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Historic Military Photography

Vintage military photographs capturing significant moments and figures during wartime, showcasing diverse military traditions and locations.

Infantry soldiers at Camp Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, demonstrating night signal lights as part of R.O.T.C. training. The photograph, taken by Sgt. Joe Hitz of the S.c., was issued on April 2, 1920, and titled "Symbol A." The image is numbered 69,179. Additional notes include the tax date of July 23, 1920.

Soldiers in horses in France, one high soldier gives an indication. Part of photo album from a army exercise in Southwest France in 1902.

Col. R.J. West and Italian officers lead the procession to the Military Academy in Modena, Italy during the West Point Class of 1921's tour of the country. This photo, taken on December 1, 1919, captures the moment. (Caption: West Point Class 1921 on tour, Col. R.J. West and Italian officers lead procession to Military Academy in Modena, Italy)

Description: Armoured cars on patrol. Date: June 1964 car, gun, tank, rifle, machine, mg, anti, armored, vickers, antitank, armoured, africa

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. This image depicts Captain Harold C. Bradbury of the Coast Guard cutter Duane as he watches the Coast Guard cutter Spencer sink a German submarine.

Part of Argonne Forest and trenches in foreground; View of Argonne Forest shell holes in background; Ville-Sur-Goursances in the distance. 1918. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918

Collaboration between the TNI and KNIL at the time of sovereignty transfer, 1949 - 1950 photograph Album magazine with nine photos. The photos most likely show the cooperation between the Republican army (TNI) and the Dutch army at the time of the transfer of sovereignty. Three photos at the bottom of the album magazine are different in nature, namely a Javanese family who shuffles its hair together, a Dutch soldier with a Javanese family and two young women who laugh and point to the photographer. Middle Java paper. photographic support soldiers and civilians. Transfer of Sovereignty to Indonesia Indonesia. Middle Java

Naval Stores - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Group of 7th New York Infantry 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Image of a page from a photo album from Scoutinggroep Salwega from Utrecht with photos of group 2, Utrecht department of the N.P.V. (Dutch Badvinders Association) during the Zomerkamp in Esbeek.n.b. Group 2, Utrecht department of the N.P.V. Later was given the name Salwega.

Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Group portrait of six French soldiers in a forest. .

Hunting - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kriegsmarine on the beach of Scheveningen, 1942 photograph Album magazine with six photos of German sailors from the Kriegsmarine who visit the beach of Scheveningen, January 1942. The pier can be seen on two photos. Part of the photo album Kriegsmarine. Scheveningen paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. sailor. beach (as place of recreation) Scheveningen. Scheveningen Pier

Sgt. Koenig operates a 105mm howitzer in Serches, France during World War One. The photograph was taken on March 20, 1918. The image is marked as not for publication and is part of a collection of American military activities during the war.

Coast Guard Helicopter Lands on Rescue Mission to Save 11 Canadian Fliers from Labrador Wilds. A Coast Guard helicopter presents a spider-like appearance as it lands on the ice and snow of North Labrador to evacuate the first of 11 fliers who were marooned in the icy wilderness following two plane crashes. After rescue attempts by plane had failed, the helicopter was dismantled in New York and flown to Goose Bay, Labrador. In an Army Transport Command Plane. Reassembled, the tiny mercy craft made 11 flights to the crash scene, each time moving one victim to a weather station 32 miles away. In above photo, the hastily-built shelter which protected the crash victims against the bitter cold can be seen at the right.

Hunting - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

This Wounded Yank Came Out Under His Own Power. Through the shallow surf and up the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned invasion craft, walks a wounded Yankee invader from the battle from on Guam Island in the Marianas. His head is bandaged for a wound caused by Jap mortar fire, but he came back under his own power and still carried the rifle with which he engaged the enemy. The card gives details of first aid treatment this casualty received directly back of the fighting line.

