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Historic Delegations and Meetings

Photos capture significant historical meetings with dignitaries, featuring formal attire and government settings, highlighting moments of political engagement.

German Mission Arrives. A photograph taken at Croydon just after the arrival of the German Mission. Left to Right: Dr. Dieckhoff, Director of the Political Department of the German Foreign Ministry, who accompanied Herr Von Ribbentrop to London, Herr Von Ribbertrop, Herr Von Hoesch, and Prince Otto Von Bismarck. April 06, 1936.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival crew of the collision coastal "Engeonia" Rotterdam in the middle captain Ros. 26 February 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Image of the funeral peal of Leo C.P. Virgin Mountain; Flower wreaths are worn in the funeral procession at the 1st General Cemetery Soestbergen (Gansstraat). L.C. During a meeting of the B.S. (domestic forces) in a house in the Voorstraat in Utrecht, the German S.D. (Sicherheitsdienst/ Sicherheits Polizei) robberies and was deadly injured.

Cardinal Elect Arrive In Rome For The Consistory - Some of the Cardinals elect being greeted on their arrival in Rome. Left to right:- Air Vice Marshal J. Fogarty; Group Captain Father O'Connel in rear - Chief Chaplain in Cairo; Archbishop Bernard Griffin of Westminister; Sir Francis Darcy Osborne, wearing hat, British Minister to the Holy See and Archbishop Norman Gilroy of Sydney, Australia. Most of the Cardinals elect have now arrived in Rome in readiness for the Consistory. March 13, 1946. (Photo by ACME Photo).

NATO Defense College, Ecole Militaire. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mayor and Corparation of Dover Receiving President Wilson After His Arrival Mayor and Corporation of Dover receiving President Wilson, December 26, 1918.

Eisenhower and his Chief of Staff: General Dwight D. Eisenhower,NATO Military Commander, with his chief of staff, General Alfred M. Gruenther. May 29, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Last greeting Churchill at his departure from Valkenburg airport. May 13, 1946. Valkenburg, South Holland

'The Big Three met at Teheran', 1943, (1945). Artist: Unknown.

Tractors from US - Marshall Plan Financed Tractors Arrive in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

John McDoland, Jim White (Banneth Eric Barnes ***** Downs. April 17, 1953.

Elsevier photo collection. VARA television program Television law. Overview suspect bench. left Suspect J. van Duin, guardmaster, suspect A. Wilders guard. counsel Van Duin mr. D.w.a.a. Grosheide (left) counselor suspect Wilders Mr. M.G. Red. April 17, 1964

Captain G. U. Allan, who was in command, talking with Senator Fell, who welcomed the pilot an crew on behalf of the commonwealth Government. April 11, 1938.

12/03/1906. Departure from the palace of the admiral of the Spanish squadron, Mr. Matta - photo Goñi.

Anefo photo collection. Crossbow manifolds competition (P van der Loo eighty years). August 14, 1947

Anefo photo collection. Minister Geertsema closes the year 1970-1971 from first and Lower House, The Hague, Minister Geertsema inspects honorary guard. September 18, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Duke of Gloucester greeted by the Ford Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Eng). having return there to often a ***** , Unit & Village Settlement. November 20, 1934.

To Fly in the Faith in A - L to R: B Shields, P. Taylor pilot & has S.V. Colville & ***** R. Boulton copilot. May 20, 1935.

Anefo photo collection. Lieutenant General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie present at the unveiling of a memorial plaque at the Willem-Hiksporsbrug in Eindhoven. September 26, 1946. Eindhoven

07/31/1923. Bilbao. HM the King (X) during his visit to the ship that bears his name.

Conferrence at Royaumont. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Lt.-Gen. Gordon Bennett. April 12, 1946.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Left to right: Commander J Milner-Barry, RN; Captain H Hickling, CBE, DSC, RN, the High Commissioner of New Zealand, Mr Jordan, and Mr Skinner, of New Zealand Naval Affairs, during Mr Jordan's visit to Plymouth.

Opening day of Shell at Haifa. 1934, Israel

Meeting of Basque leaders during the Spanish Civil War . Euzkadi is the name given in 1901 to the Basque country by Sabino Arana, the creator of Basque nationalism. In the centre is LluÌs Companys i Jover (1882 ñ 1940) President of Catalonia (Spain), from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.

