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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Photo # NH 98487: Officers & Crews of the 13th Destroyer Division, at San Diego, 6 December 1919

Online Library of Selected Images
ART TOPICS -- Panoramic Photographs

This page provides links to the Picture Data sheets for every panoramic photograph posted on the Online Library. These photographs were quite popular during the first several decades of the Twentieth Century. Usually made with a camera that mechanically scanned a wide-angle scene, panoramic photos were commonly taken of ships, groups of people, banquets and other subjects that were much wider than they were tall.

The resulting "long and skinny" prints often show considerable distortion of the image, but this can be brought into proper perspective by curving the full-size print horizontally within the observer's field of vision.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


Panoramic Photographs (listed in approximate chronological order), with Photo #s and Brief Descriptions of Images:

Views taken Prior to 1918:


Views taken in 1918, or circa 1918:


Undated views taken during 1919 (ship-related images are listed alphabetically, followed by other subjects):


Dated views taken in January-February 1919:


Dated views taken in March-April 1919:


Dated views taken in May-June 1919:


Dated views taken in July-August 1919:


Dated views taken in September-December 1919:


Views taken circa 1919-1921:


Views taken in 1920:


Views taken in 1921:


Views taken in 1922-1929:


Views taken in 1930-1939:


Views taken in 1940 and Later:


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Most of the images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 30 September 2001
    New panoramic photos added 16 February 2011