on front of card: "Sky Harbor Courts - on U.S. 11, 41, and 64, Chattanooga, Tenn. View from Sky Harbor Courts." on back of card: "AAA. A lovely quiet court, overlooking historic Chattanooga and Tennessee River, just off Highways U.S. 11-41 and...
Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
Civil wars; Military facilities; Navies; Armored vessels
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The ironclad U.S.S. New Ironsides is seen in the distance, in action against Confederate positions in Charleston Harbor.
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...
Text from back of image: "A view of the Graf Zeppelin as it circled about over Yoiohama Harbor, preparatory to returning to Tokyo and thence to Kasumigaura, where it waited for two days before resuming its round-world trip. The southern point which...
Text from back of image: 'Six planes of the Naval Air Squadron 10-P-1 pictured sweeping over Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, at the end of their epic flight from San Francisco Bay. The first flight, consisting of the 10-P-1, 2 and 3 is in the foreground...
Text from back of image: 'While the three United States round-the-world planes which reached Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, waited vainly for Major Martin, flight commander to catch up with them, a new motor was installed in Lieutenant Wade's plane....
Text from back of photo: 'All United States vessels of war will be equipped at once with hydroplane catapults, it was revealed at the harbor today by Lieut.- Commander Newton H. White, aviation officer of Admiral Robert E. Coontz' staff. The...
Text from back of image: "Like a weary seagulll, the 10-P-1, flagship of the Navy's squadron of six giant seaplanes which flew from San Francisco to Honolulu, comes to rest on the blue waters of Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, after its 24 hour flight...
