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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.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may241916photo_rockwellfuneralprocession
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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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Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may271916_rockwellfuneralprocession
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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)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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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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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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)

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: Image (JPEG2000)

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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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)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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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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)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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)

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.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_6may1918_airshipDN-1overNAS
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Title: Aerial View of Hangars, December 6, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Aerial photo of seaplane hangars and ramps at NAS Pensacola taken December 6, 1918. The long building to the left perpendicular to the beach is Building 27, known as the Coal Shed. Constructed in 1827, it was originally used to store coal to power steam-engine vessels that moored at the Pensacola Navy Yard. It was later used to store lumber and at the time of this photo used as an aircraft hangar. Curtiss HS-1L seaplanes are parked on the water.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_6dec1918_aerialofhangars
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Aerial View of Seaplane Hangars, December 6, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Photo of western most seaplane hangars on the beach of NAS Pensacola taken on December 6, 1918. The left-most hangar on the lower left housed Squadron 6, the "Wild Rams." Squadron 6 was one of two the navigation training squadrons and flew Curtiss H-12s and H-16s. At the lower mid-photo the small row building was the motor test. At the far lower-right, the hangar painted in camouflage housed Squadron 2, the aerial gunnery training squadron.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_6dec1918_aerialofseaplanehangars(2)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Aerial View of Seaplanes in Water, December 6, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Aerial photo of the waterfront at NAS Pensacola showing hangars, sea plane ramps, sea planes, and the town of Warrington on December 6, 1918. The three dark-roofed buildings are Hangars 74, 75, and 76 from left to right. At the far left are seaplan hangars 225 and 226. Curtiss HS-1L seaplanes rest in the water. Buildings were painted in camouflage during World War I.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_6dec1918_aerialplanesinwater(1)
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Power Plant at NAS Pensacola, October 8, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Two copies of a photo showing Building 47, the Power Plant in the center, and surrounding buildings at NAS Pensacola taken October 8, 1918. Two copies were provided due to a difference in quality and detail with the darker image providing a less stretched, but more obscured, view of the buildings while the lighter copy has significant stretching in its development yet is stamped with credit to the Photographic Lab of NAS Pensacola on the back. An archival summary is also provided on the back...
Show moreTwo copies of a photo showing Building 47, the Power Plant in the center, and surrounding buildings at NAS Pensacola taken October 8, 1918. Two copies were provided due to a difference in quality and detail with the darker image providing a less stretched, but more obscured, view of the buildings while the lighter copy has significant stretching in its development yet is stamped with credit to the Photographic Lab of NAS Pensacola on the back. An archival summary is also provided on the back of the photo.
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Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_8oct1918_camobuildingsandsmokestack
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Title: View West Down the Seaplane Ramp, November 18, 1918.
Author: U.S. Navy
Abstract/Description: Photo looking West across the sea plane ramps taken November 18, 1918 at NAS Pensacola. Sailors can be seen working in varied capacities across the ramps though the sea planes in the photo are notable for having been too damaged to consider for repair. Two copies are provided for image clarity and the addition of a 1964 briefing on the back of the second copy detailing how many of the hangars were still in use even as the base turned 50 that year. An archival summary with additional...
Show morePhoto looking West across the sea plane ramps taken November 18, 1918 at NAS Pensacola. Sailors can be seen working in varied capacities across the ramps though the sea planes in the photo are notable for having been too damaged to consider for repair. Two copies are provided for image clarity and the addition of a 1964 briefing on the back of the second copy detailing how many of the hangars were still in use even as the base turned 50 that year. An archival summary with additional information on the nature of the broken planes is also provided on the back of this copy.
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Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1918_18nov1918_westdownseaplaneramps
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