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Historic Military Inspections

Photos capturing military inspections and formations, showcasing historical regiments in formal dress and ceremonial activities.

Co, 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B371, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

On the Cittadelle in Skutari. .

14 men standing in front of tenthangars for aircraft in a field, about 1920-1930 . Group portrait. 14 men standing in front of tenthangars for aircraft in a field, about 1920-1930.

Visit to Beersheba Agricultural Station (Experimental) by Brig. Gen. Allen & staff & talks to Bedouin sheiks of district by station superintendent. Field of Australian wheat, experiment, visited by the group. 1940, Israel, Beersheba

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion travelling by wagon, Syria, 20th century. 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. Syria was governed by France between the two World Wars under the terms of a League of Nations mandate. The artist is unknown.

Anefo photo collection. Unveiling of the war memorial to Koningsplein in Maastricht. The sculpture group is from the artist Charles Eyck. September 13, 1952. Limburg, Maastricht

Volunteer Camp, Oamaru, Easter 1886, 1886, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers.

British Guiana police. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain, Guiana

Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Hollandkamp in Dutch camp O.A. With DDT plane on clogs foreign boy scouts. August 12, 1963. Greece

Archduke Karl Albrecht goes on the exercise of the Sturmbatalon.

Commissioned personnel of the U.S. Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force stand at attention during flag lowering ceremonies which turned a former British airfield over to the U.S. Air Force at Toome, Northern Ireland. American officers are, left to

Cavalry Occupying A Country Near Isonzo River. 1915-18

Anefo photo collection. VCJC Mheer. August 24, 1950. Mheer

Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Arrival of General Robert Anderson and guests. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Anthony Eden. Gen. Barker, G.O.C. at Lydda air port awaiting arrival of Mr. Eden. 1940, Israel, Lod

Elsevier photo collection. Establishment command tactical air irons. commander designated colonel-flyer observer J.L. Zeger. playing Wilhelmus, Dutch air forces hoisted airbase Eindhoven. background Thunderjet beechcraft machines sides. January 22, 1952. Eindhoven

Officers Of The Usaf And Usae Inspect Troops That Were Instrumental In Building The Airfield At Nuthamstead, England On 17 June 1943. They Are, Front Row, Left To Right: Brig. General Frank A. Armstrong, Brig. General Newton Longfellow And Brig. General

Archduke Karl at the inspection of the Infantry Regiment 40 southern Col. Nowy kneared, taken on February 2, 1916.

Grape harvesting in Champagne during the war, France, World War I, photograph by Central News, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 43, October 25, 1914.

Wellington Boys College, marching drill, November 1920, Wellington, by Roland Searle.

Chengchiatun, Manchuria: c. 1933. Japanese troops prepare to move northward along the Taonan-Anganchi Railway to reinforce the embattled garrison at Tahsing.

A company of the Czar's infantry in Manchuria, China , Soldiers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

05/12/1919. Madrid. Yesterday's aviation party. Appearance of the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome during the Admirable Flights that the Foreign Aviators Made Yesterday afternoon.

New York, Underwood and Underwood, South Africa, Lancashire Fusileers on the 'Roslin Castle' bound for Natal, The Lancashire Fusileers on the Roslin Castle en route to Natal, New York (city), verso - printed, stereograph, stereo photo, photos, Works and Studios ~, Arlington, NJ Littleton, NH Washington, DC, recto - printed, 3, Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood., height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1900 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Field mass on 8/4.1917 Easter Sunday at the 12.Itd. In Jacoby.

Gran Guerra 1914-1918. Tropas y convoy franceses durante un descanso en el Aisne, Francia, 1918.

Men Of The 389Th Bomb Group Stand At Attention During A Ceremony Transferring An Raf Base In England To The Usaf On 23 August 1943.

Troops ready to leave Ft. Slocum

Description: Parade, Coronation Day, Saltpond. Location: Saltpond africa

Mid grenade gender train on march. .

