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Family Life Among Soldiers

Commemorative photographs from a family album showcasing interactions and daily life of military personnel and their families in post-war Indonesia.

House, Jeep and Staff, Anonymous, 1946 photograph Album magazine with six photos of the Vonk family after the war, in 1946, at the house, with a jeep and a group photo of the Indonesian staff 'De Oude Gerrowuen'. Part of the family album by Jet Vonk from Celebes. Celebes photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print family life at home. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. house personnel, servants. modern forms of military vehicles (with NAME) Celebes
House, Jeep and Staff, Anonymous, 1946 photograph Album magazine with six photos of the Vonk family after the war, in 1946, at the house, with a jeep and a group photo of the Indonesian staff 'De Oude Gerrowuen'. Part of the family album by Jet Vonk from Celebes. Celebes photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print family life at home. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. house personnel, servants. modern forms of military vehicles (with NAME) Celebes
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United States Coast Guard Bering Sea Patrol - Cutter NORTHWIND, St. Paul Island. United States Coast Guard Bering Sea Patrol. On St. Paul Island, in the Pribilofs, regular port of call of the NORTHWIND, seal rookeries were crowded with "cows" and newly born "pups". Here Mother Nature gives evidence of her skill in the protective art of camouflage - seals and boulders blend into one almost indistinguishable mass.Drifting Down Into Tall Timber and Deep Snow. This image depicts parachute jumper B.L. White who bailed out of a plane at 3,500 feet.Civil war veterans of Co. D, 30th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Corps / Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Reading, Pa.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1864), People, American LaFrance Fire Engine Company, Products, Pennsylvania, Reading, 1910-1930, Veterans, Union, Pennsylvania, Reading, 1910-1930, Fire engines, Pennsylvania, Reading, 1910-1930, Monuments & memorials, Pennsylvania, Reading, 1910-1930, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Union.In the lovliest grounds in America , soldiers' home, Dayton, O. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio, Dayton (Ohio)Fenian Raid-Canadian Guard on Suspension Bridge..Description: Balogun Gambari africaGerman soldier, Anonymous, 1914 - 1918 stereograph cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print private soldier. the corpseDowell yard from the fire hall facing west; Dowell Construction Company Barracks Bldgs. Original caption: 43-3277 - Dowell yard from the fire hall facing west. The tents are for transients. Commissary Warehouse #1 is to the left. Section C. October 25, 1943. Photo by Nebozenko. Original caption: 43-3278 - Dowell Construction Company Barracks Bldgs. From fire hall facing south. Section C. October 25, 1943. State: Alaska.Keasarge guns, that sunk the Alabama. James G. Smith (American, born 1836)Arlington National Cemetery. Washington, D. C. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Arlington (Va.)Rotterdam, Witte de Withstraat during fire.Patriotism - "Who's Afraid of Spain'. B. L. Singley (American, 1864 - 1938)Arlington cemetery, April 11th, 1872. 1872. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Arlington (Va.)Series of five photographs depicting military personnel on horseback, captured by Ludwig David on albumin paper between 1890 and 1895.Pennsylvania Zouave Soldiers in Field 1861-65 Unknown. Pennsylvania Zouave Soldiers in Field 301953Rotterdam, Van Oldebarneveltstraat during fire.Policeman Posing with Four "Collared" Thugs ca. 1875 Unknown This rare narrative tintype of a policeman posing with four criminals handcuffed to one another may be viewed as an occupational portrait of sorts. The officers police cap and gleaming badge indicate his profession, while his pose and central placement emphasize his authority.. Policeman Posing with Four "Collared" Thugs. Unknown (American). ca. 1875. Tintype. PhotographsMadurian wood carving in Surabaya, Anonymous, Ingen (bookstore), H. van, 1900 - 1933 photograph A Madurian wood carving at work in Surabaya. Part of the photo album of KNIL sergeant Douwe de Vries from the years 1925-1933. Surabaya photographic support gelatin silver print handicrafts ~ wood, timber SurabayaMilitary School - Exhibition Military School - Exhibition. Anonymous photography. Stereoscopic view of albuminum paper, 1850-1900.Group portrait of soldiers in Uniform, Anonymous, 1899 - 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. adult man. (military) uniformsPursuing the Indiana. Original caption: "Pursuing the Indiana" from Remington's Frontier Sketches by Frederic Remington Publishers - The Werner Company - New York Copied by H. H. Ritter - March 1938.Mop-Up In Greenland - The Coast Guard Smashes A Nazi Weather Base, Captures 12.. This image depicts bewildered Germans under the guns of Coast Guardsmen who landed from a Combat Cutter and captured a Nazi radio-weather station on the northeast coast of Greenland.Artifacts are shown at the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center on Aug. 12, 2022. The History Center is part of the installations Commemorative Area. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings — an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks — are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men Photograph by Johann Victor Krämer showing Colonel Siebert in 1893, depicting military uniform and portrait composition.The Ball Bearing Plant At Schweinfurt, Germany Is A Prime Example Of Strategic Bombing By The Raf And 8Th Air Force.Sheridan arrives at the front. Original caption: Sheridan arrives at the front - "Sheridan's Ride" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine. June-Nov. 1897 Vol. 95 p. 173.Ranger scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: Group uniformed men, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support gelatin silver print hunting, chase. hunting-ground. (military) uniforms Royal Houtvesterij Het LooNetherlands, 1900-09 part 4. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, NetherlandsLanded parachutist at Sliedrecht, J. Nolte (attributed to), c. 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. Sliedrecht photographic support gelatin silver print devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare). warfare; military affairs (+ during the battle) SliedrechtThe unmistakable and ominous outline of a raiding German Zeppelin airship, illuminated by five searchlights. The Zeppelin raids (which commenced on 31st May 1915) caused panic and considerable damage to London during the First World War. Date: 1915Description: A training exercise. Date: June 1964 africaC.S. soldier killed in the trenches at the storming of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia, April. The marks and spots on his face are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. Civil War Photograph Collection , Exhibited: "The Aesthetic Other. Notes for a Protohistory of Documentary Culture, 1848-1917," at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Santa Isabel, 52 - 28012 Madrid, November 15, 2022 - February 27, 2023, Original negative is: LC-B811-3180. War casualties, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Trench warfare, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate, Virginia, Petersburg, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Virginia, Petersburg, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865.Who'll Take the High Road. Who'll Take the High Road. It doesn't seem to matter where the war has carried the GI, he still retains two characteristics common to our fighting men: a keen sense of honor and an equally sharp yearning for home. A Coast Guard combat photographer, off a Coast Guard-manned LST which put troops and equipment ashore in the Philippines, encountered this bewildered signpost at a crossroads in Tacloban on Leyte. It clearly reflects Joe's love of a gag and names of places he misses.Landing Parachutists, J. Nolte (attributed to), c. 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. The Hague photographic support gelatin silver print warfare; military affairs (+ during the battle) The HagueThen and now, hand holding an old black and white photo of Soviet and American forces meeting on April 25, 1945 at the Elbbruecke or Elbe River Bridge, Torgau, Saxony, Germany, EuropeDescription: Tribesmen lining route. Location: Borneo Date: 1922 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalensGarnisonslazarett Dresden, Army of Saxony, 1915, Dresden, Garnison, Lazarett (Reserve, Lazarett I), GermanyValley Forge: Washington and Lafayette. Original caption: Valley Forge - Washington and Lafayette. Painting by Alonzo Chappel - Life and Times of Washington by Rev. J. F. Schroeder. Vol. 2 p. 420 - 1857.