Historical Public Mourning Processions

Dramatic historical images of large crowds mourning during notable funerals and demonstrations across different time periods and locations.

Enlistment of volunteers during the anti-Austrian demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, photograph by Eduardo Ximenes (1852-1932), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, n 42, October 18, 1908.
Enlistment of volunteers during the anti-Austrian demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, photograph by Eduardo Ximenes (1852-1932), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, n 42, October 18, 1908.
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Women at work during the First World War Female munitions workers walk beside the horse-drawn hearse of one of their colleagues, killed at work. They are wearing their factory uniforms as a sign of respect during the funeral procession through Swansea.
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'Les fetes de la victoire a New-York; les blesses de la 1st division Americaine participent en automobile au glorieux defile du 10 septembre, a travers New-York', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.
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Students protesting in Huajie. The protest calls for patriotic actions against the Japanese invasion.
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Funeral of President Lincoln, N.Y. City. 7th Regiment passing in view.. Peter F. Weil (American, active New York, New York 1860s - 1870s)
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Anti-war demonstration in New York. USA 1983
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Brussels (Belgium), 05/08/1945. Second World War. Celebration of Victory Day in front of the Stock Exchange Palace.
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Photograph taken during a Fascist meeting in Limehouse after the banning of the Blackshirts uniform, London. Dated 20th Century
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12/31/1909. The saint of HM the King. Appearance of the main door of the palace At the exit of the military reception Verified yesterday afternoon.
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Anefo photo collection. Waterlooplein Amsterdam Remembrance strike. March 4, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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The grape market in Terra Rossa, in Upper Lombardy, 1910, Italy, drawing by Riccardo Pellegrini (1863-1934), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 43, October 23, 1910.
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School and Heimatfest - Tightenkung at Stain Station Steinbach
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Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of February 1941, overview during commemoration. February 25, 1965
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Changing of the guard at the Memorial under the Linden Berlin. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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02/06/1919. Burial of the Duke of Santo Mauro. The coffin leaving the Mortuary yesterday afternoon.
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Abraham Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address as President of the United States, Washington, D.C. 1865. Photo shows President Lincoln standing in the centre of the photo (below the flag and to the left), on the east front of the U.S. Capitol.
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05/08/1929. A surprising aspect of the Inaugural event. The Troops and the public in the Plaza de España during the Brilliant opening ceremony of the Ibero-American exhibition in Seville.
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05/08/1929. Appearance of the Plaza de España at the Inaugural solemnity (Published in the Supplement).
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10/31/1919. Madrid. Burial of the minister of Japan. 1.-funeral procession upon setting off. 2.-the presidency of the duel.
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A mound of artillery pieces in a very symbolic gesture of abandonment of the war effort at the final closure of World War One in 1918. The whole mass of wheels and guns is topped with a gilt French cockerel and an orb, inscribed with '1918'. Date: circa 1918
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Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 Official Christmas card of Kaiser Wilhelm II sent to Hugh, 5th Earl of Lonsdale in 1903. The card features a photograph showing the ceremonial arrival of the Kaiser and Kaiserin Auguste by horsedrawn carriage at Merseburg during the German Army manoeuvres of September 1903. It bears the Kaiser's handwritten caption and greetings in English.
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Page from the Illustrated London News 15th July 1911 about King George V's visit to Ireland - 'a repetition of "unmixed pleasure"'. From top left: the royal party land at Kingstown; the King driving past the Bank of Ireland, formerly the Irish House of Parliament; at Maynooth; the Queen at Maynooth in the grounds; receiving an address at Trinity College, Dublin; the crowd in College Green, welcoming the king. Date: 1911
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Shanghai's Defenders Move In -- Members of Shanghai's garrison command rest in front of British-owned Cathay Hotel, while officers successfully dickered for living space. Manger said he expected about 80 "guests." Shanghai factory owners had requested protection for their plants and this move was the result. The Broadway Mansions, Palace and Park hotels were also housing troops. May 01, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Lincoln's 2nd Inauguration. Clarence Dodge (American, active United States, 1860s)
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Milk for France collection
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Noyon, France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Noyon , France). Rear-fronst, shop , store, political figure, military uniform, official