The Lord Mayor of London arriving at the FIAT Factories welcomed by engineer Marchesi, Turin, Italy, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 36, September 8, 1918.

Frank Moncada, a 28 year old Jehovah Witness, is carried to an army truck bound for Camp Upton for basic training. Because Jehovah's Witnesses opposed WW2 but not all wars, draft boards routinely denied their requests. 4500 Jehovah's Witnesses served prison terms for draft resistance. March 19, 1941.

New Zealand Troops in training in England.Mr. Jorden New Zealand High ***** with Major- Gen. Freyberg V.C., ***** and G.O.C. Aldershot Command. June 3, 1941. (Photo by London News Agency).

Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Command Corps.

Corn Husking Demonstration (Elmer Carlson). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Flores. Maumere. Dr. C.P.M. Romme is greeted at the Great Seminar Sint-Paulus in Ledalero by Roman Catholic clergy. January 31, 1947. Flores, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Batavia on the first day of the 2nd police action. Batavia. The High Representative of the Crown, Dr. Beel lived in the cathedral in Batavia, after he had pronounced his radio speech .. December 19, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Station inspector Hugo Fredrik Vilhelm Fryxell with staff. State Railways, SJ.

Darg, Villar, G.W.S. Grant. July 12, 1949.

Former Egyptian Premier Is Arrested - Former Egyptian Premier Ibrahim Abdel Hadi is escorted to the Foreigners' Jail here by military police (left), after he and 12 other Egyptians prominent under the Farouk Regime were arrested in a midnight swoop on their homes. All 13 are expected to stand trial shortly before the three-man Revolutionary Tribunal set up by the ruling junta recently. September 22, 1953. (Photo by United Press Photo).

"Immigrants" To Britain -- "They wanted wings"-A Royal Air Force recruiting officer speaks to some of the Jamaicans who wish to join the R.A.F., on board the Empire Windrush, at Tilbury, to-day (Tuesday). Here from Jamaica in a mass emigration-in-reverse operation are 492 Jamaicans seeking work in Britain. They were welcomed by officials from the Colonial Office, this morning (Tuesday), when the Ex-troopship Empire Windrush landed them at Tilbury Docks. June 22, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Anefo photo collection. Constantin Karamanlis (new prime minister of Greece) from Paris in Athens; Karamanlis between police and soldiers. July 26, 1974. Athens, Greece, Paris

Anefo photo collection. Trading mission from Pakistan in the Netherlands; In the middle Commodore Rashid, M. H. Zubiri and Ali Majid. October 8, 1963. Schiphol

David Stewart - Dawson (right), arriving under escort at the Supreme Court this afternoon. April 24, 1947.

McCormack & Guard

12/13/1915. D. Alfonso Xiii in Seville. His Majesty the King with the Infante D. Alfonso, Walking through the Outskirts of the City - Catalina Ribera walk - Murillo Gardens.

Anefo photo collection. Government: House of Representatives. Binnenhof in The Hague. Opening of the House of Representatives. Ministers on the way to the House of Representatives. Minister Beel and Prime Minister W. Schermerhorn (right). September 25, 1945. The Hague, South Holland

12/06/1961. Burial of the illustrious financier Mr. Ildefonso Fierro, whose mortal remains were buried in the crypt of the church of La Concepción.

Evelyn Owen, V. & G. Wardell. June 01, 1942. (Photo by Frederick John Halmarick/Fairfax Media).

12/17/1913. The Madrid Firefighters. The Minister of the Interior, Mr. Sánchez Guerra (X), Addressing the Madrid Firefighters to Congratulate them for Having Become Creditors of the Medal of Selflessness and Suffering with which Several of them Were Decorated Yesterday afternoon.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Group of messengers at the Royal Army Clothing Department, Grosvenor Road 21st June 1918.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Treaty of Portsmouth. Peacemakers on board the 'Mayflower'. Count de Witte, Baron Rosen, President Theodore Roosevelt, Baron Komura and M. Takahira

Poll photo collection. Military funerals. Army and naval officer during a military funeral. undated

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery - Member Of Family - Personalities. July 23, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Visit of General M.P.J.F. Koenig, commander of the French occupation zone in Germany, to the Netherlands in April 1948. Right, Mayor P.J runs. Old of Rotterdam. In the background the town hall of Rotterdam.

