Civil wars; Military facilities; Soldiers; Military officers; Forts & fortifications; Telegraph
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The remains of a Confederate land mine, or "torpedo" are seen in front of the soldiers at right.
Civil wars; Military facilities; Navies; Armored vessels
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The ironclad U.S.S. New Ironsides is seen in the distance, in action against Confederate positions in Charleston Harbor.
Military officers; Sailors; Navies; Ships; Ship equipment & rigging
Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and staff standing on the quarterdeck of the U.S.S. Wabash. Many of the ship's sailors can be seen in the background.
Holland, land of water, is a strange place, but the strangest thing seen so far, is their auction rooms. A double platform, with a canal between, contains the buyers on one side, and the auctioneer on the other. Boatloads of produce are drawn...
Citizens are preparing for any eventuality. If you could have seen the citizen soldiers drill on Governors Island with their wooden rifles you would be convinced that the men are getting ready. Most of them are pretty near prepared now. Some of...
Rayon tow is here being converted into top on a machine invented by N.S. Campbell, of Greenwich, Connecticut. The operator has inserted several ends of DuPont Fiber-D rayon tow into the far end of the machine. They then pass between a pair of...
postcards; parking lots; automobiles; national parks & reserves; mountains;
on front of card: "W-4 - Newfound Gap Parking Area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park." on back of card: "Newfound Gap, elevation 5045 feet, is where the road of the same name crosses the main chain of the Great Smokies. There is ample room for...
Text from back of image: "That's just what Dr. Hugo Eckener is doing during the reception for the Graf crew and their passengers at City Hall. Dr. Finley of NY is seen holding the globe, with map of the world on as Dr. Eckener signs. On the right...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Fishing; Plastics industry; Furniture;
Table of Contents: It pays to be dissastisfied; Chemical birth notices; Refiner's man Friday; Sound by the yard; Catacombs for liquic gas; Hot stuff coming up; Quick bath for diesel wheels; Trend to comfort; What's new; DuPont's new adhesion...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Bathing suits; Retirement communities; Exhibitions; Radiologists; Space vehicles; Plastics industry; Floor coverings;
Table of Contents: The best years of their lives; Open heart surgery on a star attraction; Lining up against pollution; They've seen the daylight; No longer a secret agent; Trimming pounds from the space shuttle; Backing the winners; The hole...
Table of Contents: Abililty and adaptability; Movies with stereoscopic values shown on full-stage screen; Harmonized rooms for homes; Beautiful, efficient refrigerators; Here they come; Dynamite at school; Off for the Mediterranean; Selling the...
Table of Contents: The approach to prosperity; First aid for forest products; Big shot Molly; Two new sales stimulants; Chemistry's products revealed in the things you buy and use; A preview of the Rio; Seen at smart resorts; Found, a short cut to...
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
Oklahoma City has devised a new method of enforcing its parking regulations in the downtown section and at the same time, adding to the city's revenue. Miss Emmalle Jarvis is seen just as she prepares to put a nickel in one of the curbside parking...
Lloyd Bacon is seen directing the Mills Brothers in a scene of the Warner Brothers picture Broadway Gondolier in which Joan Blondell and Dick Powell head an all star cast.
Located in Morrisville, PA, this image "shows the giant steel plant rapidly taking shape. In the foreground is the water-filled slip where ocean going carriers will bring ore from foreign countries. Back of the slip, center, are unloading docks,...
