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Box 1

 Container

Contains 175 Results:

USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, Newport News, Virginia, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 39, Item: 4
Dates: Other: 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with cameramen and photographers at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, Item: 3
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

Special guests on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, Item: 4
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents

Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA-30) Mary Ellen Bute [maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929."

Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA-30) Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929.", September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, Item: 2
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents

Inscription on white slip: "Largest launching party (over 10,000 invited spectators) in history of the Newport yard--just prior to breaking of Houston Ship Channel water by the sponsor. Sept. 7, 1929"

USS Houston (CA-30)-- Ship's sponsor Elisabeth Holcombe and a group of U.S. Navy officers on stand at launching ceremonies, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with special guests at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents

Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA 30)-- Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with Va. Gov. Harry F. Bird at ship's launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929."

Charlotte Williams, special guest at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony and great granddaughter of Sam Houston, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents

Inscription on white card: "Williams, Charlotte. Great granddaughter of Sam Houston; special guest at launching ceremonies for USS Houston (CA 30), 7 Sept. 1929."

USS Houston (CA-30) slides down the ways with American flag displayed on its stern, launching ceremony, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, Item: 2
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents

Inscription on white card: "USS Houston (CA 30)-- slides down the ways at launching ceremonies, 7 Sept. 1929."

USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, Newport News, Virginia, September 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 45, Item: 1
Dates: Other: September 7, 1929
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

USS Houston (CA-30) in China, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 48a, Item: 1
Dates: Other: undated
Scope and Contents

Caption on back: "The USS Houston in a Chinese Port"

USS Houston (CA-30) on the Yangtze River, China, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 48a, Item: 2
Dates: Other: undated
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

USS Houston (CA-30) in Houston Ship Channel with refinery in background, taken from the air, 1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, Item: 1
Dates: Other: 1930s
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...

USS Houston (CA-30) in Houston Ship Channel, 1930s

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, Item: 2
Dates: Other: 1930s
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains black & white and color photographic prints, including some oversize and panoramic prints. The photographs are arranged into sub-series by general subject. Within each sub-series, the photographs are in alphabetical order according to the subjects of the individual photograph. Some of the photographs are copies of prints from institutions such as the National Archives or the U.S. Naval Institute. Box 4 includes a binder of photographs taken by a...