructed in 1938, as funding gradually became available to complete the permanent post construction. It occupies a prominent position in the base plan and is an excellent ... More

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & North Oakwood Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & N...

Significance: The Base Theater was constructed in 1938, as funding gradually became available to complete the permanent post construction. It occupies a prominent position in the base plan and is an excellent ... More

Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte County, CA

Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte ...

Significance: The Power Building housed the generators that powered the radar station. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terrace about... More

Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte County, CA

Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte ...

Significance: The Power Building housed the generators that powered the radar station. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terrace about... More

Subject File:  United States--War Department--Board of Ordnance & Fortification, 1942, undated

Subject File: United States--War Department--Board of Ordnance & Fort...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment of Republican bloodhounds

The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...

A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ...  War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...

Photographs show two men displaying amputated leg wounds and two skulls with bullet holes. Upper right: skull of Edward Volk, private, Company D, 55th Ohio Volunteers (Surgical photo 212). Lower left: Eben Smit... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department

Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department

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White House. View of White House from War Department II

White House. View of White House from War Department II

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Polo War Dept. Greens & Camp Grant, 10/10/21

Polo War Dept. Greens & Camp Grant, 10/10/21

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War Dept. whites & 16th field artillery of Fort Meyer, [Virginia]

War Dept. whites & 16th field artillery of Fort Meyer, [Virginia]

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The Cuban Dictator and the Mrs. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban Army Sergeant who rose to the Dictatorship of Cuba, arrived in Washington today for a round of military reviews and dinners of state which will screen some fine international conversations, the visit has a high flavor of mystery, the War Department has been at elaborate pains to stick to its story that the Colonel, who never set foot outside of Cuba until two days ago, is suddenly traveling at the age of thirty seven years, he is shown with his seldom photographed wife, and the ambassador from Cuba Dr. Pedro Fraga[?], at the Cuban Embassy, 11/10/38

The Cuban Dictator and the Mrs. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgen...

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: War Department, December 1863 (Memoranda for Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction and Annual Message; with paragraph in Abraham Lincoln's hand)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Memoranda for Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction and Annual Message; with paragraph in Abraham Lincoln's hand

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Northbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Southbound Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek, Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI

Veterans Memorial Park & Parkway, M-120 Southbound Bridge, Spanning Ce...

Significance: The Veterans Memorial Park and Parkway, M-120 Southbound Bridge derives its significance by its historical association with the Veterans Memorial Park. The park and bridge are early examples of l... More

DRAKE, CHARLES B. BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A. CHIEF, MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS, WAR DEPT.

DRAKE, CHARLES B. BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A. CHIEF, MOTOR TRANSPORT CORP...

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General Henry T. Allen reports to War Dept.

General Henry T. Allen reports to War Dept.

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Lobby, Passport Bureau, War. Dept.

Lobby, Passport Bureau, War. Dept.

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). U.S. Army ambulance mounted on a Dodge truck chassis being given final inspection by government experts before it is delivered to the War Department

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). U.S. Army ambulance mounted on a Dodge...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view of various types of U.S. Army trucks in the large field at the Dodge Lynch Road plant at Detroit, where they are held for various inspections and adjustments before being delivered to the War Department

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view of various types of U.S. ...

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War worker goes to Washington. Typical of the thousands of young Negro women summoned to Washington, D.C. for war work, Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland, Ohio, arrives at Union Station in the nation's capital to accept an appointment as clerk in the Mail and File Section of the Ordnance Department of the War Department. It was a cold and dreary morning when Miss Carrol arrived

War worker goes to Washington. Typical of the thousands of young Negro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official titles decorated the training field at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, when Army, Navy, and civilian officers reviewed the Victory Corps maneuvers. Left to right: Merwin M. Peake, Chief, Pre-Induction Training Section, Civilian Personnel Division, Services of Supply, U.S.; John Lund, Executive Director, U.S. Office of Education Wartime Commission; John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; Lieutenant Colonel Junius R. Smith, Executive Officer of Manpower Branch, Civilian Personnel Division, War Department; Lieutenant Colonel Harley B. West, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee; Major Harold W. Kent, Bureau of Public Relations, War Department; Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl, Assistant Air Attache, British Embassy; Squadron Leader Ben Travers, Royal Air Force; Commander Harry Blaine Miller, U.S. Navy; Major Francis Parkman, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official ti...

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Fort Washington, Fort Washington Light, Northeast side of Potomac River at Fort Washington Park, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, MD

Fort Washington, Fort Washington Light, Northeast side of Potomac Rive...

Significance: A light and fog signal were located at Fort Washington to guide ships along the Potomac River, an important shipping and transportation route from the Chesapeake Bay to the cities of Alexandria an... More

Subject File:  United States--War Department--Army Signal Corps--Correspondence, 1909-1911

Subject File: United States--War Department--Army Signal Corps--Corre...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & North Oakwood Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, War Department Theater, Between Main Entrance Road & N...

Significance: The Base Theater was constructed in 1938, as funding gradually became available to complete the permanent post construction. It occupies a prominent position in the base plan and is an excellent ... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

War Department, Thursday, January 01, 1863  (Cipher key)
White House, from War Department, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

White House, from War Department, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

14087 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5073. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

White House. View of White House from War Department I

White House. View of White House from War Department I

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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