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Online Library of Selected Images
-- ART TOPICS -- Artworks and Photographs Listed Alphabetically
by Title
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and photographs that have been listed by their titles. These especially
include images where the titles differ significantly from the
objective subjects. Listings are arranged alphabetically by original
and/or commonly-used titles.
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access Picture Data pages.
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view of one frame of the image.
Title and Brief Description of Image:
- The "Admiral's
Fiddle": Jury rudder made for USS Nipsic
after she was damaged by the March
1889 Samoa hurricane.
- "Aftermath":
Scene on board USS Manchester
(CL-83) following shore bombardment off Wonsan, North Korea,
1953.
- "America's
Famous Aviators": Postal card of photographs
taken by J. Ellsworth
Gross, 1910.
- "Atlantic
Cable Half a Century Old": Pen & ink drawing
by Samuel Ward Stanton, circa 1908, depicting USS Niagara
and HMS Agamemnon laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraph
cable, 1858.
- "Atlantic
Telegraph Polka": Illustrated sheet music cover,
depicting USS Niagara and HMS Agamemnon laying
the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858.
- "The Battle
for Fox Green Beach": Watercolor by Dwight
Shepler, depicting USS Emmons bombarding in support
of the "Omaha" Beach landings, during the Normandy
Invasion, 6 June 1944.
- "Before
the War": Painting by Carlton T. Chapman, depicting
ships of the U.S. North Atlantic Squadron anchored in Hampton
Roads, Virginia, circa March-April 1898, shortly before the outbreak
of the Spanish American War.
- "Beyond
the Peaceful Sunset, a Shooting War": Flight
deck scene on board USS Bennington
(CVS-20) on 16 December 1960, during the Laotian Crisis.
- "The 'Big
Chief' in its War Paint --Camouflaged": halftone
reproduction of a photograph of USS Leviathan
in "dazzle" camouflage, 1918. She was then the World's
largest ship, hence the nickname in the title.
- "Billie's
Morning Bath": Sailors washing a goat mascot
on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.
- "Bobtailing":
A crew member receives a dishonorable discharge on board USS
Santa Olivia
in May 1919.
- The "Boys
of the Bennington": Song by Raymond Teal concerning
the 21 July
1905 boiler explosion on USS Bennington.
- "Bucking
the big ones": USS West
Virginia steaming through heavy seas, 1919.
- "Christmas
Eve in the United States Navy": Officers give
a toast on board USS Kansas
on 24 December 1908.
- "A Cock
Fight -- Standing By": Crew members of a U.S.
Navy battleship prepare to release their fighting poultry, circa
the early or middle 1910s.
- "The First Computer
Bug":
This historically important organism was reportedly first identified
and named by Lieutenant Grace
Murray Hopper, USNR, in 1945. Though this individual passed
on abruptly, its progeny are alive, well and thriving in today's
World.
- "A Critical
Situation": USS Stockton
narrowly avoids a collision while escorting a troopship in thick
weather during 1918.
- "David
and Goliath -- Modern Version": Painting by
James Sessions, depicting a January 1942 PT Boat attack on a
Japanese ship.
- "A Date
under the Palm": A Sailor and a WAVE gaze out
over the beach at a Gulf Coast Naval air station, circa 1945.
- "DesRon
23": Illustrated poem relating the exploits
and attitudes of Destroyer Squadron 23 during the Central Solomons
Campaign, 1943-1944.
- "Destroyer
Life": Illustrated poem contrasting life on
board destroyers with that on battleships, circa 1918.
- "Doing double
time": Crew members exercising on board a U.S.
Navy battleship, circa the middle 1910s.
- "Dough
for Dough-boys": Chief Petty Officer carrying
bread on board USS Scranton
in 1919.
- "Dropping
Astern": Painting by Michel Felice Corne, depicting
an aspect of the battle
between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19
August 1812.
- "Dusty
Season in Korea": Trucks move toward the Korean
front lines in a cloud of choking dust, 1951.
- "The Engagement":
Painting by Michel Felice Corne, depicting an aspect of the battle between
USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.
- "Every
Wednesday, Ouch!": A World War II WAVE receives
her "shots" from a Navy doctor, as nurses stand by.
- "Farewell
to Thee": Sailors honor men killed at Naval
Air Station Kanoehe Bay, Hawaii, during the Pearl Harbor Raid
of 7 December 1941.
- "A Fast
Convoy": USS Allen escorting USS Leviathan in the
War Zone, 1918. Painting by Burnell Poole.
- "Flying
a 'homeward-bound pennant": Colored postcard
providing a cartoon depiction of "See the World" aspects
of the "Great
White Fleet" Globe-circling voyage, 1907-1909.
