Credit Line: Courtesy Ralph Jones, Scanned at the National Archives

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Looking N at Commons
from Sumter
December 31, 1918
E Along N Octagon
from Idaho (Ericsson)
December 31, 1918
RR Trestle Over
Newton Creek
December 31, 1918
Stores on Collings
Near Alabama
December 31, 1918

W from Tuckahoe
Ironsides
December 16, 1918
S on Tuckahoe
from Ironsides
December 16, 1918
Tuckahoe,
Ironsides to Right
December 31, 1918
E Along Niagara
from Sumter
December 31, 1918

NW Along
Idaho
December 16, 1918
Monitor Curving
E to Kearsarge
December 16, 1918
Alabama to Square
from Collings
December 31, 1918
Collings (NE)
from Alabama
December 31, 1918

In "Monitor Curving E to Kearsarge," the center house with the peaked porch roof is 1059 Monitor; the house partially shown at the far left with flat porch roof and railing is 3104 Sumter. In the photo Sumter Road is called Perry Avenue on the street sign.

E Down Ironsides
from Tuckahoe
December 16, 1918
Tuckahoe w Monitor
to Right
December 16, 1918
Ironsides Looking
Towards Sumter
December 16, 1918
S on Sumter
from Ironsides
December 16, 1918

Up Kearsarge
from Collings
December 16, 1918
W along Collings
from Kearsarge
December 16, 1918
Tuckahoe
near Ironsides
December 16, 1918
N on Ironsides
Near Tuckahoe
December 16, 1918

Sewage
Disposal
Likely 1918
Trestle

Likely 1918
Trestle
Newton Creek
Likely 1918
Location
???
December 16, 1918

Plate 1

August 15, 1918
P2 NW View
from Square
August 15, 1918
Plate 3

August 15, 1918
Plate 4

August 15, 1918
Plate 6097A

August 15, 1918

W Down W America
from Square
October 2, 1918
SE Down Alabama
from Square
October 15, 1918
W Down W America
from Square
November 11, 1918
S Down Sumter
from Niagara-Sumter
November 30, 1918

SE Down Alabama
from Square
September 1, 1918
NE to Hornet
from Square
September 1, 1918

W Down S Commons
from Octagon
June 2, 1919
E to Yorkship Sq
from W America
July 1, 1919

W Down Collings
from Collings-Kearsarge
October 15, 1918
N to Yorkship
Rd. from Square
November 1, 1918
S from
Yorkship Square
November 1, 1918
Rear of Stores
on Collings
December 16, 1918
Ironsides from
Tuckahoe
December 31, 1918

Old Farmhouse Near
Union Field
June 2, 1919

July 1, 1919
2887 Kansas?
November 6, 1919

Ralph's good friend Scott Cooper relates the adventure to the National Archives. Story


Legend with
Reference Points
Supply Yard Yorkship Square
Work Clock in Square
August 1, 1918
Yorkship Square
Water Tower, Hull Rd.
August 1, 1918
From Collings
and Tuckahoe
August 1, 1918
Down Collings
from Congress
August 1, 1918
Looking up Kearsarge
from Collings
September 15, 1918
From North Entrance
looking down (S)
Yorkship Road
October 2, 1918
Looking up Kearsarge
from Collings
October 2, 1918
From North Entrance
looking down (S)
Yorkship Road
October 15, 1918
View SE from near
Congress/Merrimac
October 15, 1918
Looking along Trent
(E) from Tuckahoe
October 15, 1918
Looking up Kearsarge
from Collings
November 15, 1918
Looking up Tuckahoe
from Tuckahoe-Trent
November 30, 1918
Looking South
down Tuckahoe
from Tuckahoe-Trent
November 30, 1918
Tuckahoe (long side)
Monitor (right side)
December 16, 1918
Looking East down
Collings from West End
December 31, 1918
Tuckahoe from
Tuckahoe-Ironsides
December 31, 1918
Looing Up Alabama
from Collings
January 15, 1919
Looking at the NW
Archway from West America)
January 15, 1919
Looking SE to
Congress; Note
Icy Tower on Hull
January 15, 1919
Vicinity of
Yorkship Square
January 31, 1919
Looking SE along
Collings from
Tennessee &
Collings
January 31, 1919
Looking SE along
Collings from
Chesapeake &
Collings
June 2, 1919
Collings/Cheasepeake
Looking SW Towards
Merrimac
June 2, 1919
Newton Bridge
June 2, 1919
Looking N up
Merrimac from Collings
July 1, 1919
Looing Up Alabama
from Collings
July 1, 1919
Newton Bridge Toward
Morgan Village
Shipyard Far Left
August 2, 1919

Some Digital Restoration and Enhancement by Michael J. Ruiz