You--Buy a Liberty Bond--Lest I perish!

You--Buy a Liberty Bond--Lest I perish!
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1917.

Rolling Air Frame Missile launcher

Atlantic Ocean (Aug. 16, 2006) - The amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) fires the ship's Rolling Air Frame Missile launcher for the first time during a live firing exercise. San Antonio and her crew are at sea conducting Combat Systems Ship Board Qualifications, in an attempt to see how well the ship's Combat System's Suite and ship's weapons work together.

Banana lava delta

Incandescence in breakout on northeastern part of eastern Banana lava delta. Cliff was at shoreline a month ago, but Banana delta built along foot of cliff, adding to island and isolating cliff from water.

Group including the Wright brothers

Group including the Wright brothers

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1900 Dec. 27]

Color photos from the 1940's

Posters from the late 1890's

Persian Gulf (March 8, 2006) - United States Coast Guard members stationed aboard the patrol boat USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1322) view flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Coast Guard Cutter came alongside the Navy's newest aircraft carrier to have a photograph taken and to take in the view of flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier. Reagan with her embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) is currently on her maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the region and participating in the global war on terrorism.

Lava flowing in Hawaii

U.S. President Jimmy Carter

This photograph showed former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) as he was speaking with laboratorians during his 1985 visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

USS Asheville

The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) steams out in front of the of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) carrier strike group and ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during the U.S. and JMSDF exercise ANNUALEX.

Sand Dunes in Alaska

From Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge.

"I don't never git no rest."

TITLE: "I don't never git no rest." This is the attitude that Henry, a six-year old beet worker takes toward life, on a Wisconsin farm. Wisconsin Sugar Beet, July, 1915. Location: Wisconsin.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1915 July.

US Navy Weapons

Native American Mother and Child

Hupa mother, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, holding baby

CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1923.

M61 Vulcan gatling gun

Pacific Ocean (Nov. 27, 2006) – The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) performs a pre-action aim calibration on one of two MK-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS). The basis of the system is a 20 mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun linked to a radar system for acquiring and tracking targets. The gun fires at a variable 4,500 rounds per minute (hydraulic models only fired 3,000 rounds per minute): it is mounted in a self-contained turret along with an automated fire control system. The system automatically searches, detects, tracks, engages and confirms kills using its computer-controlled radar system.

Gen. J.F. Hall, Col. 1st N.Y. Engineers

Gen. J.F. Hall, Col. 1st N.Y. Engineers

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1860 and 1870]

Space Shuttle Discovery

12/09/2006 - Space Shuttle Discovery seems to be standing on the fiery columns erupting from the solid rocket boosters as it lifts off Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116. Liftoff occurred on time at 8:47 p.m. EST. This was the second launch attempt of Discovery on mission STS-116. The first launch attempt on Dec. 7 was postponed due a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center. This is Discovery's 33rd mission and the first night launch since 2003. The 20th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-116 carries another truss segment, P5. It will serve as a spacer, mated to the P4 truss that was attached in September. After installing the P5, the crew will reconfigure and redistribute the power generated by two pairs of U.S. solar arrays.

X-band radar array

(12/01/2006) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The X-band radar array is installed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty before launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. It is one of two Weibel Continuous Pulse Doppler X-band radars located on each of the two SRB retrieval ships. This one will be located downrange of the launch site. Working with the land-based C-band radar, the X-band radars provide velocity and differential shuttle/debris motion information during launch. The radar data will be sent from the ships via satellite link and analyzed at the C-band radar site located on north Kennedy Space Center.

Gemini VII

Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched Gemini VII. With this mission, NASA successfully completed its first rendezvous of two spacecraft. This photograph, taken by Gemini VII crewmembers Frank Lovell and Frank Borman, shows Gemini VI in orbit 160 miles (257 km) above Earth. The main purpose of Gemini VI, crewed by astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford, was the rendezvous with Gemini VII. The main purpose of Gemini VII, on the other hand, was studying the long-term effects of long-duration (up to 14 days) space flight on a two-man crew. The pair also carried out 20 experiments, including medical tests. Although the principal objectives of both missions differed, they were both carried out so that NASA could master the technical challenges of getting into and working in space.

Army vs. Navy Game Coin Toss

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 2, 2006) – Secretary of Defense the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, center, readies the coin-toss, as four U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets conduct a formation fly-over Lincoln Financial Field, during opening ceremonies for the 107th Army vs. Navy football game. Navy won the game 26-14 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., ending the season at 9-3.

A modern Cinderella

A modern Cinderella a notable production of the last word in musical comedy
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Kansas City : Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co., [c1901]

Two little vagrants

Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cincinnati ; New York : U.S. Printing Co., c1900.

Sol Smith Russell's great play, A poor relation

Sol Smith Russell's great play, A poor relation
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900.

David Belasco's comedy, Naughty Anthony

David Belasco's comedy, Naughty Anthony
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900.

An EA-6B Prowler

Philippine Sea (Dec. 1, 2006) - An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Six (VAQ-136) launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during flight operations. Kitty Hawk, operating out of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, is currently deployed off Okinawa on a regularly scheduled deployment.

Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence, British suffrage leader

TITLE: [Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence, British suffrage leader, and Miss Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party, full-length portrait, standing, Washington, D.C.]
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1910 and 1920(?)]

Volcanos