U.S. National Archives

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About the U.S. National Archives Photographs on Flickr The United States National Archives and Records Administration is delighted to join the Flickr community. We look forward to introducing some of our photographs to a new audience as well as interacting with experienced National Archives visitors and researchers in a new way. We invite you to explore our photographs. Please share your knowledge, insights, and experience by adding tags, notes, and comments. We would love to hear from you. Only a small sampling of our photographs can be found on Flickr at this time. For the pilot project, we will post a selection of photographs from the Women's Bureau, the Environmental Protection Agency, and a few favorites. The photos you see here are only a sample of the more than 25 million photographs and 20,000 graphic images (posters and some original artwork) held in roughly 2,500 series at the U.S. National Archives in the Washington, D.C., area, our regional archives facilities from coast to coast, and from the twelve Presidential Libraries under U.S. National Archives administration. These photographs, most taken by agents of Federal agencies over the years, cover a wide range of subjects and themes documented in the work of the United States government. Higher resolution versions of many of these images can be obtained from the U.S. National Archives by following the links located below each image.

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James River from Jones Landing, Virginia - Looking up the River

from U.S. National Archives

  • Andrei Goncharik said:
  • Adam Bartel said:
    The two vessels on the right are indicated as being Unadilla Class Gunboats per their Wikipedia page, the first vessel being the USS Unadilla herself, the second possibly being the USS Chippewa. I am not sure which vessel the white side-wheel steamer is on the left.

Deck of a Monitor. Enlisted men on deck

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  • Caroline Starr said:
    The USS Sangamon, which is often mislabeled, like many Navy ships of this era.
  • robertgray42 said:
    Most Monitors, like the Sangamon, were named after rivers. The cannon shown on deck is a 12- pounder Dahlgren boat howitzer.
  • Andrei Goncharik said:
    flickr.com/photos/193005003@N06/52453335855/in/photolist-...
  • Adam Bartel said:
    My Great Grandfather is in this photo! So unreal to have found this!
  • jessamyn west said:
    Adam Bartel Wow, how did you find him?

Monitors on James River

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  • Andrei Goncharik said:
  • Adam Bartel said:
    USS Saugus (Canonicus Class), USS Sangamon (Passaic Class), USS Virginia, USS Onondaga at Trent's Reach

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