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Rockwell Funeral Procession Rutty Photo, May 27, 1916
Title
Rockwell Funeral Procession Rutty Photo, May 27, 1916.
Author
Jeanette B. Rutty(?)
Abstract/Description
Photo of James V. Rockwell's funeral procession in Pensacola taken May 25, 1916. A streetcar can be seen in the center of the photo and a church can be seen in the distance. Cars and horse drawn carts can be seen in the lower left of the photo alongside pedestrian onlookers. The back of the photo contains information on the original owner of the photo, one Jeanette B. Rutty(?) of Warrington, and the date of death of James V. Rockwell.
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may241916photo_rockwellfuneralprocession
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Rockwell Funeral Procession, May 27, 1916
Title
Rockwell Funeral Procession, May 27, 1916.
Abstract/Description
Photos taken May 27, 1916 during the funeral of US Navy Civil Engineer LCDR James Vincent Rockwell who was killed in an aircraft crash on May 24, 1916. In the first photo, the procession is marching west on Garden street into the intersection with Palafox as can be seen in the bottom left photo where the street sign is present. The second photo shows the procession in front of the Isis theater on Garden Street. A horse drawn caisson can be seen in the center of the photo in front of the...
Show morePhotos taken May 27, 1916 during the funeral of US Navy Civil Engineer LCDR James Vincent Rockwell who was killed in an aircraft crash on May 24, 1916. In the first photo, the procession is marching west on Garden street into the intersection with Palafox as can be seen in the bottom left photo where the street sign is present. The second photo shows the procession in front of the Isis theater on Garden Street. A horse drawn caisson can be seen in the center of the photo in front of the officer's column. Street car tracks are also visible in both photos with a street car visible clearly visible in the bottom of the second photo. The crowd of onlookers is made up of at least white and black citizens. Various modes of transportation are also visible in the side streets such as cars, horses and carts, and bicycles.
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may271916_rockwellfuneralprocession
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U.S.S. Navy Yard Pensacola, FLA. 1859 Scale Map
Title
U.S.S. Navy Yard Pensacola, FLA. 1859 Scale Map.
Author
Unknown
Abstract/Description
Scale drawing of the Pensacola Navy Yard done in 1859. Dotted lines represent proposed extensions and the numbered buildings are as followed: 1. Commandant's House; 2. Commander's House; 3. First Lieutenant's House; 4. Second Lieutenant's House; 5. Surgeon's House; 6. Purser's House; 7. Sailing Master's House; 8. Chaplain's House; 9. Assistant Surgeon's House; 10. Naval Constructor's House; 11. Naval Storekeeper's House; 12. Commandant's Secretary's House; 13. Civil Engineer's House; 14....
Show moreScale drawing of the Pensacola Navy Yard done in 1859. Dotted lines represent proposed extensions and the numbered buildings are as followed: 1. Commandant's House; 2. Commander's House; 3. First Lieutenant's House; 4. Second Lieutenant's House; 5. Surgeon's House; 6. Purser's House; 7. Sailing Master's House; 8. Chaplain's House; 9. Assistant Surgeon's House; 10. Naval Constructor's House; 11. Naval Storekeeper's House; 12. Commandant's Secretary's House; 13. Civil Engineer's House; 14. Naval store with cisterns; 15. Commandant's and other offices; 16. Armory with chapel above; 17. Marine Guardhouse; 18. Timber shed with cistern; 19. Boatswain's and Gunner's House; 20. Timber shed, joiner shop above; 21. Carpenter and Sailmaker's house; 22. Ordinary Men's Quarters; 23. Lime House; 24 Storehouse-salt and hay; 25. Provision store and cistern; 26.Storehouse and cistern; 27 Coal House Number One and Two; 28; Stables-public horses, etc.; 29 Smith and Machine shop; 30. Foundry; 31. Timber shed; 32 Assistant Civil Engineer's House; 33. Paint shop and cooperage; 34. Coal shed; 35. Ordinance stores shed; 36. Muster Office; 37. Ordinary Carpenter's shop; 38 Hydraulic Engine House; 39. Mortar shed; 40. Smoke stack; 41. Magazine; 42. Bath House; 43. Concrete mixing shed; 44. Office; 45. Watch House; 46. Gun Park; 47. Watchmen's Quarters; 48. Steam box; 49. Ship Carpenter's Quarters; 50. Tool House; 51 Fire Engine House; 52. Constructor's Workshop; 53. Grist Mill; 54. Pitch and Oil House; 55. Ox stable; 56. Floating Dock; 57. Boat Gate; 58. Boat Building Ways; 59. Proposed Dry Dock; 60. Proposed Extension of quay wall.
