Historical Military Fortifications

Photographs of historical military structures and encampments, showing the conditions and setups used in past campaigns and conflicts.

Brandy Station Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Officer's winter quarters | Library of Congress

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandoeng sector. Transport plane throw goods to parachute out the digit supply is collected. July 21, 1947. Bandoeng, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

The 74 Honvedbrigade on the daily, 7000 steps south of Moszczenica, taken on 20 November 1915.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. trunk pulled workhorse MENNER. undated

Ingenuity Of Personnel Of The 90Th Photo Reconn Wing Made This Practical Wash Stand From A German Belly Tank. Italy.

World War Two: French army barbed wire (chevaux de frise) fences at a front line position 1940

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. motor boats outcome board post Wamena. balie river winds throughout entire balism valley. river valley navigable, distances traveled short time wars war illness. case, help board invoked serious (usually hopeless) disease. September 1958. Guinea

Turkish cemetery in Podwiesoky. .

War album 108, picture 33243.

Canale valley, near Cucco Position of a 42cm-howitzer. Firing. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando Rohr.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Infantry-.Brigade 43 am monte .Moscio.

U.S. Military Cemetery Near Cambridge, England.

War album 108, Figure 33215.

Image of page 16 from a loose -leaf photo album of the Dutch Poundfinders Association (N.P.V.), Department Utrecht, with photos of: an unknown activity with Hopman van Popta (285 to 289); Hopman Egidius with the troop cart 'De Blom' (290 to 291); the competition for the Bossche Boei (292); Vaandrig Lamers (293) and Hopman van Popta with a guitar (294).

This photo taken in early World War I has the caption: Siege guns in action under cover of a forest. This picture shows two heavy German mortars firing on the French. The guns are levated at a high angle so that the heavy projecties fall almost vertically on the enemy's forts.

War album 108, Figure 33178.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Woods on Culp's Hill showing the effect of musket fire. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Richmond, Virginia. Pontoon bridge across the James river. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Cookery, Stoves. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Scene of Gen McPhersons Death Made 1864-1866 United States. Albumen print, plate 35 from the album Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign (1866) . George N. Barnard

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

Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 1861-65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 268290

Presumably a photo gallery of a honing unit with field of application in Galicia.

Kitchen in positions rgmt. 119 UNTE MONTE-TOMBA. .

Bull Run, Virginia: c. 1863. Troops gathered by the pontoon bridge at the Ford at Bull Run.

Anefo photo collection. High Veluwe conference regarding Indonesia on hunting lodge St. Hubertus. Soldiers keep the guard. April 9, 1946. Hoge Veluwe, Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

International Camping Park of Marina di Ravenna. 1952-1956

Getting Ready for Winter ,. Messenger Collection

Cold Harbor, Virginia. Camp in the woods. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

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

'Une semaine de combats sur la rive gauche de la Meuse; 11 mars (7 heures). --Brancardiers ramenant nos blesses : a terre, deux Allemands tues le 9 mars', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Soldiers attending a military parade in Washington, D.C. during World War I. The soldiers are dressed in full uniform and are seen marching along a street, while spectators watch from the sidewalks. Large buildings and American flags can be seen in the background.

Original caption: "ECW - Pala - Aqua Tibia truck trail. Indian operator. Oct. 1936". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Building a command post by the French army in 1917, France.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

War album 107, picture 32966.

White House Police pistol range. View of shooting targets at the White House Police pistol range. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Summit of Lookout Mountain. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Previously captioned as: Chattanooga, Tenn, vicinity. Pulpit Rock on Lookout Mountain, Identified as summit of Lookout Mountain, (F. Sayre, 3/1997), Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn, 1863, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Anefo photo collection. Marvobegrafen's head of the Marvo lieutenant studs. November 12, 1955

United States Bayview Cemetery in Ketchikan Alaska. The graves are left to right: 1st Lt. O.V. Cook, S/Sgt. W. Duran Cpl. E. Hunter, Unknown, and Sgt. R.L. Davidson.

Original caption: "Side hill work (Indian Operator)". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Pontoon bridge across the James River. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Two soldiers in a meadow. Two soldiers in a meadow, one has a kind of wreath around his neck. Photo associated with album 'Kriegservernerungen'.

Soldiergrave in the park of the mansion Pilica (Lir.2).

Jericho Mills, Virginia. 5th Corps ammunition train crossing North Anna river, on canvas pontoon bridge constructed by 50th New YorkV. Engineers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The advance guard black-and-white negatives

Fitchburg Boy Scouts, tanks, Neeseponsett Pond, Dana, Mass., Mar. 2, 1929 : Parcel no. 490-41, Henry H. Wheelock trustees et al. , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, camps recreation areas

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

War album 69, picture 19796.

