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Historical Military Parades

Vintage photographs of grand military parades and ceremonies, capturing the grandeur and solemnity of events honoring military personnel throughout history.

Washington, District of Columbia. Grand review of the army | Library of Congress

The crew of the Navy Fusiliers / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople

The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfield's Brigade near Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864) , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, artillery (weaponry) , Howitzers, United States, Virginia, Peninsula, Maine troops , 12th Maine Infantry , New York troops , 17th New York Infantry

Rappahannock Station, Virginia General view of 50th New York Engineers' winter encampment. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Engineer Regiment, 50th (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Engineering, United States, Virginia, Rappahannock Station, New York troops , 50th New York Engineers

President William Howard Taft Inauguration parade ca. 4 March 1909.

The Last exchange. Camp Fisk, Four Mile Bridge (Vicksburg), April, 1865. Illus. in: The Photographic history of the Civil War in ten volumes / Francis Trevelyan Miller. New York : Review of Reviews Co, 1911, vol 1, p. 108, Copyright by Review of Reviews Co, Reference copy in LOT 4418. Prisoner exchanges, Mississippi, Vicksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peace.

'The Viceroy's Camp at the Imperial Assemblage', January 1877, (1901). Creator: Bourne & Shepherd.

Vernon Castle funeral

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS Opening States General. undated. The Hague, South Holland

E. Youngstown, O., 1/8/16 -- Militia Dispersing mobs

The infantry students of the first company at the Imperial Military Academy resting, after making piles of arms / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

The Broadway squad, New York's mounted police , Mounted police, Crowds, City & town life

The Chartist demonstration : the meeting on Kennington Common, London Date: 10 April 1848

Chinese sailors

12/02/1906. Madrid, party of Lso Artilleros - dining room of the 3rd battery of the 2nd mounted regiment during last night's meal.

Theresienstadt. Parade outlay in the Leitmeritzer boiler

"On to Albany" -- Jones' Army 1/1/14

Escort of Pres. T. Montt() (artillery)

Union POWs in the courtyard of Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor, SC, August 1861. The soldiers were captured in the First Battle of Bull Run (aka First Manassas) on July 21, 1861. This group was among 156 moved from Richmond prisons for causing trouble. Their guards are young soldiers from Charleston Zouave Cadets (BSLOC_2018_6_152)

Unveiling of MAINE Monument

The cavalry students of the Imperial Military Academy doing riding school and limbering up drills, and the squadron / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Army-Yale at West Point, 10/19/12

Members Of The 439Th Troop Carrier Group Participate In An Armistice Day Parade Somewhere In France, 11 Nov. 1944.

Columbia the morning after the fire. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited in: "The American Civil War Field Notes : Sketches from Cairo to Richmond" at the O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Texas, 2008-2009. Columbia, Battle of, Columbia, S.C, 1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Troop movements, 1860-1870, Capitols, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, United States, South Carolina, Columbia

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.

Taft at von Steuben unveiling

South Africa: Boer soldiers riding through a street in a South African town. Photograph by Barnett, 1896.

Dedication, George Washington Memorial, 1923, Alexandria, Virginia. ca. between 1910 and 1920.

Military on Broadway. American Scenery. New York City. 1859 - 1899. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Broadway (New York, N.Y.), Crowds, Militias

A column of Austrian prisoners passing in front of the monument to Dante Alighieri, Trento, Italy, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 46, November 17, 1918.

A full brass band composed of women, heading one of the posts from the Dept. of Pa.. The 36th National Encampment of the G.A.R, Wash, D.C. Oct. 5-11, 1902, no. 19. Grand Army of the Republic, National Encampment, (36th :, 1902 :, Washington, D.C.) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Commemorations, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910, Military parades & ceremonies, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910, Marching bands, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910, Musicians, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910, Women, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910.

Photo collection First World War. Crowd at the unveiling of a grave monument for Aritius Sybrandus Talma (1864-1916) .. 1914-1918}. The Netherlands

Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich

Fourth of July In and About New York. The Highlanders marching in Tryon Row, July 4th, 1860.. Edward Anthony (American, 1818 - 1888)

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston harbor, South Carolina, April 14, 1865. Awaiting the arrival of General Anderson and the invited guests to inaugurate the ceremony of raising the old flag. Civil War Photograph Collection . Rites & ceremonies, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Charleston.

Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan / from nature by W. Heine ; Js. Queen del. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Philada. | Library of Congress

James River, Virginia Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Government vessels, Union, Military cookery, Naval yards & naval stations, United States, Virginia, James River.

A street scene at Tampa City -- troops coming | Library of Congress

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front in France. The German offensive. The Boys who have done good work going back for a rest. A Batallion of the Royal Warwickshire. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Washington, District of Columbia. Grand Review of the Army. Infantry unit with fixed bayonets followed by ambulances passing on Pennsylvania near the Treasury | Library of Congress

Photograph by Rudolf Lechner (Wilhelm Müller) titled 'The Shooters' Homage', dated 26 June 1898, showing uniformed shooters in formal pose with rifles. Glossy box print.

German Army -- Visitors in Camp

Drafted men

The funeral of H.K.H. Princess Wilhelmina, with assistance from soldiers from the 1st division "December 7".

12/31/1905. Children's navy battalion that attended a campaign mass in the Taconera Gardens.

05/31/1943. Pilgrimage of the maritime department of Ferrol del Caudillo: the Sailors parade in the Plaza de los Literarios before the cross of the Fallen.

On AMIRAL AUBE

Concerning events at Slaughterhouse: the stockyard. Iakob Vladimirovich Shteinberg (Russian, 1880 - 1942)

Army-Yale 10/19/12

Thirteenth Penna. Volunteers, breaking camp, Camp Alger, Va. , Soldiers, Military camps

3rd Maryland Infantry, U.S.A. & Latrobe's Battery, C.S.A. monument, Chattanooga, Tennessee ca. between 1918 and 1920.

Richmond, Virginia Park of captured guns at Rocketts. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Richmond (Va.), History, 1865, artillery (weaponry) , United States, Virginia, Richmond.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0946. 1956

Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Execution of William Johnson, Negro soldier. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

01/31/1911. Inauguration of a monument in England General Lord Robert (X) Unveiling the statue of General James Wolfe, who perished in the capture of Quebec (Canada), the statue has been erected in Westerham, Wolf's hometown.

The fire at the station house in Gothenburg.

Subway fire, 1/6/15, breaking thro' street

"White Wings" who have not struck

Liberty Bell at Bunker Hill, Classic Photography

Defeat of French cavalry, imperial infantries capture enemy artilleries. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ca.1492-1542) (designed after) painter Moy, Willem (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. ca.1525) (workshop) weaver c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 439 x W 867 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Charles V & his sister, Mary of Hungary coll. Italy, Campania, Napoli, Naples, Museo nazionale di Capodimonte, accno. I.G.M.N. 144484. Mass progression of soldiers on foot & horseback, many hold lances & muskets (L & center, middle ground & background); cannon (R, middle ground); defeated French cavalry (R, middle ground & background); low brick wall covered with ivy (foreground) (BRD) garland of flowers & fruit with animals (birds & squirrels) twisting around central palm tree motif rod, wreaths of flowers & fruit in corners Willem Moy worked with his brother Jan in Brussels, where this

Recruiting, Detroit

12/22/1906. Republican rally in Lisbon attended by the writer Teophilo Braga, attended by more than 50,000 people.

Grave of William Dawes Jr. , Tombs & sepulchral monuments, King's Chapel Burying Ground Boston, Mass., Dawes, William, 1745-1799, Sons of Liberty. Leon Abdalian Collection

The students of the Navy class in the Imperial Naval Academy exercising with swords / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Bicent. USA Open House , Ordnance industry, Armories, Centennial celebrations, Youth bands, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Union soldiers in Ward K, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, DC, in August 1865. The ward is decorated with flags and garlands, perhaps in celebration of the end of the war a few months earlier (BSLOC_2019_2_42)

Liao Yang Gendarmes in fancy dress

After the battle

Grave of James Otis, Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Mass. , Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Flags, Granary Burying Ground Boston, Mass., Otis, James, 1725-1783. Leon Abdalian Collection

Photo collection First World War. From Constanta. 1914-1918}. Constanta, Romania

John Paul Jones monument dedicaton ca. 1912 (4/7/1912).

Lieut. Meyer in flight

Knights of Pythias encampment | Library of Congress

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