Karl Jonsson on the left, worker in Rörsverksmagasinet, is thanked by chief engineer Rolf Lindberg, October 17, 1953. Karl Jonsson till vänster, arbetare i rörverksmagasinet, avtackas av överingenjör Rolf Lindberg, den 17 oktober 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Winston Churchill Soestdijk Palace. 8, 1948. Baarn, Soestdijk

Anzacs Arrive in Middle East. -- Anthony Eden with smiling New Zealand.A huge convoy of luxury liners, Escorted by British, French, Australian and New Zealand ***** ships, the second Australian imperial force ***** the New Zealand Expeditionary force arrived ***** and were welcomed by Mr. Eden, Dominions *****, who had flown from England with a ***** to the men from the king. February 17, 1940. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)

British Novel men checking for contraband at a Lentral Ship. January 10, 1940.

Björsjö track guard. On the route between Bomansberget and Järvsta.

IWW Committee: Sullivan, Caron, Plunkett, Turner, unidentified, and Woolman. Two of the men were involved in the Anarchist Black Cross, and the accidental bomb explosion of July 4, 1914 in NYC. Arthur Caron (2nd from left) was killed in the explosion, and Charles Plunkett (3rd from left) was part of the associated conspiracy to kill John D. Rockefeller (BSLOC_2017_2_164)

Anefo photo collection. Sint Willebrord after the riots. Photographer Rijkspolitie working on the damage to police station. April 22, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard at his jeep after a collision .. May 1945

Anefo photo collection. Jubilee HR. Elferts (Pax). September 9, 1948

January 1942 - Stalingrad. Captured German generals. Photo by Georgii Zel'ma.

Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection

Duke of Gloucester at Australian House -- The Duke of Gloucester with Mr. Stanley M. Bruce (Australia high commissioner in London) at Australia house to-day.The Duke of Gloucester, who has left the 10th Royal Hussars to help the King, attended a ceremony at Australia House, Strand, London, W.C., to-day when the high Commissioner (Mr. Stanley M. Bruce) made a presentation to the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's own) from the 10th light Horse Regiment, their allied regiment of the Australian Military Force. The gift takes the form of a tobacco ***** made of West Australian woods. January 26, 1937. (Photo by Topical Press).

J. S. Duncan - Britain. January 26, 1939. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)

Prince George Home again - Prince George with his staff, Major Alexander Comptroller, Major Butler Equerry, and Lieut, St. John Trywhitt R.N. Extra Equerry, on the deck of the Windsor Castle as she neared the coast this morning. April 23, 1934.

Propaganda photograph depicting Red Guards swimming in the Yangtze River, 1967. The Red Guards became the vanguard of the Cultural Revolution

Ald. E. S. Marks and General Miles at the presentation of a military ambulance by the Red x for use in N.S.W. October 22, 1940.;Ald. E. S. Marks and General Miles at the presentation of a military ambulance by the Red x for use in N.S.W.

NH OCB shipbuilding department manager.The submarine sea dog's baptism, 1968-03-21 .. NH OCB shipbuilding department manager.The submarine sea dog's baptism, 1968-03-21.Malmö shipbuilding historical association has received the album of a son of Nils Holmström.Peter Skanze from the association has in contacts with the Historical Museum's manager Hans-Lennart Ohlsson expressed that the gift is aimed at the Maritime History Museum, while in the donation letter a "desire to the album ends up at any museum with a focus on our marine heritage".At sea-historical, there is already an extensive collection of photographs from Kockum's MV.Since the images show the warships fit the album better in Marine Museum Karlskrona's gathering area and was therefore added to Marine Museum's collections.

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of hostages in Goirle Noord Brabant. August 15, 1950. Goirle, Noord-Brabant

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet crisis 1966: The night of Schmelzer. Minister of Defense Piet de Jong (KVP) arrives at the office of formateur drs. W.K.N. (Norbert) Schmelzer (KVP). October 27, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Officials. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

"Lost Division" Welcomed Back To Spain -- Senor Alvarez Del Vayo, the Spanish Foreign Minister, Officially greeting the 43rd division on their arrival at Girona.Soldiers of the 43rd ("Lost") division of the Spanish Republican Army received a great welcome when they arrived at Girona, Catalonia, recently from France. June 22, 1938. (Photo by Key Stone).

