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Historical Military Gatherings

Images of military forces, exercises, and gatherings in various locations, showcasing uniforms, formations, and the setting of early 20th-century military life.

Lt. Lynn W. Elston, Physical Director of Base Hospital No. 58, leads Class A patients in setting up exercises before they return to their assigned outfits. The photograph was taken on April 14, 1919, by Lt. Sears and is numbered 52069. The location is Rimaucourt, Haute Marne, France.

Elsevier photo collection. Citizen Military Ereveld Tarakan On 5 July 1949 inaugurated, ed.. undated. Borneo, Indonesia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies, Tarakan

Enlisted men receiving training in gas engine mechanics and auto repair work at the University of Pittsburgh, PA. The photograph was taken on June 1918, with the official photographer being May 17, 1918. The image shows the training day of the Maryland Detachment, SIRECT 54991, received from the University of Pittsburgh. The description confirms that this photo is about the training of enlisted men in gas engine mechanics and auto repair work. It includes a note stating that it is for official use only.

Iron-clad Gunboat "Galena," Showing the effect of Rebel shot..

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929-1930. Album leaf with four photos. Top left: View of Kashgar from the building of the English consulate general; Bottom left: the expedition members with the captain Sherrif (in front) in the snow in Kashgar. From left to right: Ludlow, Jenny Visser-Hooft, the English Consul General Williamsom, Ph.C. Visser and J.A. Sillem; At the top right: the Amban Pan with from left to right J.A. Sillem, Jenny Visser-Hooft and Captain Sherrif in Jangishar; At the bottom right: Distance post past Jangishar. December 30, 1929. China, Kashgar

Tower of London. - Horse Armoury. Equestrian figure representing Henry, Price of Wales, son of James I., in a rich suit.... Frank Mason Good (English, 1839 - 1928)

Military parade passing the Palace of Liberal Arts. Opening day at the Jamestown Exposition, April 26, 1907. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1907. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Jamestown (Va.)

Close-up of a mural of army soldiers, Korean War Memorial, Washington DC, USA

Opening day of Shell at Haifa. 1934, Israel

Group portrait of soldiers for a building, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1869 Photograph. visit card photographic support. cardboard albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

Le Bourget, France The troops awaiting the return of Costes and Bellonte after their Triomphal Raid Air Paris-New-York , (French - Le Bourget , France Les troupes attendant le retour de Costes et Bellonte après leur triomphal raid aérien Paris-New-York). Crowd, aerodrome, plane, air transport, aeronautics, aviator, army, Transport, sciences , techniques, society, France, Le Bourget, the troops in the rain

At sea, Anonymous, 1949 photograph Album magazine with four photos of the transport of soldiers on board a ship at sea near Madura. Part of the photo album 'My years in India' with photos about the military actions in the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. troop movements, transportation. steamship, motorship Dutch East Indies, The. Madura

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Dutch prisoners of war. Utrecht. Soldiers visit. Fortunately those who pulled through a cargo bike were pulled by an extra bicycle to visit their family members. May 1940. Utrecht (city)

Location: China Date: 1920-1940 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Ottoman soldiers on horseback in the Grande Rue de Pera in Istanbul, Anonymous, c. 1900 - In or Before 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a trip through Southern Europe and the Middle East. Istanbul photographic support gelatin silver print land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. military parade, pageant Istanbul

Ruins of Summit House. Monadnock Scenery N.W.. George H. Scripture (American, 1839 - 1920)

Italy, 1875-1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Portraits, Anonymous, 1941 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with six photos with portraits of the compiler and other sailors. Part of the photo album Kriegsmarine. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. sailor

Paris (VIIIE arr.), France cannons exhibited on the Champs-Elysées roundabout for the victory celebrations of July 13 and 14 (current Marcel-Dassault roundabout) , (French - Paris ( VIIIe arr. ) , France Canons exposés sur le rond-point des Champs-Elysées pour les fêtes de la Victoire des 13 et 14 juillet ( actuel rond-point Marcel-Dassault )). Political, canon, commemoration, post-war, flag, Festival, First World War, France, Paris, Champs Elysées roundabout: the cannons taken at the enemy

Visit your majesties in Hermagor: Return. .

