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Title:
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Observation Tower Under Construction, 1917. |
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Name(s):
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U.S. Navy, Photographer |
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Type of Resource:
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still image |
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Genre:
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Photograph |
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Issuance:
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multipart monograph |
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Date Created:
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1917 |
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Publisher:
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West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Place of Publication:
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Pensacola, Florida |
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Extent:
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1 photograph, front and back |
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Language(s):
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Eng |
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Summary:
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Photo taken in 1917 showing the observation tower at NAS Pensacola under construction. Men can be seen working on the wooden scaffolding along the tower seemingly with no safety ropes. Silos in the background are painted in camouflage scheme which occurred as the U.S. entered World War I. A stamp of the NAS photo lab is printed on the back as well as an archival summary. |
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Identifier:
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_1917photo_observationtowerconstruction (IID) |
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Note(s):
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A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project |
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Subject(s):
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Labor History -- Architecture -- Aviation History -- Naval History -- Military History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- World War I -- Early 20th Century |
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Held by:
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University of West Florida |
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Held by:
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National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Persistent Link to This Record:
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http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_1917photo_observationtowerconstruction |
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Use and Reproduction:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
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Host Institution:
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UWF |
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