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.
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...
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.,...
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.
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.
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Vaults (Strong rooms); Historic sites
Gold vault under construction at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The vault is the U.S. Bullion Depository, which has been in operation since 1937. Two men wearing overalls stand beside a truck with a pulley and cranes. A pile of dirt and logs appear in the...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Military bands
138th Field Artillery (F.A.) men in uniform posed with musical instruments, including a drum labeled "138th F.A. Louisville, Kentucky," on bleachers at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In the lower right-hand corner, an inscriptions reads "2711A...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats; Carondolet (Gunboat); Vehicles
Painting of gunboats St. Louis, Carondolet, Cincinnati, Lexington and Conestoga in the Battle of Fort Henry. Dark smoke from their smokestacks mingles with white sparks and white smoke from battle.
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Building construction
Remodeling of old Fort Nelson Hotel, Broadway between Brook and Floyd Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Light seven-story building on a rainy day. Round pillars at upper floors have zigzag detailed bases. Construction supports in front of lower...
