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Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...

Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...

Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

Frederiks Fort, Fortberg Hill, Coral Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: Frederiks Fort is a ruin of a standard eighteenth century citadel. It is an extremely poor condition and only the outer walls and the foundation of a structure in the center of the fort remain. ... More

Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, April 15, 1864 (Andrew J. Russe...

No. 277. Library has two photographs: LOT 4336, no. 7 is on the original mount. LOT 11486-G, no. 14 is another copy adhered to a contemporary mount. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 histori... More

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

Fair Oaks, scene of the battle (drawn a day or two before the Confeder...

Troops and wagons setting up camp. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: Battlefield of Fair Oaks, Va. May-1862. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 186... More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-101, 400' North of intersection of East & W...

Significance: Building T-101 is significant as a standing example of a Type SCOL-1, Modified SC-3, large service club constructed from the 700 Series of Mobilization Drawings. The Service Clubs designed under ... More

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas...

Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th centu... More

Fort Tejon, Soldiers' Quarters, Highway 99, Lebec, Kern County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-39-D Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Breastworks and "Cheavaux de Frise" in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called b...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the log fortified parapet at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Lt. John B. Krepps, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, 112th Regiment, Battery K is fourth from left. Part of se... More

Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

Fort Bliss, 7th Cavalry Mess Hall & Kitchen, U.S. Army Air Defense Art...

Significance: This former 7th Calvary Mess Hall was part of a large enlisted men's cantonment, most of which were demolished in 1934-1935. It was directly associated with the adjacent barrack (Building No. 452)... More

Fort Bliss, 7th Cavalry Mess Hall & Kitchen, U.S. Army Air Defense Art...

Significance: This former 7th Calvary Mess Hall was part of a large enlisted men's cantonment, most of which were demolished in 1934-1935. It was directly associated with the adjacent barrack (Building No. 452)... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Fort Jefferson, Enlisted Men's Barracks I, Garden Key, Key West, Monro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 17, 20-22 Sumner Place, Leavenworth, Le...

Significance: The former Post Commander's Residence possesses considerable significance both historically and architecturally. It symbolizes the connection of the post in the 1830's and 1840's with the First D... More

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 17, 20-22 Sumner Place, Leavenworth, Le...

Significance: The former Post Commander's Residence possesses considerable significance both historically and architecturally. It symbolizes the connection of the post in the 1830's and 1840's with the First D... More

Fort Willoughby, Garrison House, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

See also HABS VI-90, 1979 documentation for additional information. Significance: The Garrison House is a well-preserved arms magazine associated with the British occupation of the island during the Napoleonic ... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Matanzas, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Significance: Fort Matanzas was originally established in 1565, and served as the site of the final struggles between Spain and France for domination of Southeast. The present fort was built in 1737-42, to rei... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County,...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which was designed to serve as a cavalry blacksmith shop and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey... More

Fort Missoula, Powder Magazine, Missoula, Missoula County, MT

Significance: Fear of the recent Indian uprisings led to the establishment of a military post here, six miles southeast of Hell Gate Pass, to protect the Mullan Road. This all important link between Walla Wall... More

Fort Mackinac, Post Hospital, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MI-27 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000395

Fort Mackinac, Post Hospital, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MI-27 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000395

[Three scenes of military facilities: lower battery on the Ogeechee de...

Possibly by William Waud. Title devised from inscriptions below images. Formerly Waud no. C-100. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1027) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate fortifications, with large gun]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Cold Storage Building, Se...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Cold Storage Building, Se...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Cold Storage Building, Se...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of Federal soldiers in Confederate fort on heights of Centrevil...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862.

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 357, 20-22 Riverside Avenue, Leavenwort...

Significance: This building was one of a small complex of warehouses which comprised the Fort's Quartermaster Depot. From its founding through the 1870's, Fort Leavenworth served as the Quartermaster Depot for ... More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2675, South "F" Street, Midway Between 1700...

Significance: Even though the interior of Building T-2675 has undergone significant alterations over the years, it continues to exhibit many of the typical features that are common to World War II-era mobilizat... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

[Evacuation of and firing of Manassas Junction]

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly March 29, 1862, p. 201. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.745) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1... More

Fort Western, Main Building, Bowman Street, Augusta, Kennebec County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS ME-56 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000009

Outside view, Fort Sumter, n. east face

Photograph shows war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3056. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Fort Schuyler, Throgg's Neck, Bronx, Bronx County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28, FN-30, FN-31, FN-37 Survey number: HABS NY-4-30 Building/structure dates: after 1832 Initial Construction

Fort Schuyler, Throgg's Neck, Bronx, Bronx County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28, FN-30, FN-31, FN-37 Survey number: HABS NY-4-30 Building/structure dates: after 1832 Initial Construction

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead ar... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More