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Historical Military Moments

This collection features black-and-white photographs capturing early 20th-century military life, exercises, and interactions in diverse settings.

Men standing at a Maxim Machinegeweer in the column of Jameson, Anonymous, 1896 photograph Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa. South Africa paper. photographic support firearms South Africa

Description: Bassange africa

Eugen Wachenheimer poses with a car with two soldiers and at the waterfalls of cost sets, 1926, Bulgaria, Wachenheimer family (Possible), 1926 photograph Leaf contains two photos of Eugen Wachenheimer (in costume). Part of the photo album of the trips that Eugen and Else Wachenheimer made every year around the celebration of their wedding day and engagement. Bulgaria paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the family travelling, on holiday. military service. waterfall Bulgaria

Picket of the 2nd. Punjáb infantry, Frederick Saint John Gore, c. 1890 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Punjab paper collotype private soldier (+ infantry)

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

Description: Capt. Molesworth's Sapperd. Description: Sir J Willcocks & Col. Kembell starting in canoeing the river. river, canoe, captain, colonel, willcocks, molesworth, sappers, sirj, kembell, africa

The Field of Waterloo. Hougoumont. - Interior.. Unknown

Transition at Rees! Field position!, Anonymous, 1940 - 1941 photograph Album magazine with two photos of a pontoon bridge over the Rhine near Rees and of a concealed artillery. Part of the photo album 'Kriegszeit in Holland' about the service time in the Netherlands by Hans Heinemann from a Flak Regiment of the Luftverteidigungskommando of the Luftwaffe. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print firearms: cannon. division of armed forces (+ artillery). pontoon bridge Netherlands

The First Gun at Yorktown. Original caption: The First Gun at Yorktown - (September 28-9, 1781) - Washington the Man of Action by Frederick Trevor Hill - 1914 - p. 211 - colored.

Various topics, Anonymous, 1939 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with seven photos of groups of soldiers on the street and in the line during inspection. 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. military training. review, inspection (of company, unit, troop) Germany

Description: General views, 1945. Location: Falkland Islands Date: 1945

Description: General views, 1945. Location: Falkland Islands Date: 1945

Soldiers in carriages for a building in France. Part of photo album from a army exercise in Southwest France in 1902.

Cooper, Bailey & Co's. Great International Ten Allied Shows in One.. William Emory Bowman (American, 1834 - 1915)

Soldiers from the 42nd Division repair shop work on various vehicles, including automobiles, wagons, and tires, in Mersch, Luxembourg. The photo, taken on December 11, 1918, shows their dedication to providing repair services quickly. Sergeant Hainlin captured this scene during World War One.

Bringing the Wounded Out of Morotai. A stretcher-borne Yankee emerges from the flaming jungle of Morotai Island in the Halmaheras where he fell wounded by a Jap sniper's bullet during the American invasion of that advanced enemy stronghold. A Coast Guard-manned landing barge is ready to rush him to a hospital ship, standing off shore, for surgical treatment.

Arrival of prisoners of war in army camp in Pretoria, Jan van Hoepen (attributed to), 1899 - 1900 photograph Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa. Pretoria paper. photographic support transfer, deportation ~ prisoner of war Pretoria

Description: Photographs of the Cavalry Regiment annual sports at Samakh, Palestine Location: Samakh, Palestine Date: 1947

Three children play 'soldier' in a garden in France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support albumen print child. (military) uniforms. children's games and plays France

Description: Police Line Mombasa Location: Mombasa africa

Garoet-Passar (Races 1908). .

Staged show of a cavalry regiment of the British army that goes on a train in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. horse South Africa

Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats ferrying men 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.

Description: Front Row seated,Captain Smith ,Bahley, Jackson, Standony, Remington, MacSellan,P, Pordage, Maccoy. Back Row Pigrlt were the administrators of Mombasa. Jackson a distinguished African traveller. Location: Kenya africa

Description: Jesselton Coy of Volunteer Rifles. Deputy Govr's No. 413. of 22nd May 16 Location: Jesselton, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

In the Wehrmacht, 1939 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with six photos: four of an outing to the beach: the men in a boat and at the table, a portrait photo and a photo of the soldiers of the Wehrmacht. Part of the photo album German occupation of the Netherlands. Germany photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print the soldier off duty Germany

Description: Police Station. Location: Borneo Description: Ducks merry as at home. Location: Borneo Description: Vegetable garden. Location: Borneo Description: Assistants and Chinese overseers. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Picture of page 39 from a loose -leaf photo album of the Dutch Poundfinders Association (N.P.V.), Department Utrecht, with photos of: the camp of group 5 in Haamstede in 1927 (596 to 616) including the Voorkampers (596), on the sea protection (597), Practice for Kandersteg (598), bike ride (599) and with the plompetoren of Westerschouwen in the background (602), on the Pier in Zierikzee (603), Hopman Iwaen (604), on the farm in Haamstede (605 ), In the Duinen (607), Lasso throw (608), Hopman Iwaen departs from Zierikzee (609), V.F. Banier on the "Rope Spiders" (610), Sein lamps (611), Fiets repair on the boat (612), Waspartij (615) and Hopman Iwaen (616).

