Gatherings and Community Events

Historic gatherings depicting crowds at religious events, ceremonies, and community celebrations, captured with a sense of nostalgia and cultural significance.

British high commissioner's reception at government house 1920, Jerusalem, Israel

Crowd at an unidentified event. From the album: Samoa, circa 1916, Sāmoa, maker unknown.

Northern Landscape IV, on-board shots. Polarness baptism with spectators aboard the Victoria Luise with spectators

Description: The congregation leaving St. Peter's Parish Church after a harvest festival service Location: Montserrat Date: 1957-1960 caribbean, montserrat, caribbeanthroughalens

British high commissioner's reception at government house 1920, Jerusalem, Israel

Visit to the Apostolic field Vikar Bjelik.

The religious mystery - Tchaska - Waksej, Baku and the surrounding area are included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Description: The Omanhene of New Juaben, Koforidua, Coronation Day. Location: New Juaben, Koforidua africa

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898 Dedication ceremony at Church of the Redeemer. 1898, Israel

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Religion ceremony in Merauke. 150. New Guinea

French colonial possessions in Africa during World war One, included the Cameroons. Here local chiefs meet with French colonial officials. 1915

Waterweight Feast for Greek Orthodox in Vladimir Wolinsky.

Street scene in Mombasa, showing the old mosque on Vasco Da Gama street. Original manuscript caption: Vasa de Gama Street sic old Mombasa Aug: 1927.

Mahatma Gandhi and others walking at Sevagram Ashram, 1944, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Spectators at a parade, China ..

Funeral procession, presumably in Yogyakarta. Part of family album with photos of a Dutch-Indian family and from a sugar factory in PurnWorejo.

12/31/1958. Inauguration of the School-Home, a convent and a church in the town of Las Mesas.

Untitled (recto), 1880s. Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860-1920), Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print, gold-toned; image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Probably taken by one of two British photographic firms based in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), this image was likely shot by a European and was definitely made for a European audience, not for the individuals depicted. It is unlikely the sitters ever saw the finished photograph. Such ethnographic portraits were collected by governments as information, by tourists as souvenirs, and by armchair travelers” as aids to the imagination. Viewers of the era would have regarded it more as a depiction of a cultural type than as a record of individual lives. Because interiors of temples were too dark to yield an image, the photographer arranged these Thai monks and worshippers along with some of their religious objects outd

Plymouth Tercentenary Pageant, a group of Pilgrim women conveying state flags in the finale of the pageant , Anniversaries, Historical pageants. Plymouth Tercentenary Photographs

Triana simpecado procession through the real del Rocío. Year 1936. Photo Serrano. Published June 6, 1936.

Tanganyika. Arusha. Wedding dance. Masai tribe. 1936, Tanzania, Arusha

Audience for a Religious Performance, One of 274 Vintage Photographs , late 19th-early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (12.4 x 16.2 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Kaiserfeier: worship on the Piazza d'Armi in Trento.

05/13/1919. Madrid. A first Stone. The Bishops of Madrid-Alcalá at the inauguration of the Works of the Festive Oratory, Verified yesterday on the four Caminos.

A 1901 photograph by Rudolf Lechner showing the Frohnleichnam procession with clergy, participants, banners, and ceremonial crosses.

05/01/1923. Madrid. At the obelisk on May 2nd. Mass celebrated yesterday at the memorial monument of the Martyrs of Independence.

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

Description: Ashanti Chiefs approaching the Royal Pavilion. Location: Kumasi, Ghana Date: 1925 africa

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. T.G.V. a missionary party (Maarten Luther party) is held at the Ajaoe Islands a special church service, for which a flute orchestra, beautifully expanded, to the church gradually admitted to the church; A large crowd churchgoers follows them. October 1960. New Guinea

Natives eating 1900 Middle East

Madrid, 07/20/1942. Relatives of those who fell in the defense of the Cuartel de la Montaña attend the campaign mass celebrated in its ruins to commemorate the sixth anniversary of said events.

Unveiling of the Empress Elisabeth monument in the Vienna Volksgarten on June , Verlag or k, University bookstore R, Lechner Wilh, Müller, photographer, publisher

Plymouth Tercentenary Pageant, Pilgrims and Indians, treaty of April, 1621 , Anniversaries, Historical pageants, Pilgrims New Plymouth Colony, Indians of North America. Plymouth Tercentenary Photographs

Visit to the Apostolic field Vikar Bjelik.