Gun salute with military and civilian attendees flanking laid wreath , Military parades & ceremonies, Memorial rites & ceremonies, Flags, Military personnel. Leon Abdalian Collection

American soldiers & wounded

Russia, 1896 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Anefo photo collection. Flag parade Four Days Marches. Hoist the flag. July 25, 1949

U.S. soldiers in France

Awaiting arrival by boat of Gov. Clinton's remains, New York

Dominion Day Procession, 25 September 1907, by Fred Brockett.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Grass fields, flags, music corps. undated

Historic photograph, German soldiers, battalion camping on an open field, World War I, Romania, Europe

Siege Artillery - Bulgaria

Russian prisoners introduced in Narajov.

Lieutenant Gaunt's Brigade, 1899, Smoa, by Thomas Andrew. Acquired 1950.

Parade. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Barricade on Liege Rd.

Women's Mounted Emergency Corps

Adkin collection : Untitled, by Leslie Adkin.

Corpo nazionale di volontari ciclisti ed automobilisti. VCA. organization subject to the supervision of the ministry of war. set up to contribute to the defense of the homeland by preparing cycling and automobile forces. 1908-1915

07/31/1917. In the Marne region (France). Generals Gouraud (X) and Fayolle (X) Passing the Remains to the Troops of their command.

Gend. Streif corps in Ternovanerwalde.

Bressanone: Inauguration of the Tyrolean Adler. .

Address of Emperor Wilhelm to Grenadier Regiment 9 Teofipolka, near Berezany, Galicia.

09/18/1917. Practices of the Pontoon Engineers 1 HM the King Embarking on a Pontoon to Move to Orio, where the Maneuvers were Verified 2 Alfonso Xii Conversing with the Chiefs and Officers 3 Soldiers Placing the bridge material on the Carts.

Going to mess. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Wig-Wag practice

Graveyard and memorial, 1929, France, maker unknown.

Members of the US Army (USA) 40th Division at A Company Street ready to head for the mess hall at Camp Kearny, California (CA). In the background the Mushroom tents are visible. Note: In the future this area became the US Navy (USN) Naval Air Station Miramar. (Exact Date Shot Unknown). Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

HJ march at the Schmalzgrubner Straße

07/31/1921. Burgos Solemn Ceremony Delivery of the Flags to the Infantry Regiments of Loyalty and San Martial and to the Cavalry Lancers of Spain Destined to Morocco (Sánchez and Juanes).

Kenny's band , Military bands. Leon Abdalian Collection

Atiu, Mauke or Aitutaki black-and-white negatives, Nitrate negatives

The five-seventy anniversary of the company "Utrecht's fire brigade"/ automotive fire sprayer in action; Capacity 3000 L. per minute (9 rays).

Yale squad arrives

English fleet off Ostend

French infantry at rifle practice. Date: circa 1900

Port Arthur - held by Russia prior to defeat in the Russo-Japanese war. In this photograph, the 1st Company of the 10th Regiment pose for an official photograph. Many would likely have been involved in the bloody conflict soon to engulf this location of special strategic importance. Date: circa 1904

Washington, D.C. Signal Corps officers lowering flag at their camp near Georgetown; Gen Albert J. Myer, in civilian dress, at right of pole. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Hospitals, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

German bombardiers in a prisoner-of-war camp, First World War, photograph from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3896, November 3, 1917.

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Photograph by Rudolf Lechner showing hunting men and forest workers performing woodland tasks on June 25, 1898, including tools, clothing, and group activity.

Internment camp for 'enemy aliens', Newbury, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). 'The problem of housing interned enemy aliens became acute chiefly because every suitable open space was required for the training of the new army... Newbury racecourse was turned into a concentration camp'. From "The Pageant of the Century". Odhams Press Ltd, 1933

Commanding Officer's Saturday Inspection on Kidd Field, Coddington Point, Newport, Rhode Island. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Nazi rally at Dresden football stadium circa 1930

Yankees doing setting - up exercise, 4/3/17

Military use of horses, Water towers in Landkreis Nordsachsen, 1912, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Oschatz, Ulanen, Abteilung in Deckung abgesessen, Germany

3. Hussar Regiment No. 20 - enemy in sightBautzen. 3. Hussar regime. No. 20, enemy in sight

Pioneer Battalion No. 12Pioneer Battalion No. 22

The 28Th Supply Squadron, Of The 13Th Air Depot Group Based On New Caledonia, Poses For The Photographer.

The rapid growth of the US Navy during the Second World War: the vast array of warships built since the beginning of 1940. Showing US warships, from submarines to battleships. Date: 1945

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