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Grand Canyon National Park
Steam Locomotive - April 2nd, 2022
- Type: Video
- Credit: Rader Lane
- Date Taken: 2022-04-03
- Locations: Grand Canyon National Park
One of the most historic ways to arrive to the Grand Canyon is on the old spur line created by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Since 1901, the train has carried passengers from Williams, AZ to the South Rim daily. Due to the rise of the automobile, passenger service ceased in 1968. In 1989, passenger service continued--ten years later, Grand Canyon Railway was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Spend a Minute Out In It exploring the history "underneath" this timeless trip!
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Frederick Penn
- Type: Audio
- Date Taken: 2024-01-29
- Locations: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Frederick "Rik" Penn discusses his time in the military, working for the Federal government, as well as being a Park Ranger for the National Park Service stationed in the Presidio of San Francisco
- Type: Video
- Credit: PRX, WSCC, NPS
- Duration: 0:54
- Date Taken: 2020-10-14
Hear historian Elaine Weiss share the story of the secret Jack Daniels Suite at the Hermitage Hotel, unofficial headquarters of the anti-suffrage lobby. (Open captioned)
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
War Dog on Guam
- Type: Photo
- Credit: War in the Pacific National Historical Site
- Locations: War In The Pacific National Historical Park
On July 21, 1944, two Marine war dog platoons landed on Guam which was being held by about 19,000 Japanese soldiers. The Japanese realized the asset the war dogs provided the Marines and targeted them with rifle fire resulting in about ten dogs being killed.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
On board steamer Palestine letter
- Type: Photo
- Locations: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
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Gettysburg National Military Park
31.A. D. L. Lewis to Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, [Date Missing].
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Date Taken: 2025-03-14
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania I just had a conservation with Frank Rankin (spokesman for the Kentucky State delegation) and here is the latest word on a number of items: 1.Name of visiting clergyman: a.Monsignor Charles C. Boldrick 2.F. Rankin will mail to me today the following: a.Picture of Gov. Carroll b.Picture of State Seal c.Picture of Kentucky monument 3.Gov. Carroll will arrive Wednesday 11/19 in a.m. with six in party. His son and wife will be in party. 4.Rankin expects 90-95 people in total arriving by buses. 5.I agreed to the Lincoln Fellowship paying for the Governors party for our luncheon(6 people) 6.Their Girl Scout troop color guard to present colors at Cemetery service 7.Gov. Carroll will bring Kentucky State flag 8.High School Band to play “Old Kentucky Home” while people are taking their places on the speaker’s platform. 9.The two “Honorary Doctorate Degrees” (to J. Davis and G. Everhardt) are to be presented at our luncheon by Dr. Frank W. Welch, President Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee. 10.The Kentucky monument is to be covered at the cemetery for unveiling during the 2:30 p.m. service. 11.It appears that the original list of notables that were invited, is steadily dwindling – not even Col. Sanders is coming. He broke his foot. I understand that Mrs. Eisenhower will also not be present. 12.F. Rankin will see to it that I get a list of all other notables scheduled to be here by Monday, November 17.
Gettysburg National Military Park
47.J. Office Set, Specifications of Materials and Workmanship for a Monument to be erected by the state of Pennsylvania in the Gettysburg Battlefield. W. Liance, Cottrell, Architect, Samuel Murray, Sculptor.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
ten-cut work. The granite from the base of columns to the cornice of the dome shall be bushed to a fineness known as eight-cut work. The dome above the cornice line of dome shall be bushed to a fineness known as a six-cut work. Plain Surfaces: All the plain surfaces shall be machine cut. Carvings: All the carvings shall be finished with pneumatics tools and finished in an artistic, clean, sharp manner. All the miters, arrisers, returns and angles to be true and sharp. The four high reliefs shall be pointed up from one half size plaster models, and finished full size in the granite. The name Pennsylvania to be raised, axed letters on four sides, one inscription each to be square sunk under the statue of Lincoln and Curtin. 24 names [illegible] on interior arch piers. Polished granite slabs shall be placed on the three piers of monument in the openings which correspond with the windows on the stair well. [Handwritten:] 8 [illegible] and 8 [illegible] figures to be carved from full size models. 12 Capitals carved from details. Beds and Joints: No bed to be set on spalls or to depend on any foreign substance whatsoever for a bearing. No bed to have a lesser bearing in width than 2" on the exterior edge, and to form a true and continuous joint. 10
Gettysburg National Military Park
38.A. Robert B. Moore, July 1, 1986. "Gettysburg in Battle to Save Monuments."
