Browse Items (241 total)
Palmyra Ship Description
Date: 1935
Issue of the Coral Chronicle
Date: 1945-05-25
Live-bait fishing for tuna in the Central Pacific
Date: 1953-07
Sailor Holding Coconut Crab
Date: 1925-2
Honolulu Would Give World an Island for Friendly Confab
Date: 1925-2
Tags: 1900s, 1920s, 1925, humor, magazine, pan-pacific union, paradise of the pacific
Photos from Journal of Two Journeys
Date: 1946
Tags: 1900s, 1940s, 1942, 1943, construction, fifth battalion, navy, photo gallery, sailors, soldiers, ww2
Music and Millions in his Swan Song
Date: 1917-07-29
Tags: 1900s, 1910s, 1917, honolulu advertiser, newspaper article, sailors, treasure
Magazine Photo of Man Observing Birds on Palmyra
"Life pursuing life. The birds of Palmyra live on larger fish that devour the smaller species, and they in their turn live on…
Date: 1925-04
Tags: 1900s, 1920s, 1925, birds, blackandwhite, photograph, sailors
Flying Over South Sea Isles
Date: 1922-02
Sooty Terns Breeding on Palmyra
Date: 1967-07
Tags: 1900s, 1960s, birds, pobsp, scientific expedition, scientists, smithsonian, sooty tern, survey, tern
QSL from June 1st, 1940
Operator: Warner Hoboy
This QSL represents the first documented DxPedition to Palmyra, and we're very excited to house a digital copy of it in our archive.
Special thanks to the Club Log Team for sharing this QSL with…
Date: 1940-06-01
Ships Log of the Heroine
Special thanks to the New…
Date: 1844-03-25
QSL from June 17th, 1947
Operator: W2HHF
This QSL was likely created by a CAA (forerunner to the FAA) employee, who lived and worked on Palmyra as part of the colony. Amateur radio would have been an ideal hobby for someone there at the time,…
Date: 1947-06-17
Mid-1800s Era Sunken Anchor
Date: 2017
Pan American Airways Private Code Book
Date: 1936-08-01
Terrestrial Biota Survey Photo Collection
"Our goal was to characterize the terrestrial biota of the atoll in terms of species…
Date: 1992-02-18
Tags: 1990s, 1992, nature, photo gallery, scientific expedition, scientists, usfws
Account of Admiral Nimitz Visiting Palmyra
Confirmation of…
Date: 1943-06-18
Wayne Avery Collection
Beyond the photos, Wayne shared several stories from his time on Palmyra, we're very grateful for his…
Date: 1984