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Identifier
uwfnam_NYP_1826-1913_scaledrawing_navyyard1859(1)
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Spanish Water Battery at Fort Barrancas, 1910
Title
Spanish Water Battery at Fort Barrancas, 1910.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photograph taken sometime after 1910 looking southwest across the Spanish Water Battery at Fort Barrancas at the Navy Yard, Pensacola. The top of the battery can be seen and a Navy man can be seen on the right hand side wandering across the sand. The battery, formerly known as Battery San Antonio when under Spanish control, was completed in 1797. Built of masongry, it held seven guns and three rooms, one of which served as the state prison under Spanish rule. In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to...
Show morePhotograph taken sometime after 1910 looking southwest across the Spanish Water Battery at Fort Barrancas at the Navy Yard, Pensacola. The top of the battery can be seen and a Navy man can be seen on the right hand side wandering across the sand. The battery, formerly known as Battery San Antonio when under Spanish control, was completed in 1797. Built of masongry, it held seven guns and three rooms, one of which served as the state prison under Spanish rule. In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. and the Army Crops of Engineers redesigned, enlarged, and repaired the battery in 1839.
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uwfnam_NYP_1826-1913_batterysanantoniopost1910(1)
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Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos De Barrancas, 1914-1918
Title
Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos De Barrancas, 1914-1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photographed view inside the Advance Redoubt of Fort San Carlos De Barrancas, taken sometime between 1914-1918 at the Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_c.a.1914-1918photo_insideadvancedredoubtarches(2)
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Staircase in Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, 1914-1918
Title
Staircase in Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, 1914-1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the staircase within the Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, taken from 1914-1918 at the Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_c.a.1914-1918photo_insideadvancedredoubtstairs(2)
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View From the Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, 1914-1918
Title
View From the Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, 1914-1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo view from inside the Advanced Redoubt of Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, taken sometime between 1914-1918 at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Graffiti can be seen written on the arches of the stairwell the most legible of which reads "Help."
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_c.a.1914-1918photo_insideadvancedredoubtgrafitti(1)
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Athletic Field and Stands, 1918
Title
Athletic Field and Stands, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the athletic field and stands looking northeast at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, taken in late 1918. The dirigible hangar and floating hanger can be seen in the upper part of the photo.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_athleticfieldandstands(1)
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Photographic Laboratory Building 258, 1918
Title
Photographic Laboratory Building 258, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the Photographic Laboratory, Building 258, at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida, taken sometime in 1918. The back of the photo contains descriptive information of where to find additional photos or info at the National Archives as well as an archival summary.
Identifier
NAS_1918_1918photo_bldg258thephotolab
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Photo of NAS from Observation Tower, August 22, 1918
Title
Photo of NAS from Observation Tower, August 22, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the Naval Air Station Pensacola taken from the observation tower on August 22, 1918. The Pontoon hangar is along the coast while horses look on. A dock is under construction on the right and in the distance smoke trails from a factory in Pensacola. Math problems, a stamp from Fly Magazine, and an archival summary rest on the back of the photo.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_aug221918photo_NASlookingnorth
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Building 25, August 23, 1918
Title
Building 25, August 23, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of Building 25 at the Naval Air Station Pensacola which at this time was being used as a barracks for Enlisted sailors. The building represents early military utilitarian architecture and features camouflage paint. Beds and sailors are visible through the windows of the building while others move about the entrances.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_aug231918photo_building25(3)
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Metal Hangars at the Naval Air Station, 1918
Title
Metal Hangars at the Naval Air Station, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the camouflaged hangars at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, taken late 1918. The nose of a sea plane can be seen in the bottom left corner and another on the right hand side of the photo partially obstructed by the hangar itself.