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection Casualties, Aldwych

Army Air Chief Inspects Aircraft Factories On CoastGeneral Henry H. Arnold (left), Chief of the Army Air Corps, Chatting with Donald Douglas, noted Airplane designer and builder during the former's tour of Inspection of the Douglas Aircraft company. The Plant was one of the several visited by the air chief in Southern California. He stated "Our Aircraft program is being carried out in a most excellent manner and Southern California certainly is doing more than its share of the job. February 21, 1940. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Six Days Antwerp. Gerard Peten follows the last exciting race. February 21, 1947. Antwerp

Cpt. Evan Cameron. January 26, 1932.

Photograph of General José Sanjurjo y Sacanell, 1st Marquis of the Rif (1872-1936) was a General in the Spanish Army and one of the chief conspirators in the military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War. Dated 1936

Mr. Warren Penny, on left, and Capt. George Pond, photographed before leaving Southampton for U.S. A., from where they intend to fly to England in tine to compete in the London-Melbourne air race. It will be remembered that Capt. Pond recently crashed with Sibelli in Rome. October 05, 1934.

Men talking , Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Sultan of Morocco in Paris :Sultan Ben Youssef signing the book after placing a wreath on the unknown warriors tomb.Sultan Ben Youssef, who has been restored to the Moroccan Throne, spent a busy day in Paris yesterday. His activities included visiting the Arc De Triomphe to lay a wreath on the unknown warriors tomb, and to visit general De Gaulle.Sultan will be visited by El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh, who arrived in Paris last night. November 08, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Farewell Marinier Kattenburg D.D. 26-04-1949. 10 May 1949

Michael Davies (left) thought it a joke when a detective picked him up after the brawl. March 24, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract).

***** and Joe Adonis (right). Adonis baffled the Police by his constant change of Headquarters. October 19, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press)

Boxer Battling Bat Nelson ca. between 1918 and 1920.

Earl of Bath. November 10, 1949.

Adm. R.D. Evans and Adm. Yamamota

He Bowed To Their Demand - The Germans were flooding the country with stories that the allied forces were gathering for an attack on the Peninsula, and that if the invasion succeeded a Communist Government under Doctor Negrin, who as they asserted, had recently lunched with ***** Churchill in Downing ***** turned the scales in our favor. When the Council of Ministers resumed the discussion it was clear that events had moved too strongly and swiftly in our favor for any chance of successfully attacking us or holding us to ransom in the *****.Towering Above a sea of boy scouts' hats Lord Louis Mountbatten was besieged by his diminutive Guard of Honor for autographs, at the British Empire Society's reception for him in the Masonic Hall today. March 29, 1950.

Sen. Gen. R. C. Bedell (right), South Pacific Commission. July 01, 1955.

08/31/1918. A famous Yankee arms manufacturer. The inventor Mr. Browning (X) examining a rifle built in his factories - date approx.

Nikita Khrushchev, Kiricenko, Ciuianov, Yeremenko'S Headquarters In Stalingrad, 1942.

General Sir Alexander & Lady Godley -- New Study of, General Sir Alexander & Lady Godley taken at their home in Newbury.This distinguished General has had an interesting Military career.His many appointments have included General Staff, and G.O.C. New Zealand Forces; from 1914-16 he commanded Division and Army Corps, Dardanelles and Egypt; 1922-24 Commander-in-chief, British Army on the Rhine; 1925-29 A.D.C. General to the late king; 1928-33, Governor and Commander-in-Chief Gibraltar. November 30, 1936.

Pictures taken at the First War Guilt Trials which opened on August 24th. At Dachar -- The relatively mild appearing defendant as he at talking to the interpreters who was constantly at his side to keep him apprised of the progress of the case. The interpreter is Sgt. Oscar Sessler, and the defendant, Franz Strasser, Kreisleiter (or district leader of the Nazi party) of Kaplitz, Sudetenland. October 15, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited)

Count-Alfred de Marigny charged with murder of Sir Harry Oakes. August 01, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Washington, D.C. Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher between two officers on steps of Signal Corps headquarters, 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

Church parade of St. Andrews Church by the 1st Ba.. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on May 26, 1940. Group with Dr. Maclean and church elders, Jerusalem, Israel

Black and white photo of Lt. Col. La Rocque, head of the Cross of Fire. The Croix-de-Feu was a nationalist French league of the Interwar period, led by Colonel Francois de la Rocque (1885-1946).

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