Battle of Midway

The crew of the sinking carrier USS Yorktown abandon ship after being hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes on June 4, 1942. The USS Balch remains nearby to render assistance. From June 4 - 7, 1942,  the battle of Midway proved to be the turning point of World War II in the Pacific.   

Proto Zamboni - 1917

California beauty Dorothy Klewer is shown driving this early version of the newest ice surfacing technology. 

Panama Canal - 1915

Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal (Circa 1915)

The Automobile

Taken in October 1899, this photograph shows the first Honoluluans to drive an automobile on the Islands. 

Together For The Last Time

The RMS Olympic is pictured entering dry dock in Belfast on March 6, 1912 for repairs. In order to accommodate Olympic, her sister ship, the RMS Titanic (right) was moved. This would be the last time the vessels would be seen together. The very next month, while on her maiden voyage, Titanic would collide with an iceberg, sending her to the bottom of the North Atlantic.

USCGC Taney

Launched June 3, 1936 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the US Coast Guard Cutter Taney is the last of the 101 US fighting ships present at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Today , the decommissioned Taney makes its' home at the Baltimore Maritime Museum.

This US Coast Guard picture shows the cutter Taney as she appeared in 1944.

Photo Op

This photo of President Warren Harding, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, and the rest of their cabinet was taken at the White House in 1921. 

Carnival Ride From Hell

This picture, taken in 1921 in a Pennsylvania breaker, shows boys who picked out rocks and other debris from coal passing directly beneath them. The "Breaker Boys", as they were called, often developed lung problems as a direct result of breathing in the excessive dust from the mine.

Did Hitler Have A Son?

In 1917, a young Adolf Hitler was fighting the French in World War I. While he was on a weekend getaway in a local French town, he met Charlotte Lobjoie, a 16 year old with whom he would have an affair. The French teen would become pregnant and give birth to a boy in 1918. 

Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 at the age of 67, had fought for the French Resistance in 1939 under the code name 'Clement'. Before his mother's death in the early 1950's, she told him that the dictator was his father.

The rumor had surfaced a few times over the years, but apparently new evidence  which seems to support the story is currently being investigated. The above picture alone lends credibility to the theory.

Powder Monkey

A young sailor is pictured on the deck of the U.S.S New Hampshire in Charleston, South Carolina (Circa 1864-65). These boys were used to transport gunpowder to various parts of the ship during combat, earning them the nickname "powder monkey".