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Photos capture large military formations and events from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The mood is solemn, focusing on troops, artillery, and ceremonial processions.

Panoramic photograph, made up of 2 prints, showing a hill with a white-roofed house near its foot. Original manuscript caption: Part of "Kilima Kimwe" Machakos.

Barcelona, 01/16/1898. Philippine War. Arrival of repatriates from the Philippines aboard the steamship Leon XIII.

Port-au-Prince. Official opportunity on a square in Port-au-Prince on Haiti, May 1912. On the right a number of carriages, on the left, Haitian troops are drawn up as honorary guard and Saluute Schoten are fired. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijm family in Suriname and Curaçao.

Arrival of Sir Arthur Wauchope as High Commissioner for Palestine, Nov. 20, 1931 soldiers lined up at the Jerusalem railroad station to greet Sir Arthur Wauchope. 1931, Jerusalem

Cavalry at the preholes at Strassoldo.4.11.17. .

Chinese miners drain ground in Tingroeve in Pangkalpinang, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of photo album about the Tinwinning on Bangka. Pangkalpinang photographic support gelatin silver print minerals and metals: tin. mining Pangkalpinang

Rebel soldiers repairing a bridge dynamited by revealing Leflists in the road from Avila to Madrid. December 27, 1936.

Photo collection First World War. Royal couple moving in a Calèche .. 1914-1918}

Equipment of the voluntary soldiers in the field, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph Zuid-Afrikapublisher: New York (City) (Possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print weapons. military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.) South Africa

Arab political conference on tennis courts S. American Colony, June 1, 1945. 1945, Jerusalem, Israel

'Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino', 1859, (1893).Artist: John L Stoddard

Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Island of Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. Review of troops coming from the interior of the island. Photoengraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Camp de Chlons: Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard.. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Using Österr. Soldiers in viticulture in Veneto 6.4.18. Partly these are recordings that can not be assigned directly to the IsonzoFront, but for admission from the conquered Venetian areas

Federal camp. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Burying French officer at front

"Eleven 3-inch Russian field guns being inspected by Captain Andrews of the Ordinance Department, U.S.A. in Lakewood, N.J. The guns will be distributed to various training camps across the country. Photograph taken by the Chemical Warfare Service on February 15, 1919."

Salute to the Heroes of the Marshalls. Coast Guardsmen and Marines stand at attention as the honor guard fires a volley in tribute to the dead heroes of the Marshall Islands invasion. Bodies were taken aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport and committed to the sea.

Madrid. March 6, 1907. Consequences of a strike. Burial of the victim of the collision that occurred on Torrijos Street, due to the bricklayers' strike.

Suez Canal Inauguration Boarding troops in Port-Said, Egypt, Ferrier Père-Fils et Soulier, Léon & Lévy, M. Léon, 1860 - 1880.

Assatal.Truppen camp in the forest. .

'Une base Allemande en Adriatique: L'occupation de Corfou; la musique des alpins aux funerailles de M. Theotokis', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Stockade built by General Haupt, for the protection of government property, enclosing machine shops and yard of Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Title transcribed from item, In: United States military rail road photographic album, page 88. Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905, Homes & haunts, Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, 1860-1870, African Americans, Employment, Virginia, 1860-1870, Stockades, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Engineering & construction, Union.

SALIDA DE TROPAS PARA EL FRENTE EN LA ISLA DE CUBA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX.

Filibusters captured near Fort Hancock by E Troop, 13th Cav., 8/2/15

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. Battle of Fair Oaks, Battle of Seven Pines. Union horse artillery assembled near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in June 1862. Artillery was a major advantage to the Union forces in the Seven Days Battles that raged from June 25th to July 1st. Photograph by James Gibson (BSLOC_2018_7_99)

Officer subsidies d.40.h.itd. In the forest Dolcok. .

Arab civilians suspected of hiding weapons being searched, Tripoli, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Aldo Molinari, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 46, November 12, 1911.

The American Depression, 1930s: Camp outside Washington of the ex-servicemen who marched on the city asking for the bonuses promised to them to be paid in a lump sum. The government could not grant their request due to a budget deficit.

German combat aircraft. .