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
For Release: July 1, 1986 July 1, 1986 Robert B. Moore 717-334-1124 GETTYSBURG IN BATTLE TO SAVE MONUMENTS Gettysburg, PA – It has no song written in its honor, no official likeness peddled in souvenir shops across the country, no national network of sponsors vying for a piece of its image. Yet, million or so visitors come every year to see it and other like it in this tiny Pennsylvania Community. It is the Pennsylvania Memorial, one of 1320 monuments, memorials and markers located at Gettysburg National Military Park, and on July 1 of this year, three days before the much-heralded Statue of Liberty celebration in New York, it will be rededicated in special ceremonies at the Park. The rededication comes following seven months of rehabilitative work on the memorial’s bronze figures and stonework, and signals the beginning of a campaign to preserve all the Park’s monuments from the ravages of acid rain that threaten to turn the once richly-detailed collection into hunks of corroding metal and stone. Unlike the Statue of Liberty project, Gettysburg’s Monument preservation Campaign figures to last for many years but, in terms of money, cost much less than its New York counterpart. The pricetag is $600,000, a small figure in fund-raising circles considering that the completion will guarantee the preservation of one of this nation’s greatest art treasures. “I believe Gettysburg to be the largest outdoor bronze museum in the world,” says Eleftherios Karkadoulias, a well-known bonze sculptor and one who has worked on twenty-five of the monuments at Gettysburg over the past ten years. Men like Karkadoulias and Wayne Craven – who has authored a book on the sculptures at Gettysburg – can appreciate the artistic beauty of the monuments as well as their historical significance. “What we have come to realize is that we have a national treasure in the sculptures at Gettysburg National Military and the Soldiers’ National Cemetery,”
Gettysburg National Military Park
33.B. B. Voorhees, November 25, 1985. Draft Assessment of Action, Triple X.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
Martin-Senior Lacquer Formula or Equivalent: #32H 16008 Dark Brown 32Y 16017 Black 3072 Acrylic Lacquer (needs no primer) These materials can be removed with Martin-Senior Remover 6801 and Catalast 6803 if a speed up is needed to remove materials. These removers have been used on the above and on the acrylic finishes on cars and aircraft and others metals for the past ten years with no adverse effects.
Gettysburg National Military Park
17. A. J. Walter Coleman, Superintendent to Regional Director, Region One, October 11, 1950. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorandum regarding Repair Projects.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: NPS Photo
- Locations: Gettysburg National Military Park
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg, Pennsylvania October 11, 1950 Memorandum To: Regional Director, Region One From: Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military Park Subject: Repair Projects This will record the agreements which were reached October 9 and 10 when Messrs. Zimmer. O’Neil and Higgins visited Gettysburg and conferred with us on repair projects. Pennsylvania Monument We inspected the Pennsylvania Monument and called the attention of the technicians to the fact that the Park Commission, then headed by Colonel John P. Nicholson, refused to recommend the acceptance of the Monument by the Secretary of War because they did not approve of the method of construction. It is our understanding that acceptance was delayed ten or more years until after the death of Colonel Nicholson. Acceptance took place about 1922. Poor construction was noted particularly in the placing of reenforcing steel. We agreed that the following would be recommended: 1) The platform would be replaced with concrete. 2) The platform would be graded to drains and horizontal scupper drains would be installed. 3) The deck would be water-proofed. 4) The reenforcing that is exposed underneath would be cleaned and treated with Gunite. 5) Invitations to bid would be itemized. 6) Debris such as form lumber in the basement would be cleaned cut. Bryan House We agreed to recommend the removal of most portions of the Bryan House that are in addition to the original floor plan, leaving the roof, however, over the original building as it is. The building
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Chatham Audio Walking Tour, #6, Civil War Soldier's Grave
- Type: Audio
- Credit: NPS
- Date Taken: 2025-02-28
- Locations: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
In the first ten years after the Civil War, life at Chatham changed dramatically. The Lacys returned to Chatham after four years of war. How did they adjust to life during Reconstruction? What obstacles did formerly enslaved people face as they navigated life outside of the bounds of slavery for the first time?
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Episode Four: "All the World is Welcome Here"
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS
- Date Taken: 2022-08-24
- Locations: Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Episode Four highlights the National Park Service efforts to prepare the Texas White House for visitors after the passing of Mrs. Johnson. It describes the opening of the house on August 27, 2008 through the next ten years, until its closure in August 2018.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Ranger Chat on Reconstruction: Dr. Robert Bland
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS
- Duration: 15:32
- Date Taken: 2020-10-14
- Locations: Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Park Ranger Rich Condon interviews Dr. Robert Bland from the University of Tennessee about his research on the 1876 labor strikes organized by Black citizens in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Episode One: Home on the Pedernales
- Type: Video
- Credit: NPS
- Date Taken: 2022-08-21
- Locations: Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Episode One highlights the history of the land from the natives peoples who lived there to Lyndon Johnson's acquisition of the home from his Aunt Frank Martin in 1951.
