Text from back of mage: "Among the nearly two score planes in the fifth annual national air tour, this is the largest. It is a giant Curtiss-Condor. The planes took off from Detroit, Oct. 5."
Text from back of image: "Nearly 40 planes of various kinds, shown above, took off from Detroit Oct. 5 on the 5,000-mile fifth annual national air tour."
Text from back of image: "Manassas, VA - a plane from the 103rd Observation Squadron of the Pennsylvania National Guard shown attacking machine gun company "M" of the 111th Infantry of Media, PA, on famous Signal Hill during combat exercised held...
Text from back of image: "A new and interesting portrait of Guiseppe Bellanca, owner and builder of the famous Bellanca Airplanes, who is a visitor in the National Capital."
Named for Col. James McHenry of Baltimore, an aide to Gen. Washington during the Revolutionary War and who served as Secretary of War from 1796-1800(?). Fort McHenry is located on Whetstone Point on Patapsco River, featured star-shaped dungeons,...
Phillip Barratt, land owner and sheriff, deeded an acre of land to Methodists surrounding a brick meeting house being built in that area in 1780. It was considered a 'sacred landmark of Methodism' in 1880 and a 'Mecca of Methodism' in 1896. It was...
Phillip Barratt, land owner and sheriff, deeded an acre of land to Methodists surrounding a brick meeting house being built in that area in 1780. It was considered the 'Cradle or World Shrine of American Methodism, Sacred Landmark of Methodism' in...
In 1916, Henry Mercer, historian and archaeologist, erected a museum to collect outdated material of life in the United States. The 6 story concrete castle had a covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, a boat and other artifacts hung from the ceiling. ...
In 1891, Henry Adams, historian and author, had erected a monument in memory to his wife, Marian Hooper Adams by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White. In 1972, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