- "The Flying
Zebra": USS Rowan
in camouflage, November 1917.
- "Force
'H' off Gibraltar": Watercolor by Edward Tufnell,
depicting British warships off Gibraltar in 1941.
- "General
Muster": Officers and crew in formation on board
USS Enterprise,
circa spring 1890.
- "Getting
a Little Fresh Air": Crewmen on deck of the
submarine G-2,
prior to World War I.
- "The 'Giants'
of the Sea": USS Imperator
and USS Leviathan
at Hoboken, N.J., 1919. Photographed by Picot.
- A "'Gob'
and his colors": A sailor stands by the National
Ensign on board USS Margaret,
circa 1917.
- "Gobs
Coaling at Brest ...": Sailors coaling a large
transport at Brest, France, 10 June 1919. The ship may be USS
Imperator.
- "God
Bless America": Medal
of Honor winner Captain Donald
Kirby Ross, USN (Retired) leads the audience in singing "God
Bless America" during ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary
of the Pearl
Harbor raid, 7 December 1991.
- "Hauling
Down the Flag -- Surrender of the Alabama to the Kearsarge off
Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864": Artwork by
J.O. Davidson, depicting USS Kearsarge
gun crewmen cheering as CSS Alabama
sinks in the distance.
- "Hear!
The voice of the moment of death. Wake up, you fools.":
Crudely-drawn cartoon found in a crashed Japanese plane, following
the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
- "His
Sister": Contemporary cartoon featuring a World
War I Yeoman (F), by Charles Donelan.
- "I Was Hitler's
Doctor": Magazine advertisement seen on board
USS Bainbridge
(DD-246), August 1943.
- "Homeward
Bound": Troops on board the transport Mercury
(ID # 3012), circa 1919.
- "I Relieve
You, Sir!": Rear Admiral John
M. Hoskins relieving Rear Admiral Dixwell Ketcham as Commander,
Carrier Division Seventeen, circa December 1946.
- same title:
Captain Kent L. Lee relieving Captain James
L. Holloway, III, as Commanding Officer of USS Enterprise,
11 July 1967.
- "In
Action": Painting by Michel Felice Corne, depicting
an aspect of the battle
between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19
August 1812.
- "In
Uncle Sam's Navy": Cartoon on pre-World War
I big ship gunnery accuracy. The name of USS Maryland
(presumably Armored Cruiser # 8) is featured.
- "Iron
versus Wood -- Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac, in
Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862": painting by Edward
Moral, depicting the Confederate ironclad Virginia
(ex-USS Merrimack)
ramming the Federal sloop of war Cumberland.
- "The Ironclads":
painting by Raymond Bayless, depicting the battle between CSS
Virginia
and USS Monitor,
on 9 March 1862.
- "It's
a great life if you don't weaken": Photograph
of USS S-10
covered with ice, 24 January 1925.
- "Jack-o-the
Dust": Storekeeper of a provisions store room,
in his domain on board USS Scranton
in 1919.
- "Kokubokan":
Japanese postal card, published circa 1921-22, depicting the
aircraft carrier Hosho.
- "Last
Gun from Fort Sumter": Artwork depicting USS
Wabash and other ships bombarding Fort Sumter during the Civil
War.
- "The Laws of the Navy":
A World War I era illustrated version of the classic poem by
Rear Admiral Ronald A. Hopwood, R.N.
- "And Let
the Rest of the World Roll By": A Sailor catches
a few winks while waiting for planes to return to USS Rendova
during the Korean War.
- "Man
of War": View on board USS Dictator,
circa the 1870s.
- "Men
Wanted for the U.S. Navy": Yeomen (F) in New
York City in May 1919, assisting with the Victory Liberty Loan
and Navy recruiting.
- "Mining
Drill": Sailors practice the employment of sea
mines for the defense of advanced bases, on board a U.S. Navy
battleship, circa the early or middle 1910s.
- "Modern
Salts": Sailors on USS Arkansas (BB-33),
1940, in a pose inspired by a classic Navy photograph.
- The "Moustache":
False bow wave camouflage on the German armored ship Admiral
Graf Spee, December 1939.
- -- See Photo
# NH 83001 for another view with the same subject and title.
- "Murders'
Row": Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor
in Ulithi Atoll, 8 December 1944, during a break from operations
in the Philippines area.
- "Next":
Barber shaving a crew member on board USS Enterprise,
circa spring 1890.
- "A night
signal gun": A Signalman practices with a portable
flashing light device, atop a battleship's conning tower, circa
the mid-1910s.
- "Old
Hen and Chickens": Photograph by Bunnell, showing
thirteen destroyers alongside USS Kanawha (AO-1) off San
Diego during the early 1920s.
- "The Old Navy":
A classic Navy photograph from 1888, with artworks and other
photographs it has inspired.