Photo collection Government information service. Indonesia. Wajang Kulit player in the middle of his audience. undated. Indonesia

Parade at the jubilee of the Sultan van Langkat, 1919 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. festivities. trees Sumatra

Disturbance 1938. Funeral of the late Mr. Starkey. the burial of archaeologist James Leslie Starkey (1895-1938) in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion, Jerusalem. 1938, Israel

Row of uniformed boys with sashes in the receiving hall of the Palace of Langkat Sultan, Sumatra.

10/15/1919. Paris. Consecration of the new Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre. 1.-The French Cardinals Heading from the Sacred Heart to the Church of Saint Peter to transfer the Blessed Sacrament to the new Temple. 2.-The Archbishops and Bishops Accompanying the Blessed Sacrament.

Acrobats at a fair, Peking. Acrobats at a fair, Peking

An overhead photograph of a large mourning party gathered in the street for a deceased chief. Many of the mourners are dressed in traditional robes and a number are carrying palm leaf mats and food pots on their heads. There are four priestesses within the crowd. Original manuscript caption: Funeral Custom. At the death of a chief. Accra.

Mahatma Gandhi, supported by Amtus Salam on march with others through the area effected by Hindu Muslim riots in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, Kanu Gandhi, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

People sitting and standing around Mahatma Gandhi s bed of village Dasgharia Noakhali East Bengal Kanu Gandhi stayed November Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Funeral of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi after he was assassinated in the garden of Birla House, on 30 January 1948. Gandhi (1869 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Madrid, 07/25/1907. The feast of the Apostle Santiago. Officers' banquet held after mass at the Conde Duque barracks. Photo: Goñi.

Immigrants arrive from the ship 'Thetis' 1882. The First Aliyah is a term used to describe a major wave of Zionist immigration to what is now Israel between 1882 and 1903. Jews who migrated to Ottoman Palestine in this wave came mostly from Eastern Europe and from Yemen. An estimated 25,000335,000 Jews immigrated to Ottoman Palestine during the First Aliyah.

Funeral procession. Funeral procession

Easter 1903.

Emir Abdullah's return from London 1934, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

***** - Embark in Calcutta for Suagon Ganges. It Derives its sacred ***** Sagar, King of Oudh, the ***** the Mecca of Hindu Pilgrimage. March 07, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Untitled, One of 274 Vintage Photographs Untitled, One of 274 Vintage Photographs, late 19th-early 20th century. Albumen silver photograph, 6 1/8 x 8 1/16 in. (15.5 x 20.5 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Photograph by Rudolf Lechner (Wilhelm Müller) showing the Frohn Leichsnam procession from 1900. Glossy print documenting public ceremonial and religious practice in Austria.

Musicians in procession near College to drive out evil spirits and bestow blessings and protection. Musicians in procession near College to drive out evil spirits and bestow blessings and protection

Reception bath, distribution.

Indian Ceremonial Dance. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Audience at a decorated gate on Ambon, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of Ambon. Ambon paper. cardboard. photographic support gate, entrance. public festivities Dutch East Indies, The. Ambon

Description: Prayers for Her Majesty being said at the Jamat Khana, attended for the first time known by non-Ismailis. Location: Tanganyika africa

Holy Fire crowds. Lyd banners on way to Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 1936, Jerusalem, Middle East, Israel

Easter morning at the Garden Tomb, April 9, 1939 The choir singing at the Service 1939, Jerusalem, Israel

Neby Moussa, Nebi Musa 1898, Middle East

Religious procession showing decorated floats amongst a large festival gathering of Indian people dressed traditionally. Trees line the square and buildings can be seen in the background.

A Burmese puppet show Description: A Burmese puppet show. Location: Rangoon, Burma Date: 1907 burma, philipklier

Gold Coast Durbar -- Preceded by native dancers, the headman of Ewe arrives in state for the Durbar held by the Ga State Council in honour of Nii Tackie Kone II Ga Mantse on his formal presentation to the Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy. This public ceremony usually takes place when a new paramount chief is appointed and is formally presented to the highest government official in the area. The Ga people live in and near the capital of Accra. February 12, 1949. (Photo by British Official).;Gold Coast

Madrid, 1909. The sailors' festival. Improvised altar in the Ministry of the Navy where a solemn mass was celebrated yesterday in honor of the Virgin of Carmen, patron saint of sailors.