The "Smith grip" is used for pulling the main cable for short distances and for holding it while it is being made fast to the anchor. Original caption: The "Smith grip" shown above is a device for pulling the main cable for short distances and for holding it while it is being made fast to the anchor. The clamp consists of a tapered sleeve which opens on one side to admit the cable and two wedge shape grips which are placed inside the sleeve on either side of the cable. The gripping action becomes greater as the tension on the cable is increased. No. 87-2 April 1943. State: Alaska.

The picture shows a group of soldiers who work with a large headlight. The picture shows a group of soldiers working with a large headlight.

View of deck of gunboat 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

The morgue after the snowslide, April 3, 1898. Sheep Camp, Alaska. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Alaska, Morgues & mortuaries, Avalanches

Description: Manchuria. Soviet soldiers in process of removing industrial equipment from Manchurian factories. Pictures copied from a set furnished by Chinese authorities in Manchuria. Location: Manchuria, China Date: 1946 china, asia, redarmy, asiathroughalens

Fording the Modder with British Army supplies after passage was forced by French, Feb. 13, S. Africa..

Description: American Marines returning after clearing street of Boxers. Location: Peking, China Date: 1900 Description: Marines on Duty. Location: Peking, China Date: 1900 Description: In the Methodist Compound. Location: Peking, China Date: 1900 Description: On duty in the Compound. Location: Peking, China Date: 1900 china, asia, boxerrebellion, asiathroughalens

RESTEN VAN EEN NEERGESTORTE Zeppelin compies with you; Morning crowd around the Zeppelin fell to Compiègne ..

Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arilington, Virginia, June, 1861. No. 4541, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 8th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military camps, Union, Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, Arlington.

Scenes at West Point and vicinity 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.)

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

Soldiers with rifles standing in row. 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.)

Description: See Govr's Despatch 198. 14th March 1917. Mobilization of west coast detachments of B.N.B. Volunteer Rifles. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Patrol area Sedakou, Theunissen (Sergeant Major), 1948 photograph Album magazine with 5 photos during a patrol in the area of Sekadau. During this patrol were discovered: a Japanese prisoner of war, weapons, non-Mempt cows and a gang leader (a boweline). Part of the photo album of the service of Sergeant Major Theunissen in Borneo, 1947-1954. NetherlandsBorneo photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print / writing (processes) Borneo

Outing to the Zuiderpark, The Hague, 1942 photograph Album magazine with five photos of an outing of the Kriegsmarine on 1 May 1942 to the Zuiderpark in The Hague. Part of the photo album Kriegsmarine. The Hague paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. sailor. leave ~ the soldier off duty The Hague. Zuiderpark (The Hague)

Description: Departure Camp of 27th Bo.I. at Kilindini Station. Location: Kilindini Description: Officers Camp 27th Bo. Sports in Back ground Mbuyu tree in middle. Description: Kilindini Station day of departure of regiment. Location: Kilindini ugandarailway, africa

Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia (vicinity). 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery burying the dead at Mrs. Alsop's house after the battle of May 19th. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Coligny instructs the perpetrator to detect, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Berlin paper etching attempt, political murder

Equestrian scene on Royal wood fortress Het Loo: Rider takes obstacle. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

Anti-aircraft Battery. This image depicts an anti-aircraft battery aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport in the South Pacific, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Ken Riley.

Soldiers at a pit after a mine explosion, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print projectiles, explosives, etc.: mine. the soldier; the soldier's life

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Company SAIT SEBERANG. Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 828_87. 1930. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Funeral of the late King Willem II in Delft on April 4, 1849 (page 4), 1849 print The funeral of the late King Willem II in Delft on April 4, 1849. Fourth leaf (variant) in a series of five contiguous magazines. On this magazine the part of the funeral procession with the body carriage and the letters JJ-LL. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper cortege, funeral procession. hearse, funeral car Delft

Description: The two Policemen of the Virgin Islands. Location: Virgin Islands Date: 1887 caribbean, britishvirginislands, caribbeanthroughalens

Men Of The 310Th Bombardment Gp Of The 12Th Af Assemble For A Boar Hunt In Corsica.