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

Photograph showing crowds of revolutionaries during the Russian revolution 1917

Prisoners and vaccination, 1948 - 1949 Album magazine with four photos. Two photos show Dutch soldiers opposite imprisoned Indonesian fighters and men who may be rebellious. Inscriptions on the photos state 'Arriving Ploppers' and' KNIL SERG. addresses light cases of ploppers. Aug. 1948 '. On a third photo (bottom right) the locals are vaccinated against smallpox. Part of the photo album 'As a reminder of my service time overseas' 1948-1949. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support gelatin silver print prisoner of war (after the battle). vaccination Dutch East Indies, The

Civilian Conservation Corps - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

"St. Paul" in Bay, firing over Top of Hill, during "Rough Riders" Fight, June 24th', Spanish-American War, 1898, (1899). The American liner SS 'Saint Paul' fired on the Spanish cruiser 'Isabel II' during the 2nd battle of San Juan. From "The Little I saw of Cuba" by Burr McIntosh, with photographs by the author. (In 1898, American actor and journalist William Burr McIntosh went to Cuba to cover the Spanish-American War for "Leslie's Weekly" as a reporter and photographer). F. Tennyson Neely, London & New York, 1899

Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats ferrying soldiers across the Potomac River. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Location: Papua New Guinea Date: 1884 papuanewguinea, australasia, australasiathroughalens

Artillery Wagons of First Division, Seoul, Korea..

Image of the scene "The Siege", in the performance of War Companies and People's Life of the Dutch in the 17th century, which was performed in honor of the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina on 6 September, at the Feestterein (Sports site at the Hogelandse Park) in Utrecht .

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Train accident Tjikempek. There is still unrest in the corner of Tjikempek, Poerwakarta and Pagadan Baroe. Terrorists destroy and burn the possessions of the civilian population, as a result, they try to undermine Dutch authority. They also did not like to have the Batavia-Bandoeng train by blaging the rails to derail and shake on it, allowing some victims to regret. Immediately the repair work started. Railway workers and soldiers try to create the connection in the shortest possible time. 25 June 1948. Cikempek, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

War album 55, Figure 15282.

April 1910. The new captain general of the Canary Islands, solemn entry into Tenerife of General Molins, new captain general of the archduke.

Water supply of the troops in the karst area.

22nd US Infantry at Camp Wallace, Philippine Islands in 1902. 126,000 American soldiers served in the Philippine-American War from 1899-1902, with 4,200 fatalities (BSLOC_2017_10_87)

Civilian Conservation Corps - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Recorded guns in Udine 27.11.17. .

Pictures of life at the front or in the hinterland, Russian war showplatz.

Garde Nationale, 147e Bataillon, Lt-Colonel Louis Noir. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

Patrol Brandwacht posing on a hill in South Africa, Anonymous, 1899 - 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). South Africa paper. photographic support. cardboard land forces South Africa

Hebron blind school commencement exercises. 1944, West Bank, Hebron

Russian Civilians And Livestock Move West -- Columns of Russian civilians and Livestock move westwards along a road on the Russian front during recent German Army retreats. The caption that accompanied this picture to London via a neutral source said: "In the course of the shortening of front lines everywhere where German troops are evacuating. Russian civilians voluntarily join them to escape the terror of the soviets. Huge herds of cattle accompany them along the roads to the West." October 19

Klagenfurt, Equestrian Clinic No. 102 Attending to the horses. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Philippines, 1898. Philippine War. Spanish troops during the war.

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Society: "Deli Batavia Rubber Me". Above: Dolok Oelo. Discharge. I. (behind Ferm. Barn). Hevea planted October 1910. Coffee planted December 1910 (purchased stumps) Below: Dolok Oelo. Discharge. I. (Old tobacco planted Kongsi I, later paddivors). Hevea planted May 1910. Coffee planted June 1911 as Poeters. 1908. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Pictures of life at the front or in the hinterland, Russian war showplatz.

'The British Army Marching Through the Streets of Pretoria', 1902. Artist: Unknown.

Prisoner Italian on the Seabach collecting station near Villach. .

Second defence line trench at Oostkerke in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

Military railway service.

The retreat of the Russian Army from the burning ruins of Mukden, March 10, 1905, China, Russo-Japanese War, photo from L'Illustration, No 3254, July 8, 1905.

Turkish reserve, opening a tent.

Central for Utmarsch 1911. The Central for Utmarsch 1911

Soldiers who started the field bath The team goes to Segeti for the field bath, probably south of Görz

Melilla, December 1893. Victoria Grande Camp, next to the city wall, during the "Margallo War" or First Rif War.

The Sailor who rode Tommy

Police Actions, 1947 - 1949 photograph Dutch soldiers on patrol, seen on the back, with weapons on the shoulder, walk over a bridge. Dutch East Indies, The photographic support Army 'in Route'. Warfare Guerilla Dutch East Indies, The

Royal Saxon Tailor Regiment - BlacksmithDresden. K. S. Mandrail Regiment - Forge

World War Two: German army postcard showing the departure of German land forces and refugees from Russia. 1941

Description: Inspecting Guard-of-Honour at Malifa School Upolu, Western Samoa. Location: Upolu, Samoa samoa, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Anefo photo collection. Central cemetery of the War Graves Foundation Loenen (Veluwe). Funeral Dutchman died in Germany. March 17, 1949. Gelderland, Loenen

PERIODICO EL NORTE DE CASTILLA 21/8/1936: GUERRA CIVIL - NOTICIAS DE BANDO NACIONAL. Location: HEMEROTECA MUNICIPAL. MADRID. SPAIN. CAVALCANTI GENERAL. MILLAN ASTRAY JOSE. CABANELLAS MIGUEL. GENERAL MOLA-MOLA EMILIO. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE (1892-1975).

