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War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Devil Dogs Take A Tubbing On The Way To Guam
- Type: Photo
- Credit: National Archives 205584759
- Locations: War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport headed for the invasion of Guam, two Marine Devil Dogs are spruced up in a bucket of suds for inspection. The dogs, Snafu at left and Atoll at right, were born during the invasion of the Marshalls and were trained to serve as scouts and carry messages in battle. The washers are Coast Guardsman James J. Iles (left), storekeeper third class of Oneida, NY, and Marine Private First Class Charles B. West, Jr.
Gettysburg National Military Park
29. Superintendent John R. Earnst to Mr. I. Daniel Kreutzer, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Governor, October 14, 1975.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
October 14, 1975 Mr. I. Daniel Kreutzer Administrative Assistant Office of the Governor Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Kreutzer: Sorry I missed you and Dr. Rankin during your recent visit to Gettysburg. Please accept my apologies. Since then I have talked to Dave Lewis, Tom Harrison, and Dr. Rankin about your plans for the dedication here on November 19. As I understand it from them, the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania will be invited to attend, as well as the Congressional delegation from Kentucky, Secretary Morton, the Secretary of the Interior, and several other dignitaries. In talking to Doctor Rankin, he indicated that three buses from Kentucky will be arriving here Monday evening, November 17. We will be happy to provide the services of Colonel Sheet and two other guides for a tour of the battlefield on Thursday. November 18. The tour will include visits to the Visitor center, Electric map and Cyclorama Center. In discussing the dedication program with representatives of the LinkedIn Fellowship of Pennsylvania, it was suggested that you provide us with a photograph of Governor Carroll and a printers cut of the seal of the State of Kentucky. It was also suggested that you bring along your Kentucky State flag. The part of the dedication ceremony should include a formal presentation of the monument from Governor Carroll to a representative of the Department of the Interior. In this regard, I suggest that you invite the Secretary of the Interior to accept for the department. That would also like to suggest that you invite Gary Everhart, Director of the National Park Service; and my immediate superior, Chester A Brooks, Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, National Park Service, to attend. I would welcome a chance to discuss further planning details with you at your earliest opportunity. Please give me a call when it is convenient with your schedule. John R. Earnst Superintendent
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Mid-1700s - Early 1800s: El Camino Royal
- Type: Photo
- Credit: National Library of Australia
- Locations: War In The Pacific National Historical Park
This watercolor, titled Ile Guam, travaux d'agriculture, by Alphonse Pellion, drawn in 1819, depicts the Spanish road as it cuts through Assan Ridge.
Gettysburg National Military Park
74.A. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Region, July 16, 1998. Memorandum to Chief of Maintenance, Gettysburg National Military Park. From Senior Historical Architect, Historic Preservation Training Center.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
United State Department of the Interior National Park Service National Capital Region 1100 Ohio Drive, S.W Washington. D.C 20242 Office of Stewardship and Partnerships Please Deliver the Following Pages To: Dave Dreier From: Tom Vitanza Date & Time: 07.17.98; PM No. of Pages: 13 Description of Document and/or Remarks: Dave, I tried sending this by ccMail, but the system had some problems and I’m not sure it went through. Anyway, I’ll give you a call on Monday. Please distribute to Vic and Richard. Thanks, Tom Vitanza *see Pgs 5&6 of draft text.
Gettysburg National Military Park
63.A. Maintenance Division, Gettysburg National Military Park, July 5, 1995. "PA Memorial LCS." From Richard Segars, Historical Architect.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
From: Maintenance Division Gettysburg National Military Park (GNMP) Richard Segars, Historical Architect Subject: PA Memorial LCS Message: Dear Tom, I hope this is what you are looking for. Let me know if you need something else. Thanks for the info that you faxed + have a call in with Bill Rose, but he was out. I’ll let you know how we come out. Thanks, Richard
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Darlene Collins Oral History Interview
- Type: Audio
- Credit: Danica Moore Interviewer
- Date Taken: 2024-12-30
- Locations: Nicodemus National Historic Site
Oral History Interview with Darlene Collins from 2010.
Camp Nelson National Monument
Camp Nelson Convalescent Camp
- Type: Photo
- Credit: Library of Congress
Historic photograph capturing multiple rows of wedge tents being used as a convalescent camp. This 76-tent medical facility was for soldiers who were no longer suffering from severe phases or illness or wounds but were still recovering.
