The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Text from back of image: 'The latest reports show that Lieuts. Lowell Smith and Eric Nelson, U. S. round-the-world fliers have reached Greenland in their 825-mile hop from Iceland, but that Major Locatelli, Italian flier who accompanied them in...
Published transcript of the speech Henry Algernon du Pont delivered at the unveiling of the monument to Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia. Du Pont gave the address on 16 September, 1920. Ramseur, a...
Military officers; Military organizations; Military rations
Copy of telegram from James M. Peoples to Major Henry B. Judd. Peoples, Captain of Company A, 7th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, requests information on rations. Henry B. Judd was the U.S. Army liaison officer in Wilmington, Delaware.
Campaigns & battles; Naval warfare; Naval prints; Government vessels; Military officers; Sheet music covers; Music
Sheet music commemorating the U.S. Navy's successful attacks on Forts Walker and Beauregard at Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861. This attack was carried out by the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore Samuel...
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....
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...
Text from back of image: 'Capt. Georges Kirsch and Lt. Antone Mourre, French aviators, who will attempt to fly from New York to Paris next year are visiting in Los Angeles. Capt. Kirsch held the world's altitude record of 11,000 meters in 1921, and...
Text from back of photo: "President Coolidge presenting Major Herbert A. Dargue with certificate of the distinguished flying service cross as the Pan American Flyers arrive in Washington"
[Pan American Flyers - Major Herbert A. Dargue, President...
Text from back of image: "Photo shows Major Frederick Martin, his wife and son, on board the S.S. Catherine D. on the Major's arrival at Bellingham, Washington, from Port Moller, Alaska. A big crowd was at the dock to greet the famous pilot after...
Text from back of image: "Major S. M. Strong, flight surgeon of the Medical Corps attached to Mitchel Field at Garden City L.I., had a remarkable experience a few days ago while on a flight to test the recording barograph and get the 'ceiling' of...
Text from back of image: "Photo shows Major General Mason M. Patrick, commanding the United States Army Air service who arrived at Mitchel Field today for the aerial and artillery maneuvers which are to be held there for the next ten days beginning...
Text from back of photo: 'Army officers have given the flight route for the round the world flight by the Army Air Service in April, the most careful consideration. Photo shows left to right, Lieut. Wade, Major Rader, Capt. Street, Major Frank,...
Handwritten on back: "The Brandywiners present 'Patience,' 1947. Act II. Lieut. the Duke (C. Perry Streithof), Colonel Calverly (Major N. Travers,Jr.), Major Murgatroyd (Harry T. Decker). 'You hold yourself like this . . . '"
Handwritten on back: "The Brandywiners present 'Patience,' 1947. Act II - The Duke (C. Perry Streithof), Lady Saphir (Jessie Anand), The Major (Harry T. Decker), Lady Angela (Charlotte T. Halloran), The Colonel (Major N. Travers, Jr.). 'He will...