German railroad troops Fast track bridgeGerman railroad troops Fast track bridge

Petersburg, Virginia Cottage of Colonel Nathaniel Michler, U.S. Engineers, at Bryant house. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Dwellings, Engineers, Michler, Nathaniel, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

On patrol, 2. Grenadier Regiment No. 101Dresden. 2. Grenadier Regiment No.11 "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia". On patrol

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Operation 'Alert' 1957 , Hoses, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Anefo photo collection. Reunion Marine Women mountains by the sea. June 22, 1948. Bergen aan Zee

Ordway, General Albert. Grave at Arlington Cemetery

Battery on Kumburnu, natural hole in the rock wall during supply, serves as cover 9.5.1916.

School Boys Burning Leaves. Original caption: Miscellaneous (school boys burning leaves).. 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

War album 89, picture 26110.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC New Guinea series. A large object is elated. October 1948. New Guinea

Unknown motive. Okänt motiv.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. little whites, police coverage guarantee safety company. September 1953. Guinea

Mexico - victims of warfare

Aceh, soldiers in observation post in tree at Roempit. .

Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. The "Marsh Battery" or "Swamp Angel" after the explosion, August 22, 1863. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Fort Brady, Virginia Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865), Company C, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Artillery (Troops) , Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Fort Brady, Connecticut troops , 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Chaplains quarters. 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery in Confederate Fort Darling. Part of shot and shell in foreground was fired by U.S. Gunboats in attack on fort in 1862 | Library of Congress

Foresters At Work: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Cemetery German soldiers. A cemetery with German soldiers at the foot of the ruins of a church. Right take care of a few soldiers the graves. The name, 1940 and sometimes JU52 is on the crosses. Pilots from Junker 52 Right of it: Ewige Ruhe im Valkenburg, Holland, cases AM 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 5. 1940.

Measurement of effects after crashing exercises.

Richmond, Virginia. General John Elmer Mulford, Assist. Federal Exchange Agent on right. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

On the battlefield at Stone River, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Military cemetery in Tirol, Gardertal.

Camouflage of Bivack, Night camp, 1939 camouflage of Bivack, Night camp. Five soldiers in camouflage work. During practice "Skåne maneuver", 1939.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederate dead gathered for burial, July 5, 1863. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A member of the Women's Land Army Forestry Corps is assisted by a man in fixing an axe in the United Kingdom during the First World War.

The Completed Emergency Pipeline For Supplying Water To Aaf Units On Ie Shima Lies Up The Face Of A 400-Foot Cliff. Canvas Reservoirs Are At The Top; The Gasoline Driven Pump Is On The Ledge At The Bottom Near The Water's Edge.

Combat training corps CommandTokken, Stormschool Bloemendaal, 26-28 August 1947

Brandy Station, Virginia. Carpenter, wheelwright and harness shops. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

'How Are The Mighty Fallen', 1901. From "Federated Australia". The Werner Company, London, 1901

Position of a field telephon line in Podhajce. .

CCC-ID Crew Preparatory to Spreading Poison. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

War album 106, picture 32651.

Elsa as "landstorm soldier". Elsa som "landstormssoldat".

''La vie en Campagne; Une echelle a coulisse qui permet aux artilleurs le reglage efficace de leur tir', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Staying and performance of the 1st battalion regiment Shock troops in the Dutch East Indies. Hein Verbrugge on a carrier during the steam construction at the power plant at Totang.

First US Army Rehabilitation Centre- Recuperation and Training at 8th Convalescent Hospital, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK, 1943 Trainees at the 8th Convalescent Hospital, Stoneleigh Park who have recently been promoted to A grade, test themselves to see if they are really fully fit. Here they are negotiating a series of fences, constructed by the trainees as part of a longer and difficult obstacle course.

War album 106, picture 32676.

Artillery Test Grounds, No. 59, XI in., 10 lb. Shell, 24 Aug. 1864. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Member of the Women's Land Army feeding pigs and calves.

Markers showing number of casualties during the Battle of Chattanooga at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Markers showing number of casualties during the Battle of Chattanooga at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Western front. Cleaning up his rifle. The only way is to wash the woodwork. 1914-1918}

Men Of The 443Rd Signal Construction Battalion String Communication Lines On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

Image of a page from a family album with photos of the Pentecost camp of group 2, Department Utrecht of the N.P.V. (Dutch boy scouts association) .n.b. Group 2, Utrecht department of the N.P.V. Later was given the name Salwega.

Coast Guard Personnel Provide Assistance During Houston Encephalitis Epidemic.

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