Historical Military Transportation

Vintage images documenting military transportation during WWI, featuring trucks, airplanes, and army personnel in historical contexts.

Caproni aircraft conducting a flight from Langley Field in Hampton, VA, to Washington, D.C. The image was taken by the Signal Corps during World War One.
Caproni aircraft conducting a flight from Langley Field in Hampton, VA, to Washington, D.C. The image was taken by the Signal Corps during World War One.
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View of a number of sailing boats on a pier, Ulrich burns, c. 1895 - in or before 1900 photomechanical print Berlin paper sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). pier, quay, wharf
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Description: Typical foot road, Vanikoro. Location: Vanikoro, Solomon Islands Description: Locomotive tramway through bush, Vanikoro. Location: Vanikoro, Solomon Islands australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens
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Covered wagon crosses a river, W. Harris, c. 1889 - in or before 1894 photomechanical print paper four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals. river. ox
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Horse for a car with two people and a jumping horse with rider, anonymous, c. 1891 - In or Before 1896 photomechanical print paper two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal (+ two persons ~ traffic and transport). jumping (horse in motion) (+ one person ~ traffic and transport)
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Wreckage of Cessna 182. This image depicts the wreckage of a Cessna 182 near New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Description: Inner Road. Location: Weihaiwei, China Date: 1916 china, asia, asiathroughalens
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Man looking over the railing of a ship; Homesickness.
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An armored motor car built on a Jeffery Quad Truck, which was widely used during World War I. The truck had four-wheel drive, making it suitable for military use. It boasted all-wheel steering, brakes, and drives. Manufactured by Nash Motors Co. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Official use only. Photo ID: 21282.
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Interior of a restoration car with staff in a train, r.d. Cleveland, c. 1873 - In or Before 1883 photograph United States of America photographic support albumen print railway, train
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Ship passengers. .
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This photograph from Nov. 19, 1918 shows a side car chassis manufactured by the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The photographer captured the image for official use only, with the identification number 2717 from the atlantic region.
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Boating: Lake. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Rowers on the cam, cambridge, anonymous, 1932 photograph This photo is part of an album. Cambridge baryta paper gelatin silver print rowing facing backward, pulling Cam. Cambridge
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Wiener types , Fuhrener with spray car , water , Emanuel Wähner , photographer
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Handa-River (Boat Bridge) near Maitabasai. Photographs. 1880 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Japan, Boats , Japan, Rivers , Japan, Bridges , Japan
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Carriage on the street in London, Hector Colard, c. 1891 - In or Before 1896 photomechanical print Londonprinter: Paris paper street. mist, fog. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal London
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Front of the funeral coach of the Prague Congregation, Anonymous, c. 1890 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Prague paper funeral carriages
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View of a derailed locomotive, A.G. Peterick, c. 1885 - in or before 1890 photomechanical print Norton Fitzwarren paper locomotive (+ accident, collision, crash ~ traffic and transport) Norton Fitzwarren
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Koets, Cornelis van der Griendt, 1894 print A doctor's coach from the front seen on a road in a landscape. On the right a figure runs on the edge of the road. Netherlands (possibly) paper etching / drypoint two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle
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Sailboat on the water, M.E. Audra, c. 1875 - In or Before 1885 photomechanical print Winterthur paper collotype sailing-ship, sailing-boat
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Air Cargo - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Police officer on horseback, Pier Hoboken, New York, United States, 1936 photograph United States of America paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print pier, quay, wharf. policeman, constable
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Zeilschip The Aurora, G. West & Son, c. 1893 - in or before 1898 photomechanical print paper sailing-ship, sailing-boat
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Titanic passengers. Illustrative reconstruction of 'How passengers and crew faced the situation on the Titanic' entitle 'The Women and Children First'. The drawing shows men helping women into lifeboarts and saying goodbye to their loved ones. Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911, and sank on 15th April, 1912, after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA, with the loss of 1,522 p
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Company watches in the tire change of automobile, presumably in the French Alps, 1903 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. Alps paper. photographic support automobile. maintenance, repair, storage ~ motor vehicles Alps
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Completion of the new Earl's Court underground station, London. Top: an illuminated train indicator which shows trains in motion. Middle: the new flyover junction. Bottom: annotated photo, interior of the new signal cabin. Date: 1914
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A Jeep at Ease. This image depicts a serviceman resting in a Jeep in the South Pacific, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Ken Riley.
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Description: April - 1915. Governor cutting ribbon to open new deviation leading to Papar Bridge. Location: Papar, Borneo Date: April 1915 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens
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Locomotive for a freight train, Joseph Kirsch Fils, c. 1880 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print locomotive
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator -- "Bugs Bunny."
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This caption provides factual information about the image, describing that it showcases types of German airplanes, specifically the Gotha bomber and Type G5 Aviation. It also mentions that the image is part of the StillPix Finding Aid 40 collection from February 1919.
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Hr.Ms fly camp vessel. Karel Doorman (2) (1948-1968), Transfer to Argentina, offer Delft blue board with emblem
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A civilian aircraft Junkers June 52 is refueled, about 1930-1950 a civilian aircraft Junkers Ju 52 refueled. Framed photo.
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Nervical ox wagon, in a parade for the railways in Brussels, Hector Colard, 1885 photomechanical print Brusselsprinter: Paris paper festivities ~ corporative organization, guild. four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals. public festivities Brussels
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Remaining work is ongoing after a train accident just north of Älmhult.
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Tender locomotive with two linked axles and movable Vooroinde, Joseph Kirsch Fils, c. 1880 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print locomotive
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Locomotive for a freight train, Joseph Kirsch Fils, c. 1880 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print locomotive
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Small water mains between street surface and subway roof, substituted for one large main - 125th Street and Lenox Avenue; special construction of 6 1/2 foot sewer, under Chatham Square.. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Illustrations. 1904. Rare Book Division. Subways , New York (State) , New York, Railroad construction and maintenance , New York (State) , New York
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Henriëtte Wassink leaves the tram, Anonymous, 1930 - 1935 photograph This photo is part of an album. Netherlands baryta paper gelatin silver print adult woman. tram Netherlands
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View of a bell tower and a ship. .
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View of two drinking horses, tense for a cart, H. Zimmermann, c. 1895 - in or before 1900 photomechanical print Berlin paper horse. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach
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Collision between a freight train on the way to Stockholm and a nice train on the way to Malmö near the station in Huddinge. The locomotive involved in the collision was the State Railways, SJ KD 698 and SJ CC 735.
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Unknown man at a locomotive, Joseph Kirsch Fils, c. 1880 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print locomotive. historical persons. adult man