Photograph of Marcel Cesta taken before the war and after being wounded in a battle on the Western Front February 20, 1915
Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of World War I PhotographsFile Unit: Havoc of War - Atrocities and Deaths
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Steamboat Oneida on the Cape Cod Canal, 8/7/1915
The USS Oneida served in the Spanish-American War and in World War I.
Series: Construction Project Photographs , 1927 - 1981
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Image Description: View of the Oneida from the boat’s one o’clock. The hull is light-colored. Two masts, one stack, and other above-deck parts are in silhouette against the sky. A few sailors are also visible, giving us a sense of scale. It’s not a very large ship–150 tons.
The Third Note, 7/24/1915
Kaiser Wilhelm II reflects on the tone of the third note received from President Wilson regarding the sinking of passenger ships by German submarines. How much more before the U.S. might enter the war?
Image description: Political cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II sitting at a desk, looking at a large note that reads “To Germany -
Your reply very unsatis-
factory.
Submarine Sinking without
Warning is illegal retaliation
You have admitted its illegality.
Reparation for Lusitania
is EXPECTED.
Any Further Such Acts
will be Deliberately
Unfriendly
U.S.”
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Certificate of Arrival, from the Petition for Naturalization of Walter Willy Waldemar Hoeck, 7/22/1915.
There are over 170,000 Petitions of Naturalization digitized in our catalog– https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595176 –but this one has the best name.
Series: Petitions and Records of Naturalization, 12/1790 - 2/1991
Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009
Transcription:
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U.S.S Arizona, 14-inch Turret Track & Liner Turning Machine, General View, 7/7/1915
The emulsion on this glass plate negative is deteriorating, causing what we call “mudflat flaking.”
Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000
Image Description: Metal beams, nuts and bolts, and a very long screw are visible through the cracked, flaking of the surface of this glass plate negative.
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Cedarvale, NM: Plat of the Townsite of Cedarvale New Mexico, #OTD in 1915
Series: Plats of Proposed Townsites, 1825 - 1915
Record Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 - 2006
Image Description: Line drawing of town plan, with Cedar, Main, Poplar, and Walnut Streets intersecting First, Second, Third, and Fourth Streets, and the New Mex. Central R.R. cutting through diagonally. Transcription of legend at link.
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![Can you identify this gull? It was among many other bird species being observed by former President Teddy Roosevelt along a beach in this ca. 1915 stock newsreel footage (viewable in the @usnatarchives catalog):
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Can you identify this gull? It was among many other bird species being observed by former President Teddy Roosevelt along a beach in this ca. 1915 stock newsreel footage (viewable in the @usnatarchives catalog):
[STOCK NEWSREEL EXCERPTS]
Series: Motion Picture Newsreel Films Used for a Documentary Series on World War I, ca. 1908 - ca. 1930. Collection: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection, 1953 - 1982
#NationalBirdDay
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