Surrounded and escorted by a variety of smaller craft, the American Armored Cruiser, USS New York (CA-2) enters waters of New York City to participate in the Spanish American War Victory Fleet Review. She fires several guns in salute as she makes way. (Edison Company, 1898)
14th Street and Broadway in New York City, New York. A wagon pulled by horses along the streets. A sign on the top of a shop reads 'The Crawford Shoe'. Beer wagons move along the streets. A man on the sidewalk sprinkles items (coins?) from a rolled up paper, as boys stoop to pick them up. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and street cars in the street. (Edison Company, 1898)
Firemen race down Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, in fire wagons, pulled by horses. They arrive at a multistory building on fire. Huge plumes of black smoke belch from their pumper apparatus. Firemen place a ladder against the building, and direct water from a hose onto fire in second story of the building, adjacent to the ladder. A commercial sign (Restaurant?) hangs in front of the section of the building where the fire is located. Trees along the boulevard are bare. Spectators are few. The area contains large vacant lots interspersed between several large buildings. A man on a bicycle rides alongside the fire wagons. (Edison Company, 1896.)
U.S. Army troops march along the streets, and American officials and civilians honor them in New York City. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers march along under the Arch at Washington Square. People watch the march from street level and high up on building tops. A man is seen waving a small American flag while perched dangerously on a steel girder high above the festivities. Views from high up buildings of the victory parade below. Soldiers march followeb by military trucks and cars in the parade. Crowd gathers to watch the procession. Aerial view from moving aircraft during th parade, showing the parade underway below and various New York buildings and monuments along the way. U.S. Army troops march in uniform. People wave hands and caps to the U.S. Army troops.
U.S. Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. A banner on a building reads: 'Ship's Service Store'. WAVES enter the building. They purchase goods from salesgirl. A WAVE typist at work. The WAVE salesgirl at work. Goods on shelves in the background.
Whaler "Herman" on a polar expedition in the Diomedes Islands, Alaska. A man tries to catch a seal in a snow covered area. A boat amidst snow. A man clears snow from the area.
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