Military looks through binoculars in France, possibly a foreign observer. Part of photo album from a army exercise in Southwest France in 1902.

Life Saving Crew Performing Burial Service Over Body of Drown Sailor. Lifesaving Service Activities and Equipment, 1918. Department of the Treasury

Garde Nationale, 66e Bataillon, Commandant: Kernen; André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889); Paris, France; 1870 - 1871; Albumen silver print

Sunbathing, anonymous, 1940 photograph Album magazine with three photos of sunbathing soldiers and of a house, spring 1940. Part of a German military album Second World War 1939-1940. Germany photographic support. paper gelatin silver print recreation ~ the soldier off duty Germany

President McKinley and Admiral Dewey reviewing the troops - Presentation of the Sword, Washington, D.C., Oct 3, 1899 still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), McKinley, William, 1843-1901, Dewey, George, 1837-1917, Reviewing stands

Part of Family Album Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Anonymous, Dating 1920 - 1930.

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois. Naval group of statuary. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Springfield (Ill.)

Description: Procession from Cathedral to the Cross of Sacrifice. Location: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Date: 11 November 1927 Description: Procession nearing the Cross of Sacrifice. Location: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Date: 11 November 1927 Description: Arrival at the Cross of Sacrifice. Location: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Date: 11 November 1927 Description: His Excellency the Governor laying a wreath. Location: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Date: 11 November 1927

Military officers at ceremony , Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

On May 20, 1916, Italian guns in front of the Dante monument in Trento. .

Photo collection Deli Society. Deli Maatschappij: Official visits, anniversaries, native princes. Enterprise soever. Agava Sisalana 4 months old. March 1925. March 1925. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Description: Where the favourite disciple of Confucius lived Location: China Date: 1903 Description: General Tien's troops. Location: China Date: 1903 Description: Farewell to Father Klaphek Location: China Date: 1903 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Civil War veterans at the sixteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion, Warrensburg, Missouri. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Stone, John Bestor, 1842-1925, Towson, J. William, (John William), 1839-1920, United Confederate Veterans, Missouri Division, 1910-1920, Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1910-1920, Veterans, Confederate, Missouri, Warrensburg, 1910-1920, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.

France, 1897-1904 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Infantry regiment 12 when crossing the Styr's.

An auto wrecked by a blast at Langley Field during construction. This photograph belongs to the Quartermaster Corps, U.S.A. It is labeled as number 111-SC-3490 in the series S-18.

Elsevier photo collection. King Boris van Bulgaria visiting Adolf Hitler in the presence of the German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop. June 7, 1941. Berchtesgaden, Germany

Madrid, 01/04/1941. The diplomatic corps that attended the Victory Parade in the diplomatic tribune. Present were ambassadors and ministers accredited by Franco, as well as his military attachés.

Douaumont, France , 1929 - French provinces - Stéphane Passet - (March 26 -May 18) (French - Douaumont , France). Statue, political figure, falls, sculpture, commemoration, hairy, post-war period, Personality, Art, First World War, Meuse, Douaumont, the tomb of a hairy

Korean war memorial The Korean war memorial in Washington DC Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 7772362

July 1911. Equestrian competition in Valencia: Lieutenant Moreno of the Alfonso Xiii regiment who won first prize in the field tour.

Three portraits of unknown Japanese soldiers, one on horseback, anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph These photos are part of an album. Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed. the soldier; the soldier's life. horse

Actors on stage at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse. 1924

Description: Massed Civilian Bands at Castile Location: Malta Date: May 1937 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalens

Street Near Panama. Original caption: M. O. Eldridge September 6, 1915. State: Panama.

