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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
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
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Scene in vicinity of Philadelphia during The Civil War, Guns Visible by Shed in Foreground. John Moran (American, born England, 1829 - 1902)
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Soldiers with a bicycle, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. historical persons. human strength ~ traffic and transport on land Netherlands
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A weekend at Hastings. September 5-7, 1914. A visit to Napier: The Boer War Trooper Memorial on the Marine parade. From the album: Family photographs 1914-1917, 1914, Napier, by Leslie Adkin.
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Description: Soldiers posing for a photograph Location: Bahamas Date: 1890 caribbean, bahamas, americas, caribbeanthroughalens
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Description: Headquarters Guard of the Eastern Arab Corps in Eritrea. Location: Eritrea Date: June 1964 eritrea, africa, easternarabcorps
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Description: View across Mac-Carthy Sq from the prison; wall covered with broken window-pane glass in cement. Location: Bathurst, Gambia Date: December 1910 Description: Memorial in MacCarthy Square to the Officers & Non-Commissioned Officers who died during the Cholera Epidemic of 1 8 6 9 : when one fourth of the entire population of Bathurst died. Location: Bathurst, Gambia Date: December 1910 africa
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Loading an 'Osaka baby' , Arms & armament, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Old Stone Bridge, Battle of Bull Run, Virginia. No renewal in Copyright office. J261975 U.S. Copyright Office, No. 26117. Battlefields, Virginia, Manassas, 1920-1930, Bridges, Virginia, Manassas, 1920-1930, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields.
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Seeking Perfection in Life Rafts. The sea blossoms up as this new type life raft hits the water with a smash during rigid tests conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard's Merchant Marine Inspection division in its efforts to find perfection in lifesaving equipment. Testing new lifesaving equipment in an important part of the work of the Coast Guard with its historic record of seamen's lives saved in war and peace.
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Photo collection First World War. A ball game with soldiers and citizens. 1914-1918}
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Wachthuis with men of the police in Telokbetong (South Sumatra), 1932 - 1933 photograph Part of remembrance album for F.J. Junius, departing resident of Lampong (South Sumatra). Bush photographic support police Bush
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Thomas J. Cuddy. (Police Sargent) 2d Precinct. March 1903.. Julius M. Wendt (American, active 1900s - 1910s)
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Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Coast Guardsmen Meet an Okinawa Native. Heading back to their ship after shooting pictures and gathering story material on Okinawa, these Coast Guardsmen bag one of the native goats of that Ryukyu island. A moment after this picture was made, the "prisoner" broke free and scampered away to find its mother. The Coast Guardsmen are Combat Photographer Larison M. Sater (left), of Lombard, Ill., and Clint Bolton, Boatswain's Mate First Class, of 112 Lakeview Avenue, Paterson, N.J.
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Description: Boys at an Initiation School. James Walton. Location: Basutoland Description: Herdboys returning home with their cattle. Mons Baker. Location: Basutoland Description: Basutoland Today. Location: Basutoland, Basutoland Description: The Paramount Chief and Her Advisers. Cyril Browne. Location: Basutoland Description: Matsieng - Headquarters of the Paramount Chief. Alwyn Bisschoff. Location: Matsieng, Basutoland Description: Soil Erosion - A Donga. Les Ramsden. Location: Basutoland Description: Koro Koro Dam. Alwyn Bisschoff. Location: Basutoland Description: Contour Ridges. Alwyn Bisschoff. Location: Basutoland Description: Basutoland Mounted Police. Mons Baker. Location: Basutoland Description: The Resident Commissioner, Mr. A.G.T Chaplin, C.M.G., Inspecting Mounted Escort. Mons Baker. Location: Basutoland Description: Off Duty. Mons Baker. Location: Basutoland Description: A B.M.P. Drummer. Mons Baker. Location: Basutoland Description: At the Bank. Les Ramsden. Location: B
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The picture shows two war invalids working in a poultry.They keep feeding chickens and geese.The uniform caps reveal that they are soldiers .. The picture shows two war invalids working in a poultry.They keep feeding chickens and geese.The uniform caps reveal that they are soldiers.
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Equal Main Street Church Miiitary Troop Halperin, R., Greve, Wilhelm
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A Japanese soldier on his way to the well for water , Soldiers, Wells, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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Fort Sumpter Sumter, Charleston Harbor. American scenery, war views. 600. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston
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Netherlands, 1900-09 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands
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Under the descending fury of Mt. Pelée, Martinique, F. W. I. , Disasters, Smoke, Volcanic eruptions, Pelée, Mount Martinique, Eruption, 1902
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4.7' Gun carriage model of 1906 , Arms & armament. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Lt. Gen. Oshima, Japan's fighting general , Military officers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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The well-provided-for Japanese wounded , Equipment, Carts & wagons, Transportation, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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English prisoners of war. Album leaf with five photos. Four photos concern war prisoners of soldiers from British colonies, June 1940. The fifth photo is a destroyed building, part of the photo album of the Wehrmacht 1938-1941.
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Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.
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Chinese farmers irrigating land. Halftone after Maynard Owen Williams.
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Soldiers in uniform at a bunker in Vlaardingen, Anonymous, 1941 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of an album. Vlaardingen paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. the soldier; the soldier's life. (military) uniforms. shelter ~ military service Vlaardingen
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Netherlands, 1900-09 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands
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Authorities.
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A soldier's barber shop in a Japanese camp. , Barbering, Military camps, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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The last hurdle. .
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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 and
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Lt. Mm. Rosenberg And Lt. Gene Simon In Front Of Their Stone House At A 15Th Af Base In Italy.
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Description: Tribesmen lining route. Location: Borneo Date: 1922 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens
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España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). L'Illustration, abril de 1938. Mapa del frente de Catalunya con las rutas seguidas por el ejército nacional y las de los milicianos republicanos camino del exilio hacia Francia.
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The Battle of Lexington. Original caption: The Battle of Lexington. History of the United States - Spencer. State: Massachusetts Place: Lexington.
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Frederick Villiers teaching the Japs how to handle a fractious horse , Animal training, Horses, War artists, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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American Revolutionary Soldiers, After Being Mustered Out, Rest at Inns on the Way Home. Original caption: American Revolutionary soldiers after being mustered out, rest at inns on the way home. "First in Peace" - Harpers Monthly Magazine - June-Nov. 1896 Vol. 93 p. 504.
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Netherlands, 1900-09 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands
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010620-A-4997L-002. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS
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Mattern Hermann (1902-1971), Reichsgartenschau on the Killesberg in Stuttgart 1939 (13.08.1939): Reichsgartauag. Photo on cardboard, 20.8 x 29.7 cm (including scan edges) Mattern Hermann (1902-1971): Reichsgartenschau auf dem Killesberg in Stuttgart 1939 (13.08.1939)
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Copy of a coin, 10 grosze of military cooperative of the 25th Infantry Regiment in Piotrków Trybunalski; in a commemorative bistro.