Keywords: New York City aerial view 1919.jpg In flight view looking east taken from a U S Navy flying boat passing over New York City skyscrapers New York USA in 1919 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1976 006 002 057 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 36190 reftable ecatalogue refirn 25380 QueryPage 2FQuery php 1919 Ens Joseph A Eaton U S Navy Image s part of an album assembled by Ensign Joseph Eaton documenting his service during and after World War I A native of Norwich Connecticut and a graduate of Tufts University Joseph Eaton enrolled in the Navy on 16 March 1917 and after training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida he received his wings as Naval Aviator Number 184 on 21 December 1917 He served overseas during World War I at NAS Felixstowe England and The Hague and following the war spent time at NAS Anacostia D C and Hampton Roads Virginia He resigned his commission in 1925 with the rank of lieutenant frame cropped PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1919 in New York City Aerial photographs of Manhattan New York City Lower Manhattan |