Three portraits of unknown Japanese soldiers, in the middle with military guns, anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph This photo is part of an album. Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed. the soldier; the soldier's life. firearms

Destructive guns from H.M.S. "Terrible" and distant buring city fired by their shells, bombardment of Tientsin, China, 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Boston Common (Boston, Mass.), Parks , Massachusetts , Boston

Officers of Armored SCHIP HR. Ms. Zeeland, Anonymous, 1912 photograph Three officers of Armored Safe Hr. Ms. Zeeland pose on board the ship. Part of the photo album about the life of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname around 1912. Suriname photographic support navy (+ motor ships) Suriname

War Chief of the Zuni Indians. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1873. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Expeditions & surveys , United States, Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

Major Hugh Lyon Playfair.. Unknown maker, British

Jewish brigade recruitment 1944, Middle East, Israel

Mission Ridge Scene of Sherman's Attack 1860s George N. Barnard American. Mission Ridge Scene of Sherman's Attack 294456

Graves of fallen German soldiers of the Kriegsmarine, Anonymous, 1943 photograph Album magazine with four photos of Kruisen (Gräberkrezen) that mark the graves of fallen German soldiers. An overview photo of the cemetery and three detailed photos of the graves of three sailors of the Kriegsmarine who died during an attack on their ship at Katwijk on July 23, 1943. Caption of the compiler of the album stated that they served on a mines sweeper. Part of Heinrich Clausen's photo album about the Kriegsmarine. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print grave, tomb

Soldiers posing in the park in Durban unknown

German soldiers in Volendammer Costume, 1944 photograph Album magazine with a photo of Hedwig and Käte together with two officers from the Deutsche Reichsbahn stabbed in Volendammer Kostuum on 25 May 1944. Part of the photo album Deutsche Reichsbahn, 1943-1944. Volendam photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman. outing, pleasure trip. folk costume, regional costume Volendam

Go quickly thou son of an ass. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1914-1915, Egypt, by Major John Rose.

Philadelphia Navy Yard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

The Parrot Rifled Cannon that threw the shot and shell into Charleston, South Carolina, from Morris Island. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3095. Cannons, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Carts & wagons, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Kriegsmarine on the beach of Scheveningen. Album leaf with six photos of sailors of the Kriegsmarine that visit the beach of Scheveningen, January 1942. Part of the photo album Kriegsmarine.

Two soldiers in an army camp in Fontainebleau, 1896 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Fontainebleau paper. photographic support land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen). (military) camp with tents. (military) uniforms Fontainebleau

Photo production of a drawing, representing a farmer with a scythe salurs a passing train, anonymous, c. 1891 - In or Before 1893 photomechanical print Prague paper farmers. agricultural implements: scythe. passenger train

View of the police for the police in Lampong, 1932 - 1933 photograph Part of remembrance album for F.J. Junius, departing resident of Lampong (South Sumatra). Bush photographic support rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage Bush

Manover pictures, cavalry jerks before ..

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

Thomas Sandby RA, 1721-1798, British, Encampment at Maestricht, 1747. Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Three portraits of unknown Japanese soldiers, in the middle a group portrait around a wooden jetty, anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph These photos are part of an album. Korea Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. the soldier; the soldier's life

Men in uniform on a raft. Photographs. 1880 - 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Egypt , Views, Nile River, Waterfronts , Egypt, Rafts , Egypt

Two Chinese coolies pulling a cart with barrels. Unknown

Kinney 1899: Islesford Life Saving Station. Returning the "projectile" apparatus to the station, after practice; Launching the lifeboat for practice. Party was given a row by the crew. Law compels wearing preservers on duty; Projectile practice; President Geo. L. Cary, Meadville, Penn., "projectile" practice. Throwing line to "wreck". Boy "saved" in breeches-bouy.. 1899. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Nome (Alaska), Southwest, New, Maine, Beaches , Maine, Islands , Maine, Life preservers, Lifesaving

Stacked bodies on the back of a truck, with an American soldier on the side, Anonymous, 1940 - 1945 photograph Stacked bodies on the back of a truck in a concentration camp, with an American soldier on the side. photographic support gelatin silver print

Album leaf with 5 photos at the time of the police actions in the Dutch East Indies. Album leaf with 5 photos. Two of the locals, on the top left of the top left hold two soldiers two Indians underot, with the inscription: ... two ploppers (Echten), May 1949. Sheet in the album entitled to remind my service overseas, about police actions in the Dutch East Indies.

