Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Aerial photographs
Aerial view of roads, buildings, grounds, and trees at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. Parts of the photograph have been retouched to a bright white. Stamp on back: "Robert E. Stigers Chief Cameraman...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Aerial photographs
Aerial view of trees, roads, barracks, and grounds at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. Parts of the photograph have been retouched to a bright white. Stamp on back: "Robert E. Stigers Chief Cameraman...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Aerial photographs
Aerial view of trees, roads, barracks, and grounds at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. Parts of the photograph have been retouched to a bright white. Stamp on back: "Robert E. Stigers Chief Cameraman...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Aerial photographs
Aerial view of trees, roads, barracks, and grounds at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. Parts of the photograph have been retouched to a bright white. Stamp on back: "Robert E. Stigers Chief Cameraman...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Reservoirs
Two water reservoirs at Fort Knox, Kentucky. One is shaped like a bowl, while the one at right has a top and is checkered. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. On back of image: "Water Power 1 & 2. Ft. Knox 1936." Includes...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862; Gunboats; Vehicles
Gunboat that fired first shot at Fort Henry at rest in water. The boat has inward-slanting sides and two canopy roofs above. Hanging from two lines are small cloths or flags. Below image: "The gunboat that fired the first shot at Fort...
Reverend Dr. John Lowe Fort of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, a jacket and tie. The photograph has spots of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: John Lowe Fort, Louisville; Secretary Louisville Council of Churches.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Armies
Sketch of the "Reembarkation of Grant's troops after the battle. From a drawing by Rear-Admiral Walke." Dark smoke and light clouds obscure the boats, but their stacks can be seen. The ships are near the left shore. The right shore is...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Stern and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. The paddlewheel has been removed. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908....
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Bow and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908. Owned by U.S. Engineers, FORT...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Bow and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908. Owned by U.S. Engineers, FORT...
Fort Pitt Blockhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This structure was built in 1764 and is the only remaining building from Fort Pitt. A guard stands in the doorway of the building. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Walked down...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Robert Anderson (1805-1871), a brigadier general in the Union Army of the United States Civil War. He born in "Soldier's Retreat," near Louisville, Kentucky. He was the commanding officer of Fort Sumter during the attack by...
Composite drawings; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forts & fortifications; Armored vessels; Gunboats
Composite five sketches relating to the attack on Fort Hindman, a Confederate fort on the Arkansas River, in 1863. Each photo has a caption: View of the attack on Fort Hindman Jan. 11th 1863; the "Rattler," "Glide" and Ram...
Stone fort with archways. A man and three children stand in front of the fort. Two men are at the top of a ladder leading to a tower. Title: 9. Interior Fort Lorenzo, Mouth of Chagres River. Text on right: Copyright, Continental Art Co., 1906.
Brick building with a center tower and two chimneys on the ends. Three archways in the front and two, bricked-in archways on the right side. The building is surrounded by overgrown grass. Title: 7007 - John Brown's Fort, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,...
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
Men; Staffs (Sticks); Historic sites; Fort Harrod (Harrodsburg, Ky.)
A man with a long white beard holding a walking stick stands in the middle of a small plot of land which was the site of Fort Harrod, the first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains, established by James Harrod in 1774.
Portraits; Military officers; Military personnel; Military uniforms; Military facilities; Men; Women
Portrait of Colonel James P. Barney, Commander of Fort Knox Conditioning Camp (1933-1935), wearing his military uniform. The photograph has been cut down to size and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on the back of image: Fort Knox. Stamped...
Reverend Dr. John Lowe Fort of Louisville, Kentucky wearing glasses and a suit, holding a small stack of papers. The photograph has been irregularly cut, badly creased and discolored. Stamped on back of image: October 8, 1936.
