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Note: title was given by General Services Administration for the purposes of labeling; Noble's orignal title is unknownWe see a house beside a calm body of water, bordered by trees and shoreline. Noble emphasizes tranquility and stability by placing…

Hotel Washington opened in 1918 and remains standing today, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Due to its location across the street from the Treasury Department and proximity to the White House, the hotel has remained relevant to…

Establishment of a Marine Base at Quantico, VA officially dates to 1917 and declaration of war in Europe, although military leaders had been eying the site for some time. Thousands of Marines were--and still are--trained for duty here.<br /> <br /> YWCA…

An airfield prior to WWI, the US Army Air Service expanded operations at this location near Mineola, NY upon declaration of war in 1917. With the arrival of railroad infrastructure the adjacent Camp Mills was built as an embarkation camp--mobilizing…

Located near Macon, GA this mobilization was built in 1917 and quickly reached its peak of 29,000 National Guard and other inductees for training. It was closed in 1919, then re-opened for a period during WWII.<br /> <br /> YWCA Hostess Houses, usually located…

Although used only for six months as a cantonment during WWI, this base in Plattsburgh, NY had a history dating back to the War of 1812 and continued to serve as an innovative Reserve Officer Training Corps.<br /> <br /> YWCA Hostess Houses, usually located…

Women are pictured walking home from work on Hope Street, with knitting mill buildings in background. Annotation indicates that Hope Street and Water Street were &quot;busy places during the time of the Perry Knitting Co.&quot; Photo caption reads: &quot;Mills of…

This item consists of three images from a NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) management plan for a 750-acre area located in Ontario County. Much of the land had been used for agricultural production, with resulting soil exhaustion,…

The 19th-century land rush was heavily subsidized by railroad companies, who had been granted large tracts of appropriated indigenous land and had a financial stake in the settlement of territories. This advertisement lists out eighteen inducements…