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Community Gatherings and Celebrations

Photos capturing gatherings and festivities, showcasing diverse groups of people in various settings, highlighting moments of unity and cultural significance.

Communist collectivization by Anonymous /Private Collection/Early 1930s/Photograph/History

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Brabant Pers: Tropenmuseum Junior. July 22, 1976

Description: Photographs used in the 1954 Togoland annual report. africa

Smart. December 11, 1949.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Hermanus Wajoi, president partai nasion PANA speech creation party Hollandia-Hamadi. August 1960. Guinea

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 boys engaged stacking printed sheets. undated

'La Nouvelle Europe; Le regime communiste a Budapest; distribution des cartes de vivres dans un bureau d'alimentation', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Prisons & Prisoners - England. March 7, 1951. (Photo by Bert hardy, Picture Post).

Anefo photo collection. Suriname; Passport application. November 23, 1975. Suriname

Tintype Booth At County Fair In Va May 1903 Photography Traveling Salesman Tent Sign Display

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. elections Netherlands Guinea electoral Biak / Naemfur regional council, village Opiarre East Biak. chairman polling station writes chosen electoral lists candidates list. August 1959. Guinea

Iredale & Wallace carrying a load black-and-white negatives

Operation 'Alert' - Boston Regional Office - 1954 , Offices, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Delegation of students from Shanghai-Hangzhou National Junior College went to Beijing to petition. They were petitioning against Kuomintang's rule.

Palestine events. International Missionary Conference on Olivet. Entrance to the I.M.C. meeting place. At the Augusta Victoria Stiftung on Olivet. 1928, Jerusalem

Albumin photograph by Johann Victor Krämer from around 1900 showing templates and sketches used in artistic practice, emphasizing composition and visual design.

On November 1st the Indonesian Republican Authorities issued a new "Republican Guilder", to be known as the "Rupiah", and declared the Japanese guilder illegal tender. Indonesians patiently await their turn to change Japanese guilders into Republican rupiahs (1 of the latter for 50 of the farmer) at one of the many branches of the Republican bank of Indonesia. December 03, 1946. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Citizens' Committee of Warsaw. Food section at ul. K PNA 2; 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Semeistvo Shamilia.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

protest by Zionist Jews in Palestine 1936

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. New Guinea Construction motorway Teminaboean-Ajamaroe. population surrounding Kampongs looks memorial. August 1961. Guinea

GUERRA CIVIL 1936 PERIODICO AGUJEREADO POR LAS BALAS 'AL ATAQUE' LEIDO EN TRINCHERAS.

Merchants Association. 1940, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea: Commemoration board Bringing exchange. 30, 1958 change Enarotali commemorated twenty ago Commissioner Police J.P.K. Van Eechoud brought board. able prepare party meal consisting pork, rice vegetables, wood fires laid lawn H.P.B. office. 30, 1958. Enarotali, Guinea, exchange lakes

'La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins de vote en faveur du national allemand', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Pratt-Read was founded in Ivoryton, Connecticut, in 1798 as Pratt, Read & Company, originally producing beads, buttons, and billiard balls from elephant tusks imported from Africa. The company began to specialize in manufacturing ivory piano keys in 1839.

GDR report on Karl-Marx-Stadt (today: Chemnitz) from 10-15.09.1975 .VEB Germania Karl-Marx-Stadt Anlagenbau. Works canteen, DEU, Germany, Karl, Marx, Europe

The news that the May Fourth Movement student rally in Beijing was suppressed by the Beiyang warlord government reached Shanghai, arousing the anger of the people in Shanghai. The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement that grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. On May 7th, more than 20,000 people from all walks of life in Shanghai hold the National Assembly in the Public Stadium (now Hunan Stadium). On May 11th, the Shanghai Student Union was established, and the Shanghai student movement flourished in an organized manner. Pictured is the National Assembly.

The House Of Representatives Electoral Rules, 1953"When a poll has been ordered to be taken... the Returning Officer shall proceed to allot a design in colour... or a symbol to each candidate whose name appears in the final list of valid nominations...."... he shall thereafter publish a notice specifying... the full name... of every candidate... as also the particular colour symbol... allotted...."A copy of the final list shall be prominently displayed... outside the polling station.... The colour or symbol allotted to each candidate shall be prominently shown in such copies."Colours and Symbols The Commission has also decided that only four colours will be used for ballot papers in the following order: (1) Red, (2) Black, (3) Yellow, and (4) Green. It is expected that in the vast majority of cases, there will not be more than 4 candidates in a constituency. Where the number of candidates is only 2, the ballot paper will contain 2 colours only, viz. Red and Black; if there are 3

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Installation Regional Council Biak - Nemefoor. Overview session, moment Regional Council places. November 1959. Biak, Guinea

Detention Facility Postal Service for Evacuees of Japanese Ancestry, under the jurisdiction of U.S. Post Office, was maintained and included Regular Mail Delivery, Special, Parcel Post and Money Orders, Portland, Oregon, USA, U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1942

08/31/1936. Boy Who Was Almost Imprisoned Makes the Sign of the Hammer and Sickle.

