Military organizations; Clothing & dress; Military officers
Resolution of thanks from Company A, 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteers to Captain Febeker, Company A, 1st Regiment Home Guards, for a donation of gloves. A letter from E. Y. Watson, Captain of Company A, 1st Delaware Volunteers, is included. Both...
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....
Text from back of image: "The Mackay Air Trophy which was won for 1933 by Captain Westside T. Larson, Army Air Corps, in recognition of his pioneering flights in connection with the development of methods and procedure of aerial frontier defense....
The Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State in President Roosevelt's cabinet, was awarded the first annual Captain Robert Dollar gold plaque and citation as the American making the most outstanding contribution to world trade during the past...
Anthony Christy, 1756-1862, was born in Brussels, Belgium. He came to American and became captain of a ship that transported gunpowder for E. I. du Pont out of Wilmington, Delaware. A silver gelatin copy of the original portrait, said to have been...
James A. Farrell (left) as Director, United States Steel Corporation, received 1939 Award. Presented by Jon F. Tinsley, President & General Manager, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works.
Thomas J. Watson (right), as President, International Business Machines Corporation, receives 1940 Award. Presented by Paul W. Alexander, President Wessel, Duval & Co.
John Abbink (left) as President, McGraw-Hill International Corporation receives 1947 award. Presented by James A. Farrell, Jr., President American South African Lines, Inc.
