Stars And Stripes Collection (#8)

The Only Lighthouse in United States Entirely Within City Limits, Key West, Florida, c1940s. From Souvenir Folder of Quaint Key West Fla.. [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston, c1940s]

International Airport, Tampa, Florida, c1940s. [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston]

Plaza Where The First American Flag in California Was Raised in 1846. San Diego, California, c1941. From San Diego, California. [Herz, California]

Temporary arches combined with permanent piers, 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1924]

Our U. S. A. Allies, 1917
Our U.S.A. Allies, 1917. Image printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd. London and Leicester, 1917]

Balcony and dais in the Lodge Room of the Masonic Temple, Birmingham, Alabama, 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1924]

General view of an office building, 1924. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1924]

Detail of entrance front, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, New York, 1923. The hotel opened in 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

An American privateer schooner and other vessels near a harbour, c1815. Artist: Charles Burton Barber
An American privateer schooner and other vessels near a harbour, c1815. Painting held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock

United States of America, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

The Constitution and the Guerriere, c1813. On the 19 August 1812, the American heavy frigate USS Constitution engaged with the British frigate HMS Guerriere

Iceland visit. Churchill - with Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt Jnr. following - saluting the Stars and Stripes as he walks among British and U.S. troops and Norwegian sailors, 1941

Fourth Churchill-Roosevelt Conference, 1943-44. At the Second Quebec Conference in 1944 Winston Churchill drafted and, together with Roosevelt

Habana: Casino De La Playa. The National Casino at Marianao, c1910. [C. Jordi, Box 2334, Havana, Cuba]

Sir Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone, Africa, 1871. The historic meeting between Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) Welsh explorer and journalist

Rough Riders stampeding a Spanish outpost, Cuba, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Rough Riders was the name given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry

Street fight in Santiago, Cuba, Spanish-American War, 1898. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898

USS Alabama, American battleship, 1898. An Illinois class pre-dreadnought battleship, Alabama was launched in 1898. She served with the US North Atlantic Fleet

Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters, 1898. Miles (1839-1925) served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars

USS Kearsarge, American battleship, 1898. The lead ship of her class, Kearsarge was launched in 1898. She served as flagship of the US North Atlantic Fleet

USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Artist: W Rau
USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Commissioned in 1895, the Indiana was the lead ship of a class of three pre-dreadnought battleships

The Oregons race for Cuba, 1898. As tensions grew between the United States and Spain after the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbour, Cuba

The last sunset of the Maine, 1898. The USS Maine, a pre-dreadnought battleship, exploded and sank in Havana harbour, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, with the loss of 274 of her crew

Capture of Confederate guns, near Culpeper, Virginia, American Civil War, 14 September 1863. The capture of Confederate General JEB Stuarts guns by General George Armstrong Custers Union cavalry

Capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by the Union army, American Civil War, 4 July 1863. The Union army, under General Grant, taking formal possession of the city

Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, American Civil War, 30 July 1864. Charge of the Union 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps. In the background is a huge crater caused by the explosion of a mine under

Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, American Civil War 19 March 1865. Union General Joseph A Mower, commanding the First Division, 17th Army Corps, turning the Confederate left

Hookers Battle, American Civil War, 26 November 1863. Union Major-General Joseph Hookers men on the attack during the Battle above the Clouds

United States Battleship Indiana, c1890s
United States Battleship Indiana, c1880. The first ship to bear the name, the USS Indiana entered service with the US Navy in 1895

United States Torpedo boat Cushing, 1890s. Named in honour of US Civil War naval officer William B Cushing, the USS Cushing served in the US Navy from 1890 until 1898

United States Armoured Cruiser Brooklyn, c1890s. The second ship of that name, USS Brooklyn served in the US Navy from 1896 until 1921

US Navy warships, Navy yard, Balboa, Panama, 1931. Balboa is located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between

Birthplace of the flag of the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, c1930s. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Birthplace of the flag of the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, c1930s. No 239, Arch Street, the house where Betsy Ross is said to have made the first Stars and Stripes flag in 1777

James Farley Post Office building, New York City, USA, c1930s. Artist: Ewing Galloway
James Farley Post Office building, New York City, USA, c1930s. The Beaux-Arts style building was completed in 1912. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume V

Paso del Norte Hotel, El Paso, Texas, USA, c1916. The hotel opened in 1912. During the Mexican Revolution people used to watch gunfights between the revolutionaries

Astronaut James Irwin (1930-1991) gives a salute on the Moon, 1971. Artist: NASA
Astronaut James Irwin (1930-1991) gives a salute on the Moon, 1971. Irwin, pilot of the Lunar Module, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S

John Watts Young (b1930), NASA astronaut, c1990s. Artist: NASA
John Watts Young (b1930), NASA astronaut, c1990s. John Watts Young is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on April 21 1972, during the Apollo 16 mission

Sutters Fort, Sacramento, California, 1847 (1937). Artist: Snyder
Sutters Fort, Sacramento, California, 1847 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Boston as seen from the Dorchester Heights, USA, 1838. Artist: James Tibbitts Willmore
Boston as seen from the Dorchester Heights, USA, 1838

Capture of the Macedonian, c1813. Artist: Jean Pierre-Marie-Jazet
Capture of the Macedonian, c1813. The capture of the British ship HMS Macedonian by the American heavy frigate USS United States on 25 October 1812

Walt Whitman, Inciting the Bird of Freedom to Soar, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Walt Whitman, Inciting the Bird of Freedom to Soar, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

George Washington (1732-1799), American president, 18th century

Life in the Country, Evening, 1862. Artist: Currier and Ives
Life in the Country, Evening, 1862

The iron-clad frigate, new ironsides, and two Ericsson batteries going into action at Charleston, 1863. A print from a supplement of The Illustrated London News, 9th May 1863. Hand-coloured later

The Park and City Hall, New York, 1855. Artist: J Archer
The Park and City Hall, New York, 1855. Illustration from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, Volume II, by John Howard Hinton, published by Samuel Walker, (Boston, 1855)

City Hall, New York, 1855. Illustration from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, Volume II, by John Howard Hinton, published by Samuel Walker, (Boston, 1855)

Victory, 1862-1867
Victory, 1862. An engraving from volume III of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867

Charge of the Zouaves, Capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, 1862-1867. Artist: JJ Crew
Charge of the Zouaves, Capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, 1862 (1862-1867). Union troops commanded by General Ambrose Burnside landed on the island in February 1862

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