Marseille Docker - nicholas Derybolsky (Magazine Unit Negs). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Office of the 'Foundation for the protection of the plantation'. November 23, 1975. Suriname

Pedro Bernardo (Ávila). 1959. The justice of the peace of Pedro Bernado, Don Valentín de León Robles with his assistant in the court.

Pictures Taken in R. Sivard's Office ECA French Mission Huge Mail Bag. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Elections Guinea Council. names electoral case. Kajoe Poellau written plate. January 1961. Guinea

Elections In Fiji -- Mean while, the ballot boxes for the main centres are being sent through the mail. A considerable ***** of careful planning is Entailed so that boxes (complete with ballot papers and instructions to voters and presiding officers) reach remote areas in time for Polling Day. The Suva Post Office check the address on one of the bags. July 11, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Risk information service own, photo number 156-0581. 1956

Japanese cabinet, 1927

While many Chinese an Indonesian exchanged their Japanese guilders for Republican rupiahs on November 1st., others preferred to sell them on the black market in exchange for NICA (Dutch) guilders. A black market dealer does a busy trade in Batavia's Chinatown. On November 1st the Indonesian Republican Authorities issued a new "Republican Guilder", to be known as the "Rupiah", and declared the Japanese guilder illegal tender. December 03, 1946. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea: Commemoration board Bringing exchange. 30, 1958 change Enarotali commemorated twenty ago Commissioner Police J.P.K. Van Eechoud brought board. party meal, offered board ready once, Kepaukoe everywhere. 30, 1958. Enarotali, Guinea, exchange lakes

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Mrs Howell 6x8 coupon, 1925-1930, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Convention Meets in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Government information service. Suriname. undated. Paramaribo, Suriname

The Head Coolie of the expedition seen at Banepa with the coolie roster - signed by thumbprints. March 4, 1954.

Signs, Taylor, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Taylor, Texas , Williamson County

Inauguration of Tel-Aviv landing ground Palestine Airways Mr. Rokach, the mayor delivering the inaugural speech. 1938, Israel, Tel Aviv

Towards Self-Government In ia. New Constitution Gives African Majority In Legislative Council -- Election poster at the Lagos elections which were held shortly before the inaugural meeting of the new Legislative Council. September 11, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).;Towards Self-Government In ia. New Constitution Gives African Majority In Legislative Council -- Election poster at the Lagos elections which were held shortly before the inaugural meeting of the new Legislati

Acceptance of donations for the war. Petrograd. October, 1920. (Photo).

Photo collection Government information service. Suriname. undated. Suriname

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. LTS Kota Radja Hollandia. undated. Kota Radja, Guinea

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Elections Guinea board Schouten islands. ballot paper completed. February 1961. Guinea, Schouten Islands

The PostjungbotenClass: The way of a registered letter from the sender to the recipient. January 8, 1936.

Social Statistics and Administration department of the Central Office for Statistics in Batavia, 1935 photograph Group photo of the staff of the Social Statistics department and administration of the Central Office for the Statistics in Batavia, standing and sitting in four rows in front of the central office. Photo Packed in the photo album offered by the staff of the Central Office for Statistics to Mr. Hart at his departure in 1935. Batavia photographic support Batavia

people professions scrivener Chinese letter scrivener wood engraving by Henkel 1900,

Spectators At Magistrates Court, Kanata, Liberia. May 1943.

A Chinese bookseller of the prosperous city of Hangchow, China Published: c1908 photographic print on stereo card or stereograph.

Anefo photo collection. Art in the service of the election propaganda for CPN, sign from Henk van der Horst. January 30, 1967

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Landdrukkerij. Overview of the binder. October 1961. New Guinea

Photo collection Government information service. Suriname. undated. Suriname

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Post office in Paramaribo. October 1, 1955. Paramaribo, Suriname

Photograph on albumin paper by Johann Victor Krämer showing artists' templates, produced around 1900.

Omar, West Virginia. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The House Of Representatives Electoral Rules, 1953"...After recording his vote... the voter shall fold the ballot paper in such a way that the mark he has made on it cannot be seen but the mark of authentication on the back can be seen. The voter shall shew the mark of authentication to the person in charge of the ballot box and shall drop the paper into the ballot box through the aperture..." November 10, 1954.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea: Commemoration board Bringing exchange. 30, 1958 change Enarotali commemorated twenty ago Commissioner Police J.P.K. Van Eechoud brought board. party meal, offered board ready, Kepaukoe everywhere. 30, 1958. Enarotali, Guinea, exchange lakes

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the Royal Visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Kotomissions with a banner with the text Suriname brings tribute during the reception in the Wilhelminastation in Aruba. October 24, 1955. Aruba, Netherlands Antilles

Mrs Liston coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Photograph of William Mance. This item is the prison photograph, also known as the "mug shot," of Leavenworth inmate William Mance, register number 13249. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.