The Civil War, adjusting the rope for the execution of Confederate Officer Henry Wirz, for the crimes of conspiracy and murder, Washington DC, photograph, November 10, 1865.

Thessaloniki, Greece, 1916. The allies in Thessaloniki. Collection of preserves and other foodstuffs carried out by the English on the docks of Thessaloniki.

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This photo dates to World War I. The caption reads: A view of the banks of the river San in Przemysl. This picture was made while the Russians had possession of the Galician fortress which they took a protracted siege but were unable to hold.

Cotton Brokers. Bombay. John Edward Saché, photographer (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882) about 1869 A group of men, some of whom are wearing typical Parsi or Parsee headgear, are seated in front of a hut. A woman can be seen standing near the group. To the left of the hut are stacks of cotton bales. (Recto, print) upper left, in brown ink: "6."; Lower left, inscribed in the negative: "393"; (Recto, mount) lower center, in brown ink: "Cotton Brokers. Bombay."; (Verso, mount) lower left, in pencil: "A48.6 (Saché)";

Gibson's horse battery (C. 3d U.S. Artillery.) near Fair Oaks, Virginia. June 1862 during USA Civil War

Luxembourg / busy by the army. The gardens and the Luxembourg Palace occupied by the French army, 6th rounded, Paris. The municipality of Paris. The gardens and the Luxembourg Palace occupied by the French army. Paris (old arr.). Photograph of Hippolyte Blancard (1843-1924). Platinum circulation (front). 1870-1871.

P. MERWART. The demonstration of December 2, 1888 on the grave of Baudin. (TI)

Victorious crew of the Spanish Nationalist Cruiser 'Libertad 1936. In the first months 1936 she took part of a gunnery exercise with live ammunition along with the battleship Jaime I and the Miguel de Cervantes in which they sank the target ship, the old unarmoured cruiser Conde del Venadito

Kaisertreu camp, Posen, today Poznan, Wielkopolska, Poland, view from ca 1910, digital reproduction of a public domain postcard, Europe

Camp of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 26.8 × 35.4 cm (image/paper); 40.7 × 53 cm (mount). Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Paris, Ducourtioux & Huillard, Le Lacheur de Pigeon du <<Petit Journal>>, Group of men releasing pigeons in a field, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Fabrique d'appareils pour la photographie. H. MACKENSTEIN, 15, rue des Carmes, Paris., Agrandissement d'un cliché 6 1, 2x9 obtenu avec la Jumelle photographie de H. Mackenstein, Cet agrandissement a été fait avec la Jumelle elle-même adaptée sur l'agrandisseur économique Mackenstein., Voir l'épreuve 6 1, 2x9, page 300., Paper <Perfection>, qualité A. - Grosvenor, Chater et Co, 6, rue Favart, height 108 mm, width 151 mm, photographer, 1891 - 1896, paper, autotype, cliché maker

Collage of three faces of the Juliana van Stolberg barracks (infantry) on the Leusderweg in Amersfoort:- Filling straw bags in the Exercise Hall.

IX Touring Club Italiano Campsite in the Brenta Group: an outdoor lunch. 1930

Kaisertreu camp, Posen, today Poznan, Wielkopolska, Poland, view from ca 1910, digital reproduction of a public domain postcard, Europe

Black Watch - Royal Highlanders - British Army Regiment - in camp (on manoeuvres). Date: 1905

Pioneer Battalion No. 12Pioneer Battalion No. 12

Russian soldiers in Iran - at an outdoor festival. Date: circa 1910s

Royal visits to Skivarp in the early 1900s.

French legionnaire colonial soldiers at a base in Casablanca, Morocco. postcard 1905

Use of weapons, Thüringisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 12, Military facilities of Germany, 1906, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Torgau, Thüringisches Husaren, Regiment Nr. 12, Lanzenübung

The French Foreign Legion in their camp', c1910. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers. The Legion's primary function in the 19th and early 20th century was the expansion and protection of France's overseas territories. A French postcard by an unknown artist.

Artillery firing, greetings from Camp Lee, Va. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Greetings from the army place near Zeist Recto

Ready to begin the march with packs, Camp Edwards, Mass., on Cape Cod , Soldiers, Military camps, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Rifle range- A.A.F.T.T.C., Miami Beach, Florida , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Inspection at Fort Devens, Mass. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

España. Tarjeta postal de la campaña de Melilla. Rancheros del Regimiento San Fernandoen el Campamento de Cabrerizas. Año 1909.

Ready to go on a detail, Training Center, Aberdeen, Maryland , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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