John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
The Sylvania Recreation Area in the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan, United States. A man looks around the Ottawa National Forest. A couple sets a picnic table near the lake shore. The couple eats. Children run around at a beach area. People sit in a canoe. The couple talks while sitting. People walk around. A foundation stone in the foreground with a plaque describing the Sylvania Recreation Area. A canoe on the water in the background. People around the foundation stone. People read the inscription on the foundation stone. Two children near the stone.
A lotus field in Grass Lake, Illinois. A lotus bed on a lake. A bow of a boat as it nears the lotus bed. A man and women in the boat. The women pluck lotus flowers. A young lotus seed in the field.
The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. United States Navy Captain William Adger Moffett, commanding the training station, poses on the steps of the building. Other officers join him. The group including enlisted men poses.
U.S. President Richard Nixon, his daughter Julie Nixon, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Rogers Morton with other dignitaries ride on a boat on Jackson Lake, located in Grand Teton National Forest, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The lake and snow covered Grand Teton mountains in background. President Nixon, Secretary Morton, a National Park Service Ranger and other dignitaries standing in the boat talk to each other. Press reporters gather to take photos and interview as the dignitaries reach shore at Colter Bay Marina. Sign with the Marina name is visible at the piers. Julie Nixon walks on a pier to reach the shore. President Nixon and Julie Nixon departing from the crowd on shore and returning down to the pier area. Shot during timeframe that Nixon was gathering support for his "Legacy of Parks" proposal to expand and improve U.S. National Parks.
German aviator Wolfgang Von Gronau lands on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois after his second transatlantic flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. Dornier Do J Wal flying boat aircraft approaches for landing. People gathered to welcome Wolfgang Von Gronau. The aircraft lands and taxis on Lake Michigan. People greet Wolfgang Von Gronau.
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