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This Is How The Speed Boat Races Yesterday Looked From The Air, March 8, 1924.
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Author
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The Miami Herald, W. L. Hamilton
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Photo of Miami bay hyrdoplane event. Three Peoria boats are pictured racing through the bay, spectator yachts are anchored afar, and another plane is pictured above. Photo by W. L. Hamilton, Underwood & Underwood, 1924, taken from a seaplane owned by Harry Rogers.
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uwfnam_HJBbox3_3-8-1924_HowSpeedBoatRacesLooked
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, Unknown Months 1892, George Clifford, A. Whiting, John M. Quarrier, Keepers.
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Author
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John M. Quarrier
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for unknown months of 1892. Each page appears to only be the right page of separate journal entries. Each has what appears to be the end of weather descriptions along with notation on the arrival of a steam ship and a schooner, a report on repair work being done to lighthouse, an inspection, and 5 absences/departures of keeper or assistant keepers.
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uwfplm_1892_xx
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Set of related objects
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Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, List of Owners of Steamers Fitted for Oil.
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Abstract/Description
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Owners of steamers fitted for oil fuel in Norway, England, Scotland, and Sweden. Most likely a list from J. Greenblat of the Pensacola Maritime Corporation but no such indicator exists on document.
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Identifier
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folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object41
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July 13, 1928 Norwegian Vice Consulate Telegram.
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Abstract/Description
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July 13, 1928 telegram to the Norwegian Vice Consulate regarding disease of a British messboy and requesting information on shipping facilities to the nearest British colony. Followup telegram requesting additional information on the British messboy.
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ShipsMisc_08-09
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Aerial View of Naval Aeronautic Station Pensacola, 1914.
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Author
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Navy Aeronautic Station Pensacola
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Abstract/Description
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Aerial shot of the Naval Aeronautic Station at Pensacola, Florida taken in 1914. The front of the photo showcases canvas tent hangars can be seen beyond the Center Wharf while other hangars are in the process of being set up along the beach. Building 38 is situated in the bottom right corner of the photo. The back of the photo denotes the buildings in the photo while an archival summary provides additional information of the subjects captured.
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uwfnam_NAS_1914-1915_1914photo_aerialphoto
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Model-F Above Sailboat on Pensacola Bay, 1914-1918.
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Author
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Unknown
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Photo of a Model-F Curtiss flying boat silhouetted in the sunset above a sailboat taken sometime between 1914-1918. Wooden ships are docked at the Pensacola port in the distance.
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uwfnam_NAS_1918_c.a.1914-1918photo_flyingcurtissabovesailboat(2)
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Aerial Photo of Palafox Street Wharf, 1916-1917.
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Author
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U.S. Navy
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Abstract/Description
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Undated aerial photo of the Palafox Street Wharf at Pensacola. Sailing and steam ships are visible on the bay and cars can be seen traveling up Palafox itself.
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_photo_aerialofpalafoxstreetwharf(1)
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, January 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of January. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, tasks completed, and supply deliveries. The January logs are beneath the entries of the previous December and February's log are likewise halfway through the latter two pages beneath January.
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uwfplm_1886-01
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, February 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Journal for the month of February. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a duck attack on the lamp on the 21st. February logs begin halfway through the first two pages and ending just three quarters of the way through the latter two pages, being written immediately after the January entries and before the March ones.
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uwfplm_1886-02
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, March 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Journal for the month of March. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a visit by the steamship Laurel and an accident involving the wick of the lamp on the 27th. The logs begin in the last quarters of the first two pages and end at the cusp of the latter two pages, being written immediately after the February entries and before the April ones.
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uwfplm_1886-03
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, April 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of April. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and of a fire witnessed in Pensacola on the 11th. The logs begin at the very end of the first two pages then continue until the top of the last two pages, being written immediately before and prior to the March and May entries.
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uwfplm_1886-04
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, May 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Journal for the month of May. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a visit by a lampist to tend to the lighthouse from the 5th to the 8th. The entries begin near the top of the first two pages and end halfway through the latter two pages, being written immediately prior to and before the April and June entries.
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uwfplm_1886-05
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, June 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of June. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a few absences, and an accident involving the second wick not being lit on the 8th. The entries begin halfway through the first two pages, being written immediately after the May logs, but end before running into July.
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uwfplm_1886-06
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, July 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
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Author
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William A. Bethel, George Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of July. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather and tasks completed. On July 1st George Clifford took charge of the lighthouse, A Whiting was hired as a laborer, and A. Palmer earned a promotion.
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uwfplm_1886-07
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, August 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of August. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a single absence by an attendant to visit their father.
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uwfplm_1886-08
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, September 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of September. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather and an instance where the lighthouse machinery had to be turned by hand on the 29th.
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uwfplm_1886-09
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, October 1886, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Journal for the month of October. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather.
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uwfplm_1886-10
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, November 1887, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of November. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather assessing the wind speed, direction, clouds in the sky and humidity.
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uwfplm_1887_11
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, December 1887, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of December. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather, an inspection, few absences, and some tasks completed.
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uwfplm_1887_12
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Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, October 1887, Keeper George T. Clifford.
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Author
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George T. Clifford
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Abstract/Description
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Journal for the month of October. Entries are written across two pages and consist of notes on the weather and a single absence by 1st assistant keeper Palmer.
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uwfplm_1887_10
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