William M. Chubb photograph collection. ca. 1900-1916.

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William M. Chubb photograph collection. ca. 1900-1916.

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Contains the following types of materials: photographs, negatives. Covers the following time periods: 1900-1916. General description of the collection: The William M. Chubb photograph collection contains a small collection of photographs showing the facilities of a United States Army Signal detachment on Swan Island in the Carribean and at El Paso, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona. Equipment, towers, buildings, interior and exterior, vehicles and personnel are all pictured. Some of this collection also shows the effects of a hurricane that went through El Paso in 1914.

1 box (216 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7592369

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Chubb, William

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William M. Chubb was an electrical engineer who worked for the United States (U.S.) Army Signal Corps as a civilian employee. From the description of The William M. Chubb papers, 1930-1933. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47839587 ...

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...