Description: Igarra africa

Various topics, Anonymous, 1946 - 1949 photograph Album magazine with two photos: landscape and a Dutch soldier with an Indonesian girl. Part of the photo album on the service of Dutch soldiers in the Dutch East Indies, ca. 1946-1949. Dutch East Indies, The albumblad: cardboard. foto: photographic support gelatin silver print Dutch East Indies, The

Camping and Picnicking - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fort Sumter - south wing, after the battle, Charleston, S.C. | Library of Congress

Two men in army uniform on rocks on the coast of the Dutch East Indies, c. 1920 - c. 1930 photograph Part of photo album of the Kleiterp-Vermeulen family with recordings of the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support gelatin silver print (military) uniforms. boulder, stone. coast Dutch East Indies, The

Celebrating on board of passing the equator, 1947 - 1948 photograph Album magazine with four photos of celebrating the equator on board the ship the S.S. Waterman, en route to the Dutch East Indies. One of the men plays for Neptune. Part of the photo album 'My years in India' with photos about the military actions in the Dutch East Indies. Equator cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. man dressed as woman, travesty. celebration on board while crossing the equator (Neptune) Equator

Forest Fire Equipment: Water Equipment - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Netherlands seen from German cockpit, 1940 photograph A part of the Netherlands seen by the windows of the cockpit of a German fighter plane, a Junkers 88, probably taken during the raid in the Netherlands on or immediately after 10 May 1940. Downstairs you can see a river and something that looks like a train station. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print river. battle, fighting in general Netherlands

This photograph, taken in 1918, features nine American sailors stationed in England during World War One. The sailors are seen in their military uniforms, ready for duty. The image was issued under the symbol number 4624 for documentation purposes.

Interior of Oven, Ft. Ticonderoga, N.Y.. S.R. Stoddard (American, 1843 or 1844 - 1917)

Hunting - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sailors on the beach of La Rochelle, 1940 - 1943 photograph Eight German sailors, two in uniform and six in swimwear. In the background a tower of La Rochelle. Part of the photo album about the Kriegsmarine 1940-1943. La Rochelle photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. sailor. recreation ~ the soldier off duty La Rochelle

Description: The line in open formation. Note: The men in charge on horseback to permit of rapid movement up and down the line to maintain the formation and hand out poison. Description: The line at work in open formation watched from the rear by the officer in charge. Description: Handing out bait in the field. africa

Four men and three women walk down the road , Soldiers. Jack Miller Collection

"Bureau of Mines conducting war work by offering the experimental mine near Pittsburgh, PA, to the War Department. Microphones and geophones used in the shale pit to detect sound from explosion of dynamite charges. Pendulum assists in timing the interval between arrival of earth and air waves. (Photo: 14 Nov 1918)"

Description: H.M.S. "Carlisle" at anchor in Falmouth Bay, as seen from the centre of the settlement. Location: Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1927 Description: Surgeon Lieut. Commander Barnes carrying out his dental inspection. Location: Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1927

"Image showing body armor test at Fort De La Peigney, Langres, France during World War One. Heavy weight No. 5 body armor being subjected to constant machine gun fire by German heavy Maxim at 60 yards. The armor shows shattered holes made by piercing bullets. Not for publication, for official use only."

Practice with transmitting equipment, Anonymous, 1940 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with six photos of a group of soldiers busy practicing with transmitting equipment. Exercises in the forest and in the city. Part of the photo album German occupation of the Netherlands. Netherlands photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. military instruction. radio, wireless, radio broadcasting Netherlands

Officers of the 76th Regiments of Foot at Cork Barracks. Date/Period: 1842 - 1843. Print. Salt, from a calotype negative. Height: 95 mm (3.74 in); Width: 233 mm (9.17 in). Author: Henry Craigie Brewster.

A boy uses a gas mask while peeling onions and potatoes as part of his K.P. (Kitchen Patrol) duties at Camp Kearny, San Diego, in 1918. The photograph, numbered 111-SC-7042, was taken by Lieutenant En. Jackson, Signal Corps. It was approved for release by the War College Division Laboratory on April 3, 1918.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen Look at Ice. U.S. Coast Guardsmen look at ice while mates in the Service are looking at palm trees. The words of the familiar hymn, "From Greenland's icy mountain to India's coral strand", are no exaggeration. Coast Guardsmen are serving in the Arctic Zone and the South Pacific. Germans and Japanese have both fallen before their guns, as the Service maintains a tradition begun in 1790.

Naval Stores - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Original caption: Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Built as a stockade and later taken over by Rocky Mountain Fur Co. which used it as trading post adobe construction about 1849 (as here pictured). Government purchased it 1849 for $4,000 and garrisoned it with one company of 6th infantry and 2 cos. of mounted rifleman, under Col. Wm. W. Loring. Old print. Photograph from Signal Corps. War Department. Copied by H. H. Ritter April 1938. State: Wyoming.

