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U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

West Point Military Academy - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

West Point Military Academy - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kasimir, Luigi.

Major Genl. A. Macomb / T. Sully pinxt ; on stone Childs direx.

Major Genl. A. Macomb / T. Sully pinxt ; on stone Childs direx.

Print shows Alexander Macomb, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, with arms folded across chest, wearing military uniform. Painted by Thomas Sully in 1829 as Macomb assumed the position of Major Gener... More

View on the Hudson - West Point

View on the Hudson - West Point

Print showing steamboats and sailboats on the Hudson River, people along the shore in the foreground, and West Point in the background.

Major Alfred Mordecai, West Point, 1823 / F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia.

Major Alfred Mordecai, West Point, 1823 / F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia.

Print showing Alfred Mordecai, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title from item.

Running the guantlet. Special course for colored cadets at West Point

Running the guantlet. Special course for colored cadets at West Point

Caricature showing African American man being beaten as he goes for commission. Color lithograph by J.A. Wales. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 April 21, cover, p. 105. Ref. copy may be in NEGROES IN THE MILITARY (Search... More

Approaching West Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Approaching West Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, under way, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, under way, [United States Milita...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Light artillery drill, horse battery, forward, West Point, N.Y.

Light artillery drill, horse battery, forward, West Point, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "2678" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033982. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Siege battery drill, firing, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Siege battery drill, firing, [United States Military Academy], West Po...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point Rice Mills, Charleston, S.C

West Point Rice Mills, Charleston, S.C

"G 4122" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070115. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Yale vs. West Point, Oct. 17 '08 - Ready to play

Yale vs. West Point, Oct. 17 '08 - Ready to play

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yale-West Point football, West Point

Yale-West Point football, West Point

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West Point - Cavalry charge - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point - Cavalry charge - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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[Viscount] Haldane reviewing Cadets, West Point

[Viscount] Haldane reviewing Cadets, West Point

Photo shows Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928) at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York State, August 30, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times... More

West Point Base Ball Team -- 1914

West Point Base Ball Team -- 1914

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West Point - Annapolis game, 5/29/22

West Point - Annapolis game, 5/29/22

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

West Point cadets at Army & Navy game, [11/29/24]

West Point cadets at Army & Navy game, [11/29/24]

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St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cadet Martin Luther Poland in West Point uniform

Cadet Martin Luther Poland in West Point uniform

Photograph shows identified military student who graduated from West Point on June 13, 1864, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps Regular Army Infantry on the same day. Notation on verso... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Gun Shed, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Gun Shed, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Gun Shed at the Buffalo Soldier Field is one of five Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 116 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Bachelor Enlisted Men's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Bachelor Enlisted Men's Quarters, West Point, ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U. S. Military Academy, Grant Hall & South Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Grant Hall & South Barracks, West Point, Orang...

Significance: By its function and location, Grant Hill/South Barracks maintains an important site and density in the Academic Area of the Academy. It contributes through its neo-tudor gothic design to the archi... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer' Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer' Quarters, West Point, Orange County, ...

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

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Significance: Cedar Oaks is probably the last remaining structure from the extinct river town of Barton. The finish details of the house show a late interpretation of the Greek Revival style found throughout M... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange Count...

Significance: Cullum Hall is associated with with Brevet Major General George W. Cullum, its founder, and with McKim, Mead and White, its architects. The building represents a short lived period of American Ren... More

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson Roads, Wilberforce, Greene County, OH

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson...

Significance: Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), the third black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, was the highest ranking black officer in World War I. He was also the firs... More

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson Roads, Wilberforce, Greene County, OH

Colonel Charles Young House, Columbia Pike between Clifton & Stevenson...

Significance: Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), the third black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, was the highest ranking black officer in World War I. He was also the firs... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

West Point Rice Mill, Ashley River, Near Calhoun Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

West Point Rice Mill, Ashley River, Near Calhoun Street, Charleston, C...

Survey number: HABS SC-214 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grant from West Point to Appomattox / Thulstrup.

Grant from West Point to Appomattox / Thulstrup.

Ulysses Grant, half-length portrait, facing left; surrounded by nine scenes of his career from West Point graduation in 1843 to Lee's surrender in 1865, including artillery crew in the Tower of Chapultepec, Mex... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is one of the oldest surviving structures at West Point. It is an excellent example of a Greek Revival building in that phase f the Academy's physical development. Unprocessed F... More

West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / painted by George Cooke ; engraved by W.J. Bennett.

West Point, from above Washington Valley, looking down the river / pai...

Print shows people on a hill overlooking sailboats on the Hudson River; U.S. Military Academy and mountains in background. Copyright by Parker & Clover.

U. S. Military Academy, Queensboro Furnace, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Queensboro Furnace, West Point, Orange County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 105 are among the earliest surviving quarters for professors at West Point. As part of a group of three structures making up "Professors Row," these early 19th century stone duplex qu... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

Old casemates, interior Fort Putnam, West Point

Old casemates, interior Fort Putnam, West Point

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Parsons,C.

Capt. Charles Griffin, Commanded West Point Battery at Bull Run

Capt. Charles Griffin, Commanded West Point Battery at Bull Run

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

The "best friend," the first locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a railroad

The "best friend," the first locomotive built in the United States for...

Illustration showing people on first excursion trip of the South Carolina Railroad, 15th January 1831; it was built at the West Point Foundery Shops in New York City. Illus. in: The history of the first locomot... More

The Centennial. General view from George's Hill showing camp of West Point cadets

The Centennial. General view from George's Hill showing camp of West P...

Stereograph showing view over the fairgrounds, including a crowd watching exercises of the West Point cadets. Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, New York. No. 1016.

Our Indian policy - one at a time - next!

Our Indian policy - one at a time - next!

Caricature showing Indians "West Point killers" shooting at U.S. Army soldier standing on rock "slaughter pen trap". Other soldiers are stationed at posts from 5 to 80 miles.

North from West Point - Public domain image of a steam boat

North from West Point - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Shore station, West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

West Shore station, West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

"7614" on negative. Possibly at United States Military Academy. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30740. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[West Point, N.Y., battalion passing in review]

[West Point, N.Y., battalion passing in review]

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West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[South from West Point, Hudson River, N.Y.]

[South from West Point, Hudson River, N.Y.]

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West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Ordnance Museum, Academy Hall, U.S. Military Academy

Ordnance Museum, Academy Hall, U.S. Military Academy

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President McKinley and escort going to the Capitol /

President McKinley and escort going to the Capitol /

"The film begins by showing military personnel on horseback. The camera was positioned on a side street and photographed representatives of several different companies of American cavalry. Just as the film ends... More

[Light artillery drill, hand battery, West Point, N.Y.]

[Light artillery drill, hand battery, West Point, N.Y.]

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Inspection of battalion, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Inspection of battalion, [United States Military Academy], West Point,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Light artillery drill, hand battery, West Point, N.Y.]

[Light artillery drill, hand battery, West Point, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, at ease, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, at ease, [United States Military...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Battalion ready for inspection, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Battalion ready for inspection, [United States Military Academy], West...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point graduation: Sec'y Dickinson addressing cadets at graduation, 1909.

West Point graduation: Sec'y Dickinson addressing cadets at graduation...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Education, Military; Univ. & Colleges; B.I.

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