Caption on reverse: "Picture taken on board the U.S.S. Wabash, in the harbor of Port Royal, South Carolina in 1862, and presented by J. C. Vail of Morristown, N.J. to Senator H. A. du Pont of Delaware in memory of Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, April...
Sophie expressing gratefulness for making it through Port Royal and notes the Admiral's skill in handling the fleet. Sophie also says she is "overwhelmed" with notes of congratulations
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....
This enormous fleet of trailer trucks, converted to buses, hauled Hanford Engineering Works employees to all areas of the 600 square mile plant, which was divided into three large manufacturing areas, each of which was subdivided into sections...
Text from back of image: "For the first time in history, the United States Battle Fleet was commanded from aerial flagship, when Admiral Samuel S. Robison flew the Admiral's flag from a Navy seaplane en route from San Diego to Los Angeles. This...
Text from back of photo: 'Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, arrived in San Francisco today, September 4, on board the U.S.S. California. The Pacific fleet arrived at San Francisco after manouvers between Seattle and this port. Photo shows...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Snow removal; Snowplows; Plastics industry; Textile industry;
Table of Contents: Duel with Donner's drifts; Colorful coating for coils; Lifesaving suits for the Navy's high fliers; The case for the laminating stickups; New media for art underfoot; Under the sidewalks for New York; The city of tomorrow, today;...
Table of Contents: Pocket billiards makes a comeback; A longer workweek under water; Design originals: no waiting necessary; A notable new number in nylon; Highways of an enchanted land; Finishes for a fleet afield; A brighter day for the lowly...
Table of Contents: Goodyear's gas-filled fleet; A cover that keeps rollers rolling; A fabric of freedom; Fast fastening for peak production; Beautifully bundled for fashion; Enhancing the character of quality; Helping industry to keep its cool;...
Table of Contents: The civilized spread of a savage sport; The view from savile row; Stacking the deck against danger; Keeping up with the Joneses and the Foyts, Andrettis, Gurneys, et al; Footwear's current charmer; Doing a brisk neighborhood...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Neckties; Buildings; Building materials; Road construction; Plastics industry; Dyeing; Postage stamps; Explosives;
Table of Contents: High-rise headquarters for world commerce; Colorful combinations on white blackboards; Practically painless municipal surgery; A time and place for plastics; The go-anywhere, do-anything fleet; Liquid dyes get a stamp of...
Table of Contents: Our fugitive farm lands; California's walnut industry; Union Pacific meets a challenge; A new entrant bids for favor; Acele at the seashore; Some almost forgotten history; Modern dry-cleaning; A skeet field complete for one...
Includes articles: Mosquito Fleet of Peace (about small-size sub-chaser boats used at war time); Mount Caroll Weathers Great Storms; Shipping Notes Gathered Here And There.
Includes articles: Trade-Marks of the Sea (on ship names); Madawaska Recalls War Days; Leviathan Goes to Private Yard; Vibration the Engineers Plague; Fire Destroys Motor Fleet And Buildings.
Includes articles: The American Legion; Fifth Section Launched (about building a new dry dock); Our Land Fleet (about the department of land transportation of the Morse).
