The Northwest Airlines terminal at Madison (?).

Alfred Lorenz, probably at Madison, waiting to take-off with an Airmail Pilot.

The pilot of the Airmail aircraft. The Weather Bureau produced forecasts for the Air Mail Service.

The pilot of an Airmail aircraft making contact prior to taking off.

Weather Bureau Chief, Francis W. Reichelderfer, at the laying of the cornerstone of a new weather service building in 1940.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building. Chief of the Weather Bureau Francis Reichelderfer seen beneath left flag.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building. Chief of the Weather Bureau Francis Reichelderfer seen beneath left flag.

Weather Bureau map maker J.A. Haidle draws isobars on the weather map. In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

M.A. Robinson reads information from the triple register, a device that automatically recorded wind velocity, wind direction and precipitation. In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

"The weather man says cold and the be-prepared housewife fetches out the blankets." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

Over the air from border to border and coast to coast go the radio weather flashes. C.R. Comstock broadcasts." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

"The barograph measures atmospheric pressure." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

"Forecaster Mitchell dictates his findings." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

"What's the temperature? Ask Victor P. Starr. He reads the thermograph and finds out to the fraction of a degree."

"Another wind-velocity instrument, this one atop the bureau." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

The Block Island Weather Bureau Office. In 1974 a bed and breakfast.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Burlington, Vermont.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at St. Joseph, Missouri

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Lansing, Michigan. On the grounds of Michigan Agricultural College, today known as Michigan State University.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Anniston, Alabama.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building on Congdon Street, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Peoria, Illinois.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Sheridan, Wyoming.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Key West, Florida.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Richmond, Virginia.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Birmingham, Alabama.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Charles City, Iowa.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Dodge City, Kansas.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Iola, Kansas.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Block Island, Rhode Island.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Bentonville, Arkansas.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Columbia, South Carolina.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Canton, New York.

Postcard of the Post Office, Customs Office, and U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Apalachicola, Florida.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Bismarck, North Dakota.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Cape Henry, Virginia.

Postcard of the Mesa County Bank and Weather Bureau office at Grand Junction, Colorado.

Postcard of the United States Weather Bureau buildings and tavern at the summit of Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau Building at Northfield, Vermont.

Postcard of the U.S. Weather Bureau kiosk at San Diego, California.

Alaska weather radio transmitter installation for Nenana. This was the 1,000th NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter installed.

Alaska weather radio transmitter installation for Nenana. This was the 1,000th NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter installed.