A photograph of a machine gun truck being used for official military purposes. Taken in December 1918, it was received from the Ordinance Department. This image is part of the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One."

Minds As Well As Bodies Are Trained. In the well stocked library of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn. Connecticut, future officers of the fighting U.S. Coast Guard browse and study. Mural depict incidents from the Coast Guard's 153-year history.

Picket guard, Lewinsville, Va. or, Union pickets on guard. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia

Civil War veterans and their families at a reunion at Devil's Den, Gettysburg / W.H. Tipton, 3 Main St., Gettysburg, Pa.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljvet. United States, Army, People, 1900-1910, Veterans, Union, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1900-1910, Women, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1900-1910, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Union.

Burning oil tanks in Pernis, 1940 - 1941 photograph Album magazine with four photos of burning oil tanks in Pernis, probably the result of English bombing. On the photo at the bottom right look some German soldiers watch. Part of the photo album 'Kriegszeit in Holland' about Hans Heinemann's service in the Netherlands at a Flak Regiment of the Luftverteidigungskommando of the Luftwaffe. Varnish paper. photographic support gelatin silver print oil tanks. warfare; military affairs. on fire, ablaze Rotterdam. Pernis

Captured Mexican mortars, West Point. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Gen'l Peabody's Tomb. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Essex County (Mass.)

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 guy fishing association) on the De Hoogstraat estate in Leersum in 1925 and from the Tholen family on the Axenstrasse along the east bank of the Vierwoudstrekenmeer in Switzerland.n.b. Group 2, Utrecht department of the N.P.V. Later got the name Salwega. On the Scouting Photo, standing, the brothers Joh (3rd from left) and Bertie Tholen (6th from the left). To the right of Bertie their father Derk Tholen (treasurer Troephuis on the Kromme Nieuwegracht 42) and mother Trijntje Tholen - van Dijken.

The Supplies Go Through in Far North. It's dog power, not horsepower, that meets the transportation need up in the Northern Nowhere. Here, Coast Guardsmen, from a combat cutter in the sub-Arctic regions, help to start a Norwegian dog team on its way with the a sled piled with supplies for waiting Eskimos.

Encampment at Maestricht, Thomas Sandby RA, 1721-1798, British, 1747, Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 2 1/2 × 16 1/16 inches (6.4 × 40.8 cm), army, camp (temporary settlement), carriages, encampments, military, landscape, military art, tents, trees, Europe, Limburg, Maestricht, Meuse River, Netherlands

Photo archive Salwega 1921-1934. On the inner leaf of the album

German troops in Amsterdam and on their way to Haarlem. Album leaf with three photos of German troops in Amsterdam and on the way to Haarlem. Street faces at the main post office behind the palace on Dam Square. Page 31 From album 'Destructions from Dutch cities and infrastructure at the start of the Second World War'.

War vegetable garden , war vegetable field of the boys school, III, Hörnesg, War School Garden, Unknown

Description: Field Training, 1940. Date: 1940 africa

Description: Balogun Alanamu africa

Unburied dead on battlefield. Civil War Photograph Collection . War casualties, Virginia, 1860-1870, Battlefields, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Virginia.

Indian scouts,Camp Verde. Arizona views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona, Indians of North America , Arizona, Military scouts, Fort Verde (Ariz.)

War Memorial black-and-white prints, stereoscopic photographs

Two portraits of three unknown Japanese soldiers, one on horseback, 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. horse

The picture shows the crew of the submarine U 2 that has been collected on the deck for photography.People in the picture are: Chef Lieutenant Coriander, Upb.styrm.2: Gr JWSVENSON, UPB.MASKT.2: GR AELININDOHF (on the picture marked "Dad ', Torp.uppb.m UOK' Foolsson, 1st Styr. Uok Karlsson and 1st Masskt. UOK ANDERSSON .. The picture shows the crew of the submarine U 2 that has been collected on the deck for photography. People in the picture are: Chef Lieutenant Coriander, Upb.styrm.2: Gr JWSVensson, UPB.2: Gr AELININDOHF (pictured "Dad", Torp.uppb.m UOK 'Foolsson, 1st steerm. Uok Karlsson and 1st Mask. UOK Andersson.

The bitter end of the Grebbeberg, Anonymous, 1940 photograph Album magazine with a photo of patterns and other equipment lying on the floor next to a few bikes. Remaining after the Battle of the Grebbeberg 11-13 May 1940. Part of the photo album about the destruction of Dutch cities and infrastructure at the start of the Second World War. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support. paper gelatin silver print the defeated (after the battle). ammunition Netherlands. Grebbeberg

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