Identifier
NAS_1918_1918photo_hangars74-75-76(2)
Format
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Personnel Inspection, June 1918
Title
Personnel Inspection, June 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy, A. E. Wells
Abstract/Description
Photo of sailors lined up for inspection sometime in June 1918 at NAS Pensacola. The photographer is noted in the bottom right of the photo and the various hangars housing planes are visible along the shoreline. A stamp of the Photographic Laboratory at NAS Pensacola is present on the back as well as an archival summary.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_june1918photo_personnelinspection
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View West of NAS Down South Avenue, October 8, 1918
Title
View West of NAS Down South Avenue, October 8, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
View of NAS Pensacola looking west down South Avenue taken from the Observation Tower on October 8, 1918. In the lower left is Seaplane Hangar 71. At the far right, the long two story building is Building 1, the Ship Carpenter's Shop build int 1868. Directly in front of Building 1 is Building 30, a small boat storage shed; adjacent to this is a small, one story, gable-roofed frame structure built in 1917-19118, Building 230. The Dark roofed building running perpendicular to Bldg's 1 and 30 is...
Show moreView of NAS Pensacola looking west down South Avenue taken from the Observation Tower on October 8, 1918. In the lower left is Seaplane Hangar 71. At the far right, the long two story building is Building 1, the Ship Carpenter's Shop build int 1868. Directly in front of Building 1 is Building 30, a small boat storage shed; adjacent to this is a small, one story, gable-roofed frame structure built in 1917-19118, Building 230. The Dark roofed building running perpendicular to Bldg's 1 and 30 is Building 105, a low-hip-roofed frame shop built in 1917-1918. Just west beyond Bldg 105 is Building 25, a storage building completed in 1868, converted to a seaman's barracks in 1907, then to a Marine barracks in 1927, and finally office space and storage in 1957.
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Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_oct81918photo_westfromobservationtower(1)
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View Northwest of NAS, November 26, 1918
Title
View Northwest of NAS, November 26, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Aerial view of NAS Pensacola looking Northwest taken November 26, 1918. The chimney of the Power Plant is visible in the lower right and beyond the water tank is the west wall of the old Navy Yard. Warrington is just beyond this wall. Building 32, the General Storekeeper's storehouse, and offices run parallel to the wall.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_nov261918photo_aerialNASwatertank(1)
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Wet Basin and Hangars, December 6, 1918
Title
Wet Basin and Hangars, December 6, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Aerial view of the waterfront at NAS Pensacola taken on December 6, 1918 showing the hangar and buildings around the wet basin. Tied up on the left entrance to the WeT Basin is US Navy Coal Barge 214, the Catapult Barge. At the lower right one can see the 125 foot seaplane observation tower. Camouflage paint was applied to buildings during World War I.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_6dec1918_aerialwetbasinandhangars(2)
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Image (JPEG2000)
Squadron 2 in the Water, December 6, 1918
Title
Squadron 2 in the Water, December 6, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Aerial photo taken of the metal hangars at NAS Pensacola taken December 6, 1918 with Squadron 2 parked in the water in the lower left corner. Details are provided on the back of the photo to the identity of the squadron but of note the word "foreground" is misspelled as "foregrond."
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_6dec1918_squadron2inwater
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Building 52 at NAS Pensacola, 1918
Title
Building 52 at NAS Pensacola, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of Building 52 taken from the observation tower sometime in 1918. The building is painted in a camouflaged scheme and sailors are gathered around a navy truck and preforming maintenance of some kind.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_circa1918photo_building52(2)
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Aerial View of NAS Pensacola, December 1918
Title
Aerial View of NAS Pensacola, December 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo looking southwest across NAS Pensacola taken sometime after Decemeber 1918. Hangar Barge One (lower right corner) is onshore and the 125 foot seaplane observation tower (middle left) is complete. Buildings are still painted in camouflage paint schemes used during World War I.
Identifier
uwfnam_NAS_1918_dec1918_lookingSWatNAS(1)
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
View of Airship DN-1 Over NAS Pensacola, May 6, 1918
Title
View of Airship DN-1 Over NAS Pensacola, May 6, 1918.
Author
U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description
Photo of the dirigible DN-1 flying over NAS Pensacola taken on May 6, 1918. Rail tracks are visible in the center of the photo and sailors can be seen working on a new construction in the distance. The back of the photo has an official Navy credit stamp as well as a description of the photograph in felt pent.
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uwfnam_NAS_1918_6may1918_airshipDN-1overNAS
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