- "Old Salts
...": Photographs and artworks of old Sailors
of by-gone days.
- "Old
Salt of the Sixth Fleet": Artwork by Frank E.
Zuccarelli, depicting a "Salty Sailor"on board USS
Strong (DD-758), July 1972.
- " On
the Bottom -- A tense moment during salvage operations ...":
Sailors on the afterdeck of USS Falcon
(ASR-2) listen to communications from a diver working on
the sunken USS Squalus
(SS-192), 1939.
- " One
Thousand Fifty Years of American History Makers":
Group photograph of fourteen retired Navy and Marine Corps flag
officers, taken circa 1923.
- "The only
dry place topside": Crewmen pose atop the fairwater
of USS S-2 (SS-106)
at sea in August 1921.
- "Operation
Remember": Attendees at a luncheon honoring
Navy and Marine Corps World War II leaders. Taken at Club "21",
New York City, 2 May 1957.
- "Ouch!":
1942 recruiting poster concerning the mosquito-like nature of
motor torpedo boats, and featuring PT Boat commander John
D. Bulkeley.
- "Our
Flag is There!": Scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship
on the blockade off Mobile Alabama, 1864.
- "Outdoor
Advertising: Korean Style": Signs used by the
Chinese Communist forces to entice UN troops to surrender, Korea,
1951.
- "Pardonable
Pride": Cartoon concerning the results of Navy
heavy gun target practice, 1904.
- "Pealing
(sic) Spuds": Sailors and Marines peeling potatos
on board a U.S. Navy ship, circa the mid-1910s.
- "Period
of Tenseness on the Front": A Marine uses binoculars
to scans the Korean front lines for enemy activity, 1951.
- "The Philippines":
1930s era cartoon concerning Asiatic Fleet service in the Philippines.
- "A pie
eating contest": On board a U.S. Navy battleship,
circa the mid-1910s.
- "Plank
Owners": Two sailors on USS Endicott
(DMS-35) in 1951, who have served in the ship since she was
first commissioned in 1943.
- "Plotting
the trajectory of the 14-inch gun": An officer
instructs battleship crew members in technical aspects of gunnery
and fire control, circa the middle 1910s.
- "A Prize
Disposed and One Proposed": Painting by R.S.
Floyd, depicting CSS Florida
chasing a sailing ship, after having burned another, perhaps
on 10 July 1864.
- "Putting
the heaving line 60 feet": Chief Petty Officer
throws a line from USS Scranton
to USS Penguin, circa 28 March
1919.
- "Quarter
Deck Seas": View on board USS Vermont,
while she was steaming in heavy seas, during the "Teens".
- "Quitting
Time": Cartoon by Gluyas Williams, depicting
the end of a World War II working day at the Main
Navy and Munitions Buildings in Washington, D.C..
- "Rally
on the Flag": Close combat drill on board USS
Enterprise,
circa spring 1890.
- "Red
Lead Row": Destroyers laid up at San Diego,
California, 1922.
- "Remember
Dec. 7th!": Office of War Information poster,
1942, urging remembrance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- "A Sack
race": Recreation on board a U.S. Navy battleship
(either Pennsylvania
or Arizona,
circa 1916-1917.
- "The Sacred
Twenty": Group photograph of the first twenty
Navy Nurses, circa October 1908.
- "Sailor's
Holiday": Sailors and WAVES enjoy a boat ride
while on leave during World War II.
- "A Sailor's Prayer":
Photographs from the 1920s, embellished with the poem "A
Sailor's Prayer".
- "A Sailor's
Sewing Day Reminds Him Keenly of Home and Mother -- Life on Board
a Battleship": Stereograph photo, probably taken
on board USS Minnesota,
circa 1910.
- "Say
'Ah-ah-h'": 1918 cartoon by E. Verdier, concerning
the distractive effects of a Yeoman (F) on a Navy officer.
- "Senior
Papasan": Marine who had completed his quota
of night missions with a USMC night fighter unit in Korea, 1952.
- "Seventh
Wife": Musical comedy presented in November
1916 by the crew of USS Brooklyn
to benefit families of men lost in the wreck
of USS Memphis on 29 August 1916.
- "She
Fell in the Sea a Perfect Wreck": Painting by
Michel Felice Corne, depicting an aspect of the battle
between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19
August 1812.
- "She
loves me? ... She loves me not?": A Sailor depetals
a flower to settle an ageless question of romance, during World
War II.
- "Shore
Batteries Under Fire": Shells burst ashore during
a bombardment by USS Manchester
(CL-83), at Wonsan, Korea, 1951.
- A "Shot
for Posterity": Gun crew on USS Ward
(DD-139), who fired the first shot of the Pacific War, 7
December 1941.
