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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is well known for preserving the first written records of our nation. The oldest known government-produced film in our holdings is First Army Aeroplane Flight, Fort Myer, Virginia , which captured daring test flights of the Wright Military Flyer. At that time, the U.S.
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AUGUST 20, 2024
This post was created in collaboration with Hilda Gitchell, Archives Technician in the Still Picture Branch Local ID: 90-G-23A-575 As the summer winds down and we brace ourselves for a transition to cooler (albeit still humid) weather, we would like to say goodbye and good riddance to a constant presence in most outdoor summer plans: the mosquito.
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MARCH 25, 2021
You may have heard that the National Archives is partnering with the University of Maryland Cinema and Media Studies Program to present Films of State , an online conference on government-produced moving images (if not, check out my last blog post for more background). Researchers for the most part came to Washington, D.C.,
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Many maps also show information regarding political, economic, and transportation features such as roads, railroads, communication lines, industries, agricultural crops, natural resources, boundaries, and military installations.
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DECEMBER 17, 2020
Photograph of the Wright Brothers’ Camp in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,” Records of the US Army Air Forces, Record Group 18, National Archives Local Identifier: 18-WP-48625. military took renewed interest in the Wright’s machine. According to the National Park Service, in 1900 the Wright’s contacted the U.S.
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DECEMBER 3, 2020
The image is from series 75-ID , which is contained within the Still Pictures Branch of the National Archives. We can search for a variety of topics, listed in alphabetical order, from Agriculture to Transportation. We searched under the topic “Military Service”, which returned 30 results, including this image of Pfc.
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MAY 25, 2021
Photograph of Researcher in the Central Search Room of the National Archives Building. Moreover, sometimes you can track down the archival institution that houses a photo you found online or in a book by simply examining what markings you can find on it. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 64-PR-20-1, NAID: 74228254.
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