Search Results
- IDNO:
- 051997
- Title:
- Anti-Aircraft Gun in Action at Night, Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- Soldiers gather around a firing anti-aircraft gun during a defense campaign. The photograph comes from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.
- IDNO:
- 051998
- Title:
- Sham Battle in Hawaii during WWII American Defense Campaign
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- A group of soldiers practice firing. Photograph comes from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.
- IDNO:
- 051999
- Title:
- American Soldiers Shore Battery at Night in Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1945
- Description:
- A group of soldiers gather around coastal artillery during a defense campaign. Photograph taken from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.
- IDNO:
- 052000
- Title:
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA
- Date:
- 1939
- Description:
- American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052001
- Title:
- Scuba Diver off U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- A sailor prepares to dive into the sea off the deck of the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052002
- Title:
- Shore Battery in Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- American military work with coastal artillery during a defense campaign. Photograph comes from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.
- IDNO:
- 052003
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Crossing the Equator
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1945
- Description:
- Crew members pal around during the crossing initiation ceremony, where sailors who have never crossed the equator before are "brought before Neptune" and tested.
- IDNO:
- 052004
- Title:
- View of Manhattan, New York City, Likely from Decks of U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1945
- Description:
- View of the New York City skyline.
- IDNO:
- 052005
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia beneath Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, Ca.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia floats beneath the bridge.
- IDNO:
- 052006
- Title:
- Wilda Juanita Turner, Weston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Wilda married Robert Hugh Butcher in 1934.
- IDNO:
- 052007
- Title:
- Dolly Kemper Turner, Weston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Dolly went on to marry Claude Turner (b. 1891- d. 1968). Together, they had a daughter, Wilda Juanita Turner Butcher (b. 1915- d. 1999).
- IDNO:
- 052008
- Title:
- Juanita Turner and Friends, Polk Creek, Weston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Juanita, pictured on the left standing, is with her friends Wilda, Ruth, Garlow, Virginia, Jo, and Bobbie.