Bishop Józef Gawlina during the blessing ceremony at the RAF aviation database in Swinderby unknown

Russian epiphany ceremony, Jordan River. 1898

The inaugural speech of Captain Cesare Guglielmo Pini at the Ossuary to the Fallen of Agordat, December 21, 1909, Eritrea, photo by Romano Scotti, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 4, January 23, 1910.

Prosperity Lodge Rebekah, No. 68 , Organizations, International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, IOOF. Leominster

Description: Return of Chief Mkwawa's skull to Tangangika and other photographs from the mid 1950s. africa

Procession with floats and participants for a Tribune.Part of Family Album Dutch East Indies.

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim The high priest and his family eating the sacrifice 1900, West Bank

Greek Cross Day, Tarpon Springs, Fla. , Spectators, Boats, Religious services. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Mahatma Gandhi and others picking up natural salt at Dandi, Gujarat, April 1930 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Coronation of George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

Under presence S.K.H.Gobst Erz. Josef.

Description: Fetish dancers, Keta - Coronation Day. Location: Keta africa

Easter Crucession in the Moscow Kremlin, Russian Photographer

Aubade by the students of the inland girls schools, by the occasion of the visit to Z.V.H. Den Soeseroenan in Rembang. Aubade by the students of the Inlandse girls' schools, on the occasion of the visit of the Soesoenoan to Rembang. Photo in the photo album with 14 photos in memory of the visit of the Soesoenoan Pakoe Boezono X from Surakarta Hadiningrat, to CEPU (Tjepoe) and surroundings on 14 June 1933.

Photograph by Otto Schmidt depicting the Monte di Pietà in Verona, printed on albumin paper in 1896.

Description: The Queen Mother with her immediate attendants; all wearing white cloths as a sign of thanksgiving. Date: 31 January 1935 africa

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898 Presentation ceremony in garden. 1898, Israel

Description: Typical Fal in Tonga. Location: Tonga tonga, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

People during the AOI Matsuri Festival in Kyoto, Japan, c. 1890 - In or Before 1903 photograph This photo is part of an album. Kyoto paper. photographic support albumen print street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). public festivities Kyoto

Rangonn, Burma (). Procession of locals with elephants in front of the city

A row of images (Buddha), Toshogu sanctuary, Nikko, Japan ..

Scenes from Tongan Life

Mahatma Gandhi at a mass meeting in Bengal, 1945 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Mgr. H. Tillemans surrounded by the brothers and pastors (Merauke). 1950. New Guinea

Colour photograph of Japanese Women in Kimonos dancing, possibly geishas. Dated 1890

Mohandas Gandhi (1869 1948) was driven to Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai where he called upon his countrymen to launch the Quit India Movement. The police later used tear gas to disperse the large crowd which had gathered at Gowalia. Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Reverend and Mrs Hutchin and others standing outside Ngatangiia Church. From the album: Cook Islands, circa 1896, Rarotonga, maker unknown.

Cordova. March 1940. Representations of brotherhoods in the Good Friday procession as it passes through the Plaza de Las Tendillas.

The Ministers of Sultan Mulaye-Youssef - in a tent close to Tangiers, Morocco. Sultan Mulaye-Youssef was regional Moroccan ruler and promoter of education in the country. Date: circa 1910s

Dancing at an Arab Wedding - Algeria Date: circa 1905

Laying the foundation for the new construction of the Alt-Ottakringer parish church to increase the Holy Cross, Johannes-Krawarik-Gasse , on July , Verlag or k, University bookstore R, Lechner Wilh, Müller, photographer, publisher

Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel prayer meeting, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, Asia, March 1939 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Photograph showing the procession of bodies during a mass funeral near Quang Tri City in 1969. These bodies were recently uncovered, belonging to Vietnamese civilians who were killed during the TRT offensive in February 1968. The burial ceremony combined both Buddhist and Catholic traditions and was attended by more than 1000 people.

A 1901 photograph by Rudolf Lechner depicting the Frohnleichnam procession with clergy, lay participants, and ceremonial decorations in public streets.

Funeral procession in Japan; Funeral. Part of album with 69 photos of a journey through Japan.

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'Moslem procession East Indians in Trinidad. Methodist Missionary Society'. Photograph No.: ZZZ 20066 H. Official Trinidad photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1948 Jan 28 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Mahatma Gandhi at a volunteers rally during a Congress meeting, December 1924 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

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