The Cameroon (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Description: Signing the visitors' book at Nigeria House. With him are the Acting High Commissioner for the Federation of Nigeria, Chief Arthur Prest (and) and Alhaji Sa'adu Alanamu, the Agent-General for Northern Nigeria. Location: Northern Nigeria ibrahim, kashim, africa

Jewish demonstrators in Jerusalem protest against the Palestine White Paper of 1939.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Magazine Saudara Seperdjoangan at Boekhandel and Drukkerij Visser & Co in Batavia. Collation. Prints of the Journal Saudara Seperdjoangan (the Malay version of "arms brothers"). March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

One of the major crimes in Chiang Kai-shek's "encirclement and suppression" of counter-revolutionary culture was the killing of five young writers of the Left Alliance: Rou Shi, Yin Fu, Li Weisen (Li Qiushi), Feng Keng, and Hu Yepin, in Longhua, Shanghai on February 7th.

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea. undated. New Guinea

Location: Tanganyika africa

Description: Creation in 1948 of the Federation of Malaya, with a common Malayan citizenship, was a great advance. The Sultan of Selangor signs the agreement. Location: Selangor, Malaya, Borneo malaysia, asiathroughalens, asia

Arab. Arabia, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bedouins.

Photo collection Government information service. Indonesia. Stamping textile. undated. Indonesia

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. During the Feestma - an overview of one of the tables, completely right, the Keiese guru, a prominent figure from the collapse of Boeti. October 1954. New Guinea

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'The honourable N W Manley, Chief Minister of Jamaica, making a speech to welcome his Excellency, Lord Hailes, The Governor General of the West Indies'. Photograph No.: ZZZ 75850 H. Official Trinidad and Tobago photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Copyright hand stamp of Trinidad Guardian, Port of Spain, on reverse. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1962 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Korea - U.S. Consulate at Seoul. Photoprint by Frank G. Carpenter, Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

"The hardest thing about being in prison," Leopold has said, "is just doing time." Here he talks to a friend in his cell block. June 01, 1955. (Photo by Harry).

Elections In Fiji -- Two days after the election, all the boxes in the Indian Southern Division have been returned, and the votes are counted by the Returning officer and his assistants in the presence of the candidates and their agents. The member returned, Vishnu Deo, is seen on the left at back. His opponent, Hari Charan (with hand to chin) knew at this stage that he had been defeated. July 11, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

01/22/1900. Ruanito - bought in Paris in 1873 - property of the Dukes of Denia, retired at 34 years old.

The Communist Party of Burma (Burmese: မာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Burma. The party is unrecognised by the Burmese authorities, rendering it illegal; so it operates in a clandestine manner, often associating with insurgent armies along the border of People's Republic of China. It is often referred to as the Burma Communist Party (BCP) by both the Burmese government and the foreign media.

Rhode Island - Fuller Rock. Fuller Rock, Rhode Island. Explosion of Feb. 5, 1923, with letter of Feb. 8, 1923.

Chairman Mao writing the book "On Protracted War" in the Yenan caves in 1938. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death

Kill-Kare Kamp ca. 1909.

District Commissioner Makes His Monthly Tour -- The District Commissioner leaves his station for a ten day trek every month to visit his district and keep up the personal contact with the people and their chiefs. On his ***** he pays the African wives their allotments, attends the State Council meetings P inspects his roads and pays the road menders, holds court and passes Judgment on the innumerable oases that ***** before him and sees everybody who wants to see him. Before leaves his station he goes over office matters with his chief clerk who will be with the work in his absence. Thanks to the efficiency and reliability of African chief clerk he can go away with the knowledge that all will be well looked after in his absence. September 21, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

6/23/1952 - U.S. Propaganda Posters in 1950s Asia - They All Vote for President of US poster (written in Chinese) .

State-owned holding of san rossore, Tuscany, italy, 1958.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Elections Guinea board Schouten islands. polls sealed. February 1961. Guinea, Schouten Islands

Anefo photo collection. Exceeding care. Beggar colony. November 3, 1947

South Africa under the Apartheid administration. 1955. Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (or white supremacy), which encouraged state repression of Black African, Coloured, and Asian South Africans for the benefit of the nation's minority white population.

Radio Program - "Here Comes the Band". Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Propaganda material manufactured by RVD. Propaganda material manufactured by RVD. Dutch East Indies. 1940-1945}. Great Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. January 23, 1949. Batavia

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Elections Guinea Board Schouten islands. voter receives ballot paper. February 1961. Guinea

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