St Patrick's Cathedral

New York's St Patrick Cathedral c. 1913

The Spruce Goose

The world famous Spruce Goose is pictured as it makes its' maiden and only flight on November 2, 1947. The Hughes H-4 Hercules prototype heavy transport was designed by Hughes Aircraft, and because of the war causing a shortage of materials, the plane was constructed of wood. The press dubbed it 'The Spruce Goose', and it is the largest flying boat ever built.

The Golden Spike

On May 10, 1869, the first transcontinental railroad across the United States was completed. A ceremony was held in Promontory Summit, Utah, where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads met. The final spike used to secure the railroad was a specially manufactured gold spike, which bared the date of the historical event.

Original Yankee Stadium

A B-17 Flying Fortress is pictured flying over Yankee Stadium during Game 1 of the 1943 World Series.

The original home of the New York Yankees was built in 1923, and hosted its' first game on April 18th of that year, with the Yankees defeating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The stadium's final game, a 7-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles, was played on September 21, 2008.

Ellis Island

An immigrant family views their new home from the shores of Ellis Island in this undated photo. The famous island in New York Harbor opened on January 1, 1892, processing in its' history millions of immigrants to the new world. Among the famous people that arrived thru Ellis Island were Irving Berlin, Charles Atlas, actress Claudette Colbert, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, and Charles Chaplin.

Independence Day

On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson and 55 of his fellow delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ratified the Declaration of Independence. This historic document was written for the purpose of announcing and explaining the separation from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

While the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence is stored in the Library of Congress, the 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy, pictured above, is currently displayed in the National Archives.

Philadelphia Zoo

Workers are shown repaving the road in front of the Philadelphia Zoo's Administration Building in the above June, 1934 picture.

The Philadelphia Zoo is the first zoo in the United States, and was chartered on March 21, 1858, but its' opening was delayed until July 1, 1874 by the American Civil War. The zoo is located at the corner of 34th St. and Girard Ave. in Philadelphia's historic Fairmount Park.

Banff Springs Hotel

The world famous Banff Springs Hotel, located in Banff, Alberta, is seen in this picture taken in October 1929. The hotel was originally built as a railway hotel in 1887 by the Canadian Pacific Railway in order to attract more people to railroad travel. The year round hotel, set in the breathtaking scenery of the Canadian Rockies, attracts countless tourists every year.

The Telephone

Genevieve Clark, daughter of Speaker of the House Champ Clark, and in the 1940's a candidate for the House of Representatives for Louisiana, is photographed c. 1915 using a US Candlestick Style telephone. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

Japanese American Internment Camps

On May 8, 1942, a Japanese American family awaits an evacuation bus that will transport them to a Department of Justice internment camp. After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were housed in these camps until the end of the war.