- "shoving
off": USS El
Sol departing after standing by USS Scranton,
circa 28 March 1919.
- "Sleeping
In": A Sailor occupies his hammock in the broadside
gun casemate of a large U.S. Navy warship, circa the mid-1910s.
- "Spinning a Yarn":
Photographs and artworks of Sailors engaged in the telling of
"tall tales" for the amusement of their messmates.
- "The Spray
Line": Troops on board USS Huntington
en route from Europe to the U.S., 11 March 1919.
- "A spring
day at sea": Men relaxing on board USS Scranton in 1919.
- "Sunday
Morning Inspection" on board USS Enterprise,
circa spring 1890.
- "A Sunny
Afternoon Stroll": Sailors and WAVES on liberty
in a public park, during World War II.
- "Sunset
and Sea Power in the North Sea, April 1915":
Battleships of the British Grand Fleet at sea during World War
I.
- "To Sweethearts
and Wives": Officers give a toast on board USS
Kansas, 24
December 1908.
- "The Tale
of the Gyascutus":. An amusing 19th-Century
Sailor's "Yarn", in verse, featuring nautical terminology
delightfully misused -- for the benefit of the credulous. Embellished
with a suitable image from about 1887.
- "The Tall
and Short of It": Photograph of tall and short
Sailors on board USS Mount
Vernon, circa 1918-1919.
- "The Navy Target
after many hits": Target raft with its fabric
targets largely blown away, following battleship gunnery practice,
circa the mid-1910s.
- "Task
Force of Two Navies": Watercolor by Dwight Shepler,
depicting U.S. and British warships operating in the North Sea
area, July 1943.
- "Teamwork,
Courage, and Skill": The Sailors of Destroyer
Division 91 receive the Navy Unit Commendation for their Korean
War accomplishments.
- "Temporary
Assistants": A wounded Korean War veteran uses
crutches until he can learn to walk with a synthetic leg, 1951.
- "That
Famous Denby Smile": Secretary of the Navy Edwin
Denby on board USS Henderson,
20 May 1922.
- "That
Perfect Corner": Bunk inspections pay special
attention to corners, as this WAVE trainee knows.
- "They,
Too, Were Ready": Photo collage concerning Gunner's
Mate Osmond K.
Ingram and the damaged destroyers Cassing and Shaw
during World War I.
- "They'll Tear
Her Tattered Ensign Down": 1938 Newspaper illustration
showing S.S. Leviathan
en route to be scrapped. Headline (title) refers to Oliver Wendell
Holmes' poem opposing the scrapping of USS Constitution
in 1830.
- "31
Knots": Painting by Arthur Beaumont, depicting
USS Charles Ausburne
(DD-570) leading Destroyer Squadron 23 during World War II.
- "Too
Heavy to Buck -- So Near and Yet So Far": Patrol
boat Eagle
stuck in the ice near USS Indiana,
during the winter of 1917-1918
- "The Tough
Beach": Watercolor by Dwight
Shepler, depicting German artillery fire hitting U.S. forces
on "Omaha" Beach, during the Normandy
Invasion, 6 June 1944.
- "Travel":
Navy recruiting poster from about the later 1950s, featuring
a Lou Nolan painting of USS Miller
(DD-535) visiting a Far Eastern port.
- "Type
in the U.S. Navy -- The Winning Smile": Navy
Steward on board ship, during World War I.
- "Uncle
Sam's Ships": Cover page of sheet music written
by Chief Yeoman (F) Daisy M. Erd, USNRF, during World War I.
- "Vigil
on Korean Ridge Top": Two Marines of a Forward
Air Control Unit use radio to communicate with close air support
planes, Korea, 1951.
- "War":
British battleship Agincourt
in heavy seas, circa 1918.
- "WAVES
play Santa": WAVES wrap Christmas presents for
convalescents at Bethesda Naval Hospital, circa 1944.
- "...we
here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
...": Office of War Information poster, 1942,
using this quotation from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
to urge remembrance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- "We'll
Carry the Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches":
Cover page of sheet music written by Chief Yeoman (F) Daisy M.
Erd, USNRF, during World War I.
- "What-the-Hell!"
pennant: As used by Naval Group China during World War II.
- "Where
did you get that hat??": WAVES try on the newly-authorized
overseas cap, circa 1944-45.
- "The White
Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of John Ericsson, New
York Bay, August 23, 1890": Painting by Edward
Moran, depicting USS Baltimore
leaving New York to carry the remains of John Ericsson back to
his native Sweden.
- "Wood
versus Iron": Artwork by Alexander C. Stuart,
depicting the action between CSS Albemarle
and several U.S. Navy gunboats in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina,
5 May 1864.
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
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