Drum Corps, 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton i.e. Bealeton, Va. | Library of Congress

Reproduction of a drawing of soldiers hunting a prize -winning OS, Anonymous, 1906 - 1907 photomechanical print This print is part of an album. paper collotype prize-ox

Hunting - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Invaders Go Over the Side. This image depicts American soldiers loading into landing craft for the invasion of Europe, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Robert James Tucker.

On The Alert. This image depicts a Coast Guard gun crew manning their battle station aboard a Coast Guard 'sub-Buster' Pacific Patrol.

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Zagłoba gets the standard - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz 'With Fire and Sword' (reproduction of drawing from the year 1885); Sheet VII from the album. Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print

Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner, Shortstop, Washington Nationals, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.. Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner, Shortstop, Washington Nationals, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 403012

Lt. Col. E. Engel, S.C., and Mr. Baldioli at Langley Field, Virginia. This photograph was taken in November 1917 by photographer Gordon. The image is part of Group 56748, which falls under the subject of personnel in the United States Army during World War I. It was released for official use only and was part of a collection at the C., P. I. DEC in 1917.

Drum Corps, 93rd New York Infantry, Bealton i.e. Bealeton, Virginia. Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Out of the Sea and Out of the War. This image depicts captured German sailors as they are taken aboard a Coast Guard cutter.

Group photos, Anonymous, 1939 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with four photos of groups of soldiers and barracks. Part of the photo album about soldiers of the Wehrmacht, ca. 1939-1943. Germany paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. barracks Germany

Off for the Front. Wearing their helmets and carrying rifles and packs, a steady stream of Marines comes aboard a Coast Guard manned combat transport in a South Pacific port. They are heading for a fighting front.

Portraits of unknown Japanese soldiers, Anonymous, 1937 - 1941 photograph These photos are part of an album. baryta paper gelatin silver print the soldier; the soldier's life. anonymous historical person portrayed

Under great difficulties our troops carry supplies over destroyed bridges on the Yser Canal..

Duitse Cavalerie Onderweg, Anonymous, Aristophot Society, 1903 - 1907 stereograph Germanypublisher: Leipzig photographic support gelatin silver print riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. the soldier; the soldier's life Germany

Lookouts - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Saluut during the funeral of three fallen soldiers, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the soldier; the soldier's life. funerary ceremonial. cannon shots (military salute)

LST Gun Crew In Battle Drill. This image depicts a gun crew aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST (Landing, Ship, Tanks) training for the day when it will be pitted against enemy's fire.

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture. Volunteers Noord-Oostpolder. 1945. The Netherlands, Noordoostpolder

Image of a page from a family album with photos of the Troepkar de Blom of group 2, Department Utrecht of the N.P.V. (Dutch boy scouts association) and class photos with Lambertus Hindrikus Tholen and a visit from the Tholen family on the Rock Park in Valkenburg.n.b. Group 2, Utrecht department of the N.P.V. Later was given the name Salwega.

Full Speed for Shore. This image depicts a Coast Guard officer and coxswain piloting a landing barge during training off the East Coast of the United States.

Poster: The Soldiers Of The Netherlands Underground Forces Greet The Soldiers Of The United Nations. Photo of a poster on a wooden fence, to welcome the Allies. Left numeral 5, Right digit 2 and small placard. Poster: Mill with wicks, composed of flags, including a text: 'The Soldiers of the Netherlands Underground Forces Greet The Soldiers of the United Nations'; The poster is apparently a few months old.

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "The Malay Peninsula". Collection Photo Collection Deli Society, Photo Number 844_59

Asking For It. Country: UK Artist: H. R. Millar; Flight Printed By: Greycaine, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Slow Motion "Ambulance" on Luzon. Slow Motion "Ambulance" on Luzon. A hunch-backed ox plds through the sand, carting wounded Filipinos to an American first aid station soon after General MacArthur's invasion forces struck the beaches of Lingayen Gulf. A young boy drives the show-moving beast, whole members of his family who escaped the heavy firing walk alongside. a Coast Guard combat photographer, going in with the first wave, caught this picture of the sad role of the natives in the struggle for the Philippines.

The Guard of 1852; "The Guard of 1832". Original caption: Copied from "Travel in England" by Thomas Burke, London, 1942, from opposite page 115.

