Contributed by National Archives at Boston
Description
The Otter Cliffs Radio Tower baseball team was made up of Navy personnel assigned to the Navy's radio receiver facility on Mount Desert Island.
The receiver was commissioned in 1917 and closed in 1933. The area later became part of Acadia National Park.
About This Item
- Title: Navy baseball team, Otter Cliffs, ca. 1918
- Creator: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Security Group Command. Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine.
- Creation Date: 1918
- Subject Date: 1918
- Location: Mount Desert Island, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: ARC # 5730613, Box 9, 12/18/09-6
- Collection: Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments; Historical Records (Winter Harbor)
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Baseball players--Maine
- Military personnel--United States
- Military facilities--Maine
- Mount Desert Island (Me.)
- Naval yards & naval stations--Maine
- Antennas (Electronics)
- Communication facilities
- Group portraits
- United States. Navy
- World War, 1914-1918
- Radio & television towers--Maine
- Acadia National Park (Me.)
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