Ocha Potter, age 20. "In the early spring of 1898 came rumors of war with Spain. Soon war was declared. My father and grandfather had been Civil War veterans. An earlier ancestor had been an officer with George Washington's staff. Another had...
Title taken from news clipping. Photograph used in a February 17, 1959 issue of The Washington Daily News. The news paper clipping also had a capion that read: "A push for Washington 'home rule' got under way this morning when two models...
Photograph of a school teacher in a U. S. Government School at Cape Prince of Wales. Visible are several Native students at their desks, a blackboard with math problems and the date May 6th, 1902, an American flag and presidential portraits are on...
Title from accompanying material. The U.S.R.C. "Bear" decorated in flags for the birthday of President George Washington. Caption reads "U.S.R.C. 'Bear.'"
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from image caption; caption continues: Mare Island NY [Navy Yard] California Ship at dock, flags flying, probably in celebration of Washington's birthday; dock and brick buildings in background; another sailing vessel at dock on...