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Will Rogers & General Mitchell at Bowling Field i.e., Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., 42425

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Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.

Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.

General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco

This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.

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Founded in 1917 as The Flying Field at Anacostia, the Bolling Field was the first military airfield near the United States Capitol. It was renamed Anacostia Experimental Flying Field in June 1918. Throughout the Second World War, Bolling Field served as the aerial gateway to the US capital Washington D.C. After WWII, Bolling Field's property became Naval Air Station Anacostia and a new Air Force base, named Bolling Air Force Base, was constructed just to the south of the field in 1948.

During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. It also prepared sets of pictures on popular subjects and undertook special photographic assignments for local businesses and government agencies. The bulk of the images were created between 1909 and 1932. The photographic files of the National Photo Company, including an estimated 80,000 images (photographic prints and corresponding glass negatives), were acquired by the Library from its proprietor Herbert E. French in 1947.

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01/01/1925
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Bolling Field

The first military airfield near the United States Capitol

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The National Photo Company Collection, Washington, D.C.
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see National Photo Company Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/275_npco.html

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LEARJET AIRPLANE AFT SECTION BEHIND REAR BENCH - GENERAL CABIN DETAILING - SEAT TRACK LAYOUT RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE - AFT LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT

Fly by: Cpl. Joshua C. Barwick. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Porträttfotografi av Karl Silfverberg FVMF.003283

An Army Reserve Chinook helicopter flies low toward

Entertainers check out a 51st Fighter Wing A-10 at

Members of C Btry., 1ST Bn., 319th Air Field Arty. Regt., secure M-102 105mm towed howitzers to the slings of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for a two-gun raid training mission during Operation Desert Shield

STAFF SGT. Penland, 317th Field Maintenance Squadron, uses a forklift to move a C-130 Hercules engine into place during Exercise Market Square III

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, crewmembers on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), prepare to board their aircraft for a mission in support of the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Timothy J. Wrighton (left), Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing; USAF Major (MAJ) Tim Harris; Mr. Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, creator of the Hollywood Walk of Fame; USAF Major General (MGEN) James P. Czekanski, Commander, 4TH Air Force and Mr. Mike Tillemann, Hollywood Films National, pose for a photograph in front of a USAF C-141B Starlifter aircraft, on the flight line at March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA). Mr. Grant presented MGEN Czekanski with videotapes of Oscar nominated movies to be flown overseas for the entertainment of American troops deployed in Afghanistan

Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918

Denby at Bolling field, 4/30/23

Royal Netherlands Marines board a CH-53E Super Stallion

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