Handbill promoting candidate William Cannon of the Union Party for Governor of Delaware. Cannon won the election and served from 20 January 1863 until 1 March 1865, when he died in office. Many Delaware politicians disliked Cannon because of his...
Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Soldiers; Military officers
Narrative of the military campaigns that Light Battery B, 5th U. S. Artillery participated in during 1864, including the campaigns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. This work also lists the men who served in the battery. This copy is an expanded...
Forts & fortifications; Military officers; Prisoners of war
Description of conditions at Fort Delaware by Lammot du Pont. The fort was used to house Confederate prisoners of war. Lammot du Pont served as Captain of Company B of the 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the fort in June...
Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
Military officers; Navies; Blockades; Armored vessels
Career Navy officer Percival Drayton served as a junior commander in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and later as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral David G....
Officers of the 5th U.S. Artillery and the 12th U.S. Infantry at Fort Hamilton New York. They are identified as follows: front row (L to R); Major Bruen (?) 12th Inf., Col. Martin Burke, and Capt. Putman (?) 12th Inf. Back row (L to R); Lt....
A controversy is developing in the ranks of TWA, The Lindbergh Line over the question are passengers in the Douglas airliners going to consume so much more food while flying that the cost of feeding them is going to show a sharp advance? The...
on front of card: "This Is Family Style Served In Our Holland Dutch Room." on back of card: "Dutch Haven Restaurants. Village of Shops. US Rt. 30 - 8 Miles East of Lancaster in Soudersburg, Pa. 17577. Authentic Dutch Cooking served either...
Printed caption: "The attempt to move the county government from New Castle to Wilmington was bitterly opposed by many. Legislative bills, referenda, and Grand Jury reccomendations were prepared to no avail until, in February 1879, the General...
Table of Contents: Making athletic shoes left & right; Teflon goes back to school; Watering a nation Smile, you're on candid camera; You are there; Dinner is served; A new wave; Spinning thread into gold; Making connections in Atlanta; News in...
Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...
Henry Algernon du Pont's narrative of his service during military operations in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley during 1864. Du Pont served as commander of Light Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery and later as chief of artillery for Major General George...
Lammot du Pont's discharge from military service. He served as Captain of Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The discharge is signed by Major Henry A. Judd, U.S. Army, who was recruiting officer in Wilmington, Delaware.
Discharge of John Flanigan, who served in Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The discharge is signed by Major Henry B. Judd, U.S. Army, who was recruiting officer in Wilmington, Delaware. It is countersigned by...
Advertisement from the Heroines of America Series featuring Louisa May Alcott (inset) served as a nurse during the Civil War, also was the author of Little Women
Advertisement noting the award of the Medallion of Honor for Women of Achievement to Miss Anne Spillman, who served as an Army nurse in France during WWII
Aerial view of Kaiser Steel mill and new industrial area surrounding area at Fontana, CA. Image accompanied a press release by The Perrett Company, Los Angeles, CA.
Southern California's fastest growing industrial area is developing around the...
Deeply upholstered, fully reclining and reversible chairs, a sound-proofed cabin exceeding 6 feet in height and wide unobstructed aisles are among the interior features of the Luxury Airliner which has just been put into service by Transcontinental...
Ashland KY-Surrounded by a chemical toilet, pick and axe, stretcher, surgical dressings, firefighting equipment, stove and rations, as well as old Kentucky ham and eggs, the first breakfast is served in an air raid shelter in American to American...