Prayer For a Hero of Peleliu. A Coast Guardsman kneels beside the grave of a Marine who fell in the furious battle for the beach of Peleliu Island in the Palaus. The Marine was his pal aboard a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport that participated in the assault. The Coast Guardsman, James Fulton, seaman first class, of Leavenworth, Kansas, helped erect a crude cross at the grave back of the fighting lines and hung his dead buddy's belt and helmet on its arms.

Sailors celebrate, Anonymous, 1940 - 1943 photograph Singing and partying German sailors in white uniform, with a few other German soldiers. Part of the photo album about the Kriegsmarine 1940-1943. Netherlands (possibly) photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. recreation ~ the soldier off duty. sailor Netherlands

Description: A Soldier. Ming Tombs. Location: Peiping, China Date: 1935-1936 asia, asiathroughalens

Fort Nelson. Original caption: 43-2627 Flood at mile 107 north of Fort Nelson (section D). Original caption: 43-2628 Flood at mile 108-1/2 north of Fort Nelson (Sectiopn D) looking toward army road Bridge went out at 4 a.m. State: Alaska.

Downing the Dutch flag and hoisting the swastika flag, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Rotterdam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. flag display Rotterdam

Louis Roi de Holland et Napoleon Louis Prince Royal de Hollande. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Japanese soldiers on a train platform, Anonymous, 1937 - 1941 photograph This photo is part of an album. baryta paper gelatin silver print the soldier; the soldier's life. platform (railway, tramway)

Photograph of Marines Stalking a Japanese Sniper at Eniwetok. MOPPING UP JAP SNIPERS AT ENIWETOK. Storming ashore from Coast Guard-manned landing craft, American Marines stalk a Jap sniper in the quick cleanup of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshalls. ON the horizon, a Coast Guard-manned assault transport is visible.

Soldiers handling and inspecting shells used for artillery during World War I. The image shows the large shells used by the military, and the soldiers are checking their condition before use. This photograph is part of the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One." Photographer's description: "Shells that are fired by the larger guns." Note: 50,146. Symbol: E.

Project 2-7-58. Project 2-7-58

Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Under the exhibition station. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

First Bivouac ... ford of 7th regiment at Columbia Springs on Genl Lees property .... Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Military camps, Union, 1860-1870, Military cookery, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, Virginia, Columbia Springs

William Swanson, sailor, stationed in Naval Training Station (USNTS Sampson), Anonymous, 1944 photograph United States of America photographic support gelatin silver print

Description: The 10th Company, Royal Engineers, in camp upper "Sooroo Location: Zoulla, Magdala, Sooroo, Abyssinia africa

Hunting - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Interior of a casemate , Alternate title Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1864, interior of casemate. Officer's quarters. No. 835, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Views in Fort Monroe, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

The Hunters Return.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Photo collection First World War. War invalid practices writing. 1914-1918}

Anefo photo collection. Nica. Tarakan. January 1, 1944. Indonesia, Tarakan

Portrait of a soldier in Uniform, Anonymous, 1899 - 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support historical persons. adult man. (military) uniforms

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

Charles Sobieski Stuart. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)

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

Maintaining our supremacy in the air a battle squadron in, Realistic Travels, 1914 - 1918 stereograph cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print aircraft, aeroplane

Image of a page from a photo album of scouting group Salwega from Utrecht with photos of bird nests and eggs.

Photo production of a print of the battle at Trafalgar on October 21, 1805; The Battle of Trafalgar, October, 21, 1805..

Towns and Cities: Occupied - New Mexico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Battlefield of the "Wilderness"--Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road. No. 5018, Civil War Photograph Collection . Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Battlefields, Virginia, 1860-1870, Skeletons, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields.

Description: Air Vice Marshall Macfadeyan - Air Officer Commanding British Forces, Aden, discussing points with Mr. J.M. Pattinson. Location: Aden, Yemen Date: 03 February 1953 Description: Group: Mr. Baxter, Mrs. Macfadeyan, Air Officer Commanding British Forces, Aden, Mr. R.H. Sheldrake Mr. F.C. Brown. Location: Aden, Yemen Date: 03 February 1953

Coast Guard Coxswain Turns to Former Profession as Hobby While Icebound in Arctic. This image depicts Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Millet Thomas, who served in Greenland and the Pacific, with one of his paintings.

General Joubert and his men at a cart on the battlefield 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 commander-in-chief, general, marshal South Africa

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

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