Homestead National Historical Park
HOMESTEAD PROOF—TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT- George Gray
- Type: Photo
- Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
Transcribed document reads: (4-369) HOMESTEAD PROOF - TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT George Gray, being called as a witness in his own behalf in support of homestead entry, No. 3059, for NW 4 Sec 14-19-8 testifies as follows: Ques. 1 - What is your name, age, and post-office address? Ans. George Gray age 52 years P.O. Hennessey OT Ques. 2 - Are you a native-born citizen of the United States, and so, in what State or Territory were you born? Ans. I am and was born in the state of Tennessee Ques. 3 - Are you the identical person who made homestead entry, No. 3059, at the Kingfisher N.S. land office on the 15th day of July 1889, and what is the true description of the land now claimed by you? Ans. I am and my land is the North West - 1/4 of sec 14 in Tp 19 N Range 8 WIM Ques. 4 - When was your house built on the land and when did you establish actual residence therein? (Describe said house and other improvements which you have placed on the land, giving total value thereof.) Ans. in November 1889- At that date my house is 15X15 ft. granary + stable well of water 30 acres under fence orchard out - to the value of $200.00 Ques. 5 - Of whom does your family consist; and have you and your family resided continuously on the land since first establishing residence thereon? (If unmarried, state the fact.) Ans. Wife and four children - we have. Ques. 6 - For what period or periods have you been absent from the homestead since making settlement, and for what purpose; and if temporarily absent, did your family reside upon and cultivate the land during such absence? Ans. We have not been absent. Ques. 7 - How much of the land have you cultivated each season, and for how many seasons have you raised crops thereon? Ans. About 40 acres and have raised four crops. Ques. 8 - Is your present claim within the limits of an incorporated town or selected site of a city or town, or used in any way for trade and business? Ans. It is not. Ques. 9 - What is the character of the land? Is it timber, mountainous, prairie, grazing, or ordinary agricultural land? State its kind and quality, and for what purpose it is most valuable. Ans. Part timber and part prairie - for farming. Ques. 10 - Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the homestead? (If so, describe what they are, and state whether the land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) Ans. No Ques. 11 - Have you ever made any other homestead entry? (If so, describe the same.) Ans. No Ques. 12. - Have you sold, conveyed, or mortgaged any portion of the land; and if so, to whom and for what purpose? Ans. No Ques. 13 - Have you any personal property of any kind elsewhere than on this claim? (If so, describe the same, and state where the same is kept.) Ans. I have not. Ques. 14. - Describe by legal subdivisions, or by number, kind of entry, and office where made, any other entry of filing (not mineral) made by you since August 30, 1890. Ans. Have made none (Sign plainly with full christian name.) X George his + his mark Gray *(In case the party is of foreign birth a certified transcript from the court records of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, or of his naturalization, or a copy thereof, certified by the officer taking the proof, must be filed with the case. Evidence of naturalization is only required in final (five-year) homestead cases.) 6-577
Homestead National Historical Park
Court document related to the death of George Greer, Sr and his heirs.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
Transcribed document reads: STATE OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY OF KINGFISHER }IN COUNTY COURT Estate of George Greer, Deceased. WHEREAS, The petition of S.D.Dooley, has been lately filed in this Court, representing, among other things, that George Greer, late of the County of Kingfisher and State of Oklahoma, died, intestate, on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.A. 191[blank], at Hennessey, Okla. and petitioning this Court that Letters of Administration on said estate be granted to George Greer, Jr. of said County of Kingfisher. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, That said petition be heard before this Court, at a regular term, to-wit: at the July term to be held in the County Court room inn Kingfisher, in said County of Kingfisher, on the 5th day of July A.D. 1910, 2 o’clock in the after-noon of said day. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That notice be given to the heirs at law of said deceased, and all persons interested in said estate publishing posting due notice of the time and place of said hearing ten days prior to said hearing xxxx by posting three notices and mailing copies to a relatives newspaper published in said County, and that copies of said notice be addressed to the heirs of said deceased, resident in the state, at their places of residence, if known to said petitioner, and deposited in the United States Postoffice, with the postage there-on prepaid by said petitioner, at least ten days before the time of said hearing. Dated this 20th day of June A. D. 1910 (seal)Jno. M. Graham, Filed June 20 1910, in Admr. Rec. 7 page 4.77County Judge [Note] #4
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.
Death Valley National Park
Orientación para Excursiones
- Type: Video
- Date Taken: 2025-01-10
- Locations: Death Valley National Park
Únete a nosotros mientras exploramos los impresionantes paisajes del Parque de Nacional Death Valley. Te guiaremos a través de información esencial, destacando consejos de seguridad, puntos de interés clave y formas de aprovechar al máximo tu aventura. ¡Prepárate para descubrir la flora y fauna únicas, maravillas geológicas y una historia cautivadora que hacen del Valle de la Muerte un destino verdaderamente inolvidable!
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
2025 Battle of New Orleans Luminaria Audio Tour
- Type: Video
- Credit: K. Nugent
- Date Taken: 2025-01-03
- Locations: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
It was on this field 210 years ago that the world was forever changed. Join us for this audio tour as you drive the Battlefield Loop Road at Chalmette Battlefield during our 2025 Luminaria event.
- Type: Photo
- Credit: Manitowoc County Historical Society
A woman at the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company sprays a finish coat on a ten-foot droppable bomber fuel tank in June 1943.