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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Online Library of Selected Images

A mirror version hosted by


Photo # 80-G-312000:  SBD-3 scout bomber warming up on USS Yorktown on the morning of 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway.

The Online Library is the Photographic Section's readily accessible index to Naval and maritime history pictures.

Each entry provides a thumbnail image, a caption and the appropriate credit line. "Click" on the thumbnail to access a larger (average 50KB to 150KB) 96 dpi digital image that can usually be printed on letter-size paper.

To the best of our knowledge, all Online Library pictures are in the public domain and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose without requesting permission.

For Additional Information, see: Scope and Limitations of the Online Library.

For information concerning this mirror version, see: HyperWar Mirror of the Online Library.

To access the HyperWar home page, click: HyperWar

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

AT LEFT, ABOVE: The Online Library's current Picture of the Month.
Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want more information about it, see Picture Data.
Previous Online Library front page pictures can be found in the Picture of the Month Gallery.

For the latest information on Online Library progress, see WHAT'S in the Online Library

SEARCHING THE ONLINE LIBRARY:
Online Library images are organized by subject. To locate specific subjects, follow the topic list below
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Note: As a result of the recent relocation of this website to a different server host, the Search Engine previously available has been lost. We hope that, sometime in the future, a similar search engine can be associated with the Naval History and Heritage Command's website.


Current Online Library Topics include:


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    Page originally posted 28 January 2009
    Contents updated 10 January 2011