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USS New York 1917

The USS New York leading a convoy at Hampton roads

The battleship USS New York served in both World War I and World War II. The USS New York was most active during World War II, were despite her aging status, she took part in the Atlantic convoys before sailing to the pacific were she fought battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

After the war the USS New York served as a target ship for the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll were she survived two atomic blasts, before finally being sunk as an artificial reef in 1948.

life guards

All Women life guard team at Venice beach, Los Angeles sometime around the 1920's.

The photographs are from the Bain news service and so are, most likely, reporting on some kind of news event. I am unable to find a correlating story to these images but will update if and when I can find more information.

All Women life guard team at Venice beach, Los Angeles sometime around the 1920's.

Preraffaelite 1900

An unnamed young woman in period dress with headband by Emily Mew 1900.

Military post on Kernville Hill 1889

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress At Washington D.C.

A military post on Kernville Hill, showing the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood by Ernest Walter Histed 1889.

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Night And Day 1921

Day and night photographs of the Parker & Bridget Co. store, located at 9th St. and Market Space, Washington, D.C. taken in 1921 by the National Photo Company. The building is now demolished and the site is now home to the United States Navy Memorial.

Parker & Bridget Co. Washington, D.C. by the National Photo Company 1921

Parker & Bridget Co. Washington, D.C. by the National Photo Company 1921.

Nave To Transept 1901

View across the nave to the transept at York Minster by Frederick H Evans 1901

Freight car and grain elevators 1938

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

Freight car and grain elevators. Omaha, Nebraska. By John Vachon 1938.

Aubrey Beardsley 1895

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Aubrey Beardsley by Frederick H Evans 1895.

Federal camp on a beach

Federal camp on beach, taken sometime between between 1861 and 1869 by unknown photographer.
An army encampment on a beach taken sometime around the U.S. civil war

Drydock number two 1901

Steamboats LOUISE and two coastal steamers in dry dock by Samuel E. Rusk 1901.

Ancient crypt 1910

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

Ancient crypt cellars in Provins, France by Frederick H Evans 1910

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Frederick H. Evans

Overhanging Rock 1901

Photograph of Overhanging Rock, Glacier Point, with views over Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California by Henry Greenwood Peabody 1901.

Nikola Tesla

Image courtesy of the George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

A young Nikola Tesla

This cannot end well.

Image courtesy of the Harris and Ewing collection.

Washington Redskins start training August 28 1937.

The photograph is captioned: He-man exercise took the place of calisthenics today as the Redskins, Washington's entry in National Professional Football League, started training. The boys "flying thru the air" are, left to right: Millner (Notre Dame), Rentner (Northwestern) and Peterson (West Virginia).

Billie Burke

Image courtesy of the Harris & Ewing Collection

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke, American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her portrayal of Glinda the good witch in the film The wizard of Oz, taken sometime around 1910.

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I.M.D.B Profile

Sorting the mail

United States Post Office sorting office circa 1920.

Claude Graham White flying his Farman biplane along W. Executive Ave 1910.

Publicity photograph of Claude Graham White flying his Farman biplane along W. Executive Ave., Washington, D.C. before landing close to the White House 1910.

Claude Graham White was the first person to make a night flight during a Daily Mail sponsored London to Manchester race in 1910. He is most noted however for achievements in the commercialisation of aeronautics. He was also involved in promoting the military application of air power before the first world war and was one of the first people to experiment with fitting weapons to an aircraft.

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Claude Grahame White

Count Leo Tolstoy

Image courtesy of the George Kennan Papers collection at the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

Photo card of Count Leo Tolstoy, half-length portrait, by Sass of Moscow, taken sometime between 1880 and 1886.

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Selected works on Project Gutenberg

Two kinds of ambulances 1936.

1936 Publicity shot for the United States Coast Guard. The automobile and the airplane ambulances of the Coast Guard at Cape May station stand side-by-side awaiting a call to help injured or sick persons at sea, beyond the reach of usual medical aid. 1936

Naval Observatory

Image courtesy of the National Photo Company.

The U.S. Naval Observatory circa 1919.

The X-Ray room

Image courtesy of the National Photo Company

The X-Ray room at the Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, Maryland, sometime between 1918-28.

Christening of the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) 1924.

Image courtesy of the National Photo Company

The christening of the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C, on the 25th November 1924. Built for the US navy by the Zeppelin factory it served as an experimental, observational and training facility for the navy, eventually logging 172,400 nautical miles of travel. The longest serving of all the airships commissioned by the US navy it was finally decommissioned in 1939.

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USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)

U.S.S. Tallahassee 1916

Image courtesy of the National Photo Company.

The Arkansas class monitor U.S.S. Tallahassee, alongside U.S. Submarines K-6 & K-5, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1916.

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U.S.S. Tallahassee

Lake Hopatcong 1910

A postcard proof for Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, showing the Yacht Club dock, published by W J Harris 1910.

Bernetta Adams Miller

Image courtesy of the Bain Newspaper Service Collection at the Library Of Congress at Washington D.C.

Bernetta Adams Miller (1884-1972), pioneering aviatrix, flying the Moisant-Blériot monoplane from the Moisant Aviation School in Mineola, Long Island sometime around 1912. Test pilot for the Moisant Aviation School, she served on the front in World War I as a volunteer for the Women's Overseas Service League Infantry Division and then the YMCA were she delivered food to the troops, frequently under fire.
She was wounded at least once, but remained at the front through the Argonne offensive and to the end of the war. In 1919 she was awarded the Croix De Guerre by the French government.
From 1941 to 1948 she worked at the The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Her duties, as first secretary to the director of the Institute, meant she was responsible for keeping visitors from disturbing Albert Einstein.

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Bernetta Adams Miller

More Pictures

Confederate cannon

Image courtesy of the library of Congress at Washington D.C.

Confederate cannon at Richmond, Virginia April 1865.

General J. C. Robinson

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.
The "Gen. J. C. Robinson" and other locomotives of the U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia sometime between 1860-5.

French Soldiers

Image courtesy of the Harris & Ewing collection for Jonas Lithographers.

A Parisian scene by Alfred Stieglitz 1911

A man seated on a pile of logs and holding the reins of a horse pulling logs on a wagon by Alfred Stieglitz 1911. First published in Camera work no. 41 1913.

Nashville railroad yard 1864

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

Nashville Railroad depot 1864 by George Barnard

Paris 1911

A Paris snapshot by Alfred Stieglitz 1911.

Cocktail bar and restaurant at Hunts Point Market 1967

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

A Hopperesque scene from the Cocktail bar and restaurant at Hunts Point Market, the Bronx, New York City by Nat Fein 1967.

Scenes from the Norfolk Broads

Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936) was a British doctor and photographer active in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Most famous for his naturalistic photographs of life on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia, Britain.

He produced seven photographic books detailing life and work among the natural beauty of the Norfolk Broads. Below is a small selection of Photogravure prints taken from his various publications.