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Don’t Throw Away Your Shot
This week is World Immunization Week so we are sharing this fun image of Navy recruits receiving inoculations at the U.S. Naval Training Station in San Diego in the 1920s. If you are a military veteran, you probably remember this experience!
There are many resources available online to help people learn about vaccines. The World Health Organization (WHO) website about #WorldImmunizationWeek can be found here. For general information about vaccines and immunizations, please visit the Health and Human Services (HHS) website here.
Got your popcorn?
125 years ago today, Vitascope’s first theatrical exhibit took place in New York City. In April 1902, Tally’s Electric Theatre opened in Los Angeles, California. Home of Hollywood, Los Angeles is no stranger to movie-making or theatres. The image we’re sharing with you today of a movie theatre at the Connell Naval Club on the Submarine Base, Los Angeles, while taken in 1922, is eerily similar to today’s images of empty theaters. Hang in there, LA. We can’t wait to see you at the movies!
Earth Construction on Earth Day
Today on Earth Day we celebrate something that is old which is now new again! Building with earth is an ancient practice. Popular once again, it was revived in the 1930s by the Mission Indian Agency because so much of southern California has sandy and clay soils, making adobe construction cost-effective, durable, fire-resistant and comfortable. Images from the Mission Indian Agency show the process of how homes were built with earthen materials and the Mission Indian newsletter contains a write-up of the work done to create adobe bricks.
Today is #NationalTakeAWildGuessDay! Nope, it’s not a Ferris wheel. See the image caption for the answer!
File Unit: USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Davis Dam Project - Arizona - Nevada, Annual Project History Volume VI. Series: Davis Dam Project Histories, 1948 - 1952. Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009. (National Archives Identifier 166002518). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/166002518
Today is #NationalTakeAWildGuessDay! We sometimes come across items in our collections that keep us guessing. Luckily this photograph has a caption, but today we want you to take a wild guess! Make sure to come back later to see if you were right!
“…With silverbells and cockleshells…”
So, how does your garden grow? April 14th marks National Gardening Day! This day allows seasoned home gardeners to learn even more about their gardens and different plants and to share their knowledge with others. We’re here to help, with images of great gardens from our collection of Mission Indian photographs.
As you browse through these historic garden images, perhaps you’d like to share your gardening wisdom and show us some of your gardening gems. Reply in the comments with pics of your top harvests!
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Subs for Subs?
Today we celebrate National Submarine Day. No, not the sandwich, but the actual underwater vessels and the men and women who serve on them. We wonder if they serve submarine sandwiches on board a submarine vessel.
On this day in 1900, the Navy commissioned its first submarine called the USS Holland. Pictured here is the crew from the USS Jimmy Carter during the ship’s Christening Ceremony in 2004.
If you are interested in diving into the history of submarines check out the links below.