Haitian soldiers, Andries August Boom, 1911 photograph A group of Haitian soldiers walking on the street accompanied by music, Saint-Marc in Haiti, December 1911. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Haiti photographic support the soldier; the soldier's life Haiti. Saint-Marc

Jewish brigade recruitment 1944, Middle East, Israel

Stonewall Jackson's statue. Virginia centennial views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Richmond (Va.), Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 , Monuments

War in France, 1940 - 1945 photograph Album magazine with four photos of the war in France. Colonne French cavalry in Saint-Omer, French prisoners of war from the colonies in Mailly-Maillet and two photos of destruction in Bohain, with dead horses lying in the street. Part of the photo album 'KriegSerinnerungen' 1940-1945. France cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare). transfer, deportation ~ prisoner of war France. Saint-Omer. Mailly-Maillet. Bohain-en-Vermandois

Photo collection Government information service. Dirk van Deelen (1605-1671): 'The large meeting of 1651 in large room in The Hague'. The Hague, Mauritshuis. undated. The Hague, South Holland

Storm course.45 cm spotlight.

Group acquisition of reserve members of the 11th Companie of the Royal Saxon 4th Infantry Regiment No. 103

Various topics, Anonymous, 1940 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with seven photos of the war damage to bridges, some portraits, an airplane in a hangar and transport buses. Part of the photo album about soldiers of the Wehrmacht, ca. 1939-1943. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. occupation ~ war. bridge. improvised bridge, temporary bridge ~ military engineering. aircraft, aeroplane

Members of the regional deteche to Lampong during a shooting exercise; Shooting exercises of the regional investment .Part or Reminder Album for F.J. Junius, Departing Resident of Lampong (South Sumatra).

Old photo of German soldiers in the period of World War II

National Lincoln Monument. Springfield, Ill. Naval Group of Statuary.. McLain & Company

Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. undefined.

Count Von Waldersee, escorted by Officers of the Allied Armies, towards Sacred Gate (Wumen), Peking (Beijing), 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

Spain, 1897-1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain

Marztäge III board No. 10: Max KIInger, Dramen Opus IX, BerIIn, May 1883, printed and pubIIshed Otto Felsing Felsing, Otto (1854 1920), Klinger, Max (1857 1920)

First American Flag Unfurled Over the Ryukyus. Over a ridge on Geruma Shima in the Keramas group of the Ryukyus, soldiers of the 77th division raise the stars and stripes--the first American flag to be planted on soil in the Japanese home empire. The ensign was given to the commander of company A, 1st infantry battalion of the 77th by Coast Guard Lieut. John H. Judge, skipper of a Coast Guard-manned LST which landed troops in the operation a few days before the major assault on Okinawa. The flag raising followed comparatively light resistance to the landing. Lieutenant Judge lives in Belmont, Mass. This picture is an excerpt from a U.S. Coast Guard movie film flown back from the Ryukyus.

Cadet Color Guard - Academy. With Old Glory and the Coast Guard standard fluttering in the breeze, this Cadet Color Guard moves down the parade grounds at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn. Connecticut, as the cadets pass in review.

Artifacts are shown at the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center on Aug. 12, 2022. The History Center is part of the installations Commemorative Area. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings — an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks — are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men

Paris (8th arr.), France soldiers of the colonial army at the foot of the cenotaph dedicated to the dead for the fatherland place de l 'Etoile , (French - Paris ( VIIIe arr. ) , France Soldats de l' Armée coloniale aux pieds du Cénotaphe dedié aux morts pour la patrie place de l' Etoile). Political celebration, commemoration, colonial army, place, monument to the dead, post-war period, flag, Festival, World War II, Colonial History, France, Paris, the guard of honor at the foot of the cenotaph

Group of the famous 'Black Watch' of Japan , Military organizations, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Army Sgt. William A. Scott was the unit photographer with the 183rd Combat Engineer Battalion in 1945 when his unit arrived with the second wave of Americans to reach Buchenwald concentration camp following its liberation. "There was no way you could describe it. I was told by some of the survivors that over 30,000 people had been killed within a two-week period, and the Germans were trying to kill all those in the camp before we got there, he recalled.

Infantry barracks of Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Army, Multiview postcards, 1914, Central Bohemian Region, Milowitz, Militärlager

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