- Type: Gallery
Scenic views from parks in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Blue Willow Transferware
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Date Taken: 2007-02-08
Fragments of Blue Willow transferware, found at Belle Point. The Blue Willow pattern was introduced in England by the Spode factory in the late 1790s. During the 18th century Europe was fascinated by all things Chinese and especially their beautifully hand-painted china with scenes of Chinese landscapes. The Blue Willow pattern is not an exact copy of a Chinese pattern but rather based on several traditional Chinese designs. The plates produced by Spode and later factories were transferware. The design was etched onto a copper plate and then printed onto a thin piece of paper. That paper was applied to the plate and then fired. Thus the design was "transferred" rather than hand-painted, making the plates much easier to produce and more affordable. Blue Willow became a popular pattern not only in England, but across the ocean in the United States. Beautifully decorated Blue Willow plates, cups, saucers, and serving pieces were carefully packed up and transported by American families moving west. As early as 1820 the wives of some of the officers at Fort Smith were permitted to join their husbands. Their presence and the items they brought with them had a civilizing influence on the fort. Other patterns similar to Blue Willow were also favored by Americans. Blue and white were the most popular colors for dishes in the 19th century and this is reflected in the fragments found at Fort Smith. The Blue Willow pattern tells the legend of two ill-fated Chinese lovers. The story has several variations, but its basic premise remains the same. A beautiful young girl from a prominent family falls in love with her father's clerk. They are prevented from marrying and so decide to elope. Her father pursues them and in some versions of the story they are killed by fire and in other versions, they commit suicide. All stories end with the two lovers being transformed into love birds, united forever. The Blue Willow pattern has changed some over time but the basic elements are the temple or palace, a footbridge with three people, a boat with another figure, a willow tree, and of course the two birds. Apple trees, flowers, and a garden fence appear quite often.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS
Promotional graphic depicting units of the National Park System, National Trails System, and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in the Midwest with a winter theme.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Malvern Hill, June 30, 1862
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS
- Duration: 2:58
- Date Taken: 2020-10-14
- Locations: Richmond National Battlefield Park
General McClellan defends against an ill-advised assault by General Lee, resulting in Confederate defeat at Malvern Hill.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Jaite Mill
- Type: Photo
- Credit: Akron-Summit County Public Library / John Seiberling Collection
Jaite/Owen Illinois Paper Mill, 1974
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
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- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS/NABWH
- Date Taken: 2018-07-16
The Chicago Metropolitan Council of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc, Chicago Illinois, Monday, My dear Mrs. Bethune: I am writing to ask you if you will write to the heads of the National Organizations and ask them to wire the presidents of the local chapters here urging their participation in the Citizenship's program of Registration and a Voters School. The Council is having its regular meeting Monday Oct 2 and we are desirous of having them and their delegates present at this meeting. We are planning a very fine and worthwhile program which includes a radio appeal for registration, buttons saying "Have you registered?" dodgers for cars, speakers for churches to be followed by a Voters School. Please write to heads of Delta Sigma Gamma Rho, Phi Delta Kappa, Iota Phi Lambda Nurses - beauticians & Zeta & Elks. Please reserve room for Mrs. Louise Thompson Patterson at (indecipherable) arriving Oct. 3.
Zion National Park
Fast Hiking - Ferris Bueller social media video
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS / Alex Cohen
- Date Taken: 2024-10-18
- Locations: Zion National Park
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller Remember, it’s getting hot in the park and taking little breaks here and there or hiking at a slower pace can help mitigate the dangers of heat illness and dehydration. Get out there and enjoy every inch of a hike, not just the end. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8rnVQ9ytG9/
- Type: Photo
- Credit: National Fossil Day Partnership
- Date Taken: 2024-10-16
Color drawing of two hands holding digging tools and uncovering fossils and artifacts.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
At Home with the Lincolns Ep. 16: Discoveries in Restoration
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS / LIHO
- Date Taken: 2020-11-19
- Locations: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Do you believe "Home is where the Heart is?" Abraham and Mary Lincoln believed so, as they cherished their home in Springfield, IL. However, the years after they moved out would bring many changes to the home they knew and held so dearly. Explore everything from letters and papers that were found hidden inside one of the walls in the Lincoln Home kitchen to the mummified remains of some early inhabitants of the Lincoln Home!
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
The Lincoln Home Through the Years: An Image Compilation of the Lincoln Home Over Time
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS / LIHO
- Date Taken: 2021-04-09
- Locations: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Although today the Lincoln Home has been restored to how it looked when the Lincolns left it in 1861, it a lot has changed both inside and outside of the house over the years. In this slideshow, get a glimpse into the changing look of the Lincoln Home over the years--from when the Lincolns left, to when it was run by the State of Illinois, to today!
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Grace Baliva Oral History
- Type: Video
- Credit: Cassie Branstetter
- Duration: 8:38
- Date Taken: 2020-10-14
- Locations: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Home National Historic Site celebrated the National Park Service Centennial on August 25th, 2016 with a special guest. Grace Baliva, a Springfield, IL local, also turned one hundred years old August 25th! Like the National Park Service she has seen many changes to the world in those one hundred years. Listen as she shares a few of her stories.
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Northern Cardinals
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS/VIP Mitch Litwer
Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis), being non-migratory birds, are observed at Ninety Six National Historic Site year-round. They are quite common in the eastern portion of the United States and in some southwestern states, as well as in Canada and Mexico, where they live in woodland edges, thickets, gardens, and bushy habitats. In addition to being the mascot for many professional and school sports teams, they are also the state bird for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virgina, and West Virginia. Female Northern Cardinals are one of only a few North American female birds that sing. Both sexes have a cheer, cheer, cheer song. Male Northern Cardinals are very territorial, especially when protecting their own territory, nest, and young. They view other birds as a threat, and even their own reflection, which they will peck at. The male has a short chip sound that signals a warning to the female that a possible predator might be approaching the nest. Female cardinals sing to the male when they need food for the nestlings. Northern Cardinals are 8 to 9 inches long with rounded shaped wings and a notched squared tipped tail. Adult females are a dull reddish color with a gray mask around the beak (left). Adult males are very bright red, with a black mask over the eyes (right). Both male and female Cardinals have a crest on their heads. Interestingly, the Northern Cardinal obtained its name from its bright red color similar to the red robe worn by Roman Catholic Cardinals.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS
Promotional graphic depicting units of the National Park System, National Trails System, and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in the Midwest with a fall color theme.