Photo By Miller Studio of Chester Ship Building Company Foremen. My Grandfather is Harry (Henry Johnston) Kane and he died in 1935. I believe this photo was taken in the 1920's.
People in photo include: Emanuel McElwee, Harry Hogan, Thomas Cauley, Harry Kane, Peter Miller, Howard Stark, Fred Turner, Joseph Todd, Alonzo Hoopes, Thomas Fenton, Michael O'Malley, George Boulden, and Harry Wolf
William Wesley Holt was born on July 18, 1865 in Harrison County, West Virginia USA, and died at age 17 years old in 1882 in OH. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Holt.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...
Architectural wonders that showcase our cultural history.
From famous architects like Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959), to our great grandparents who built our ancestral family homes, architecture is part of our culture and a representation of how we see our...
Photos of all kinds of ships used in war, commerce, and pleasure, and the men and women who sail on them.
Ocean liners, submarines, destroyers, aircraft carriers, battle ships - and yachts, oh my! Water transportation has been, and continues to be, a vital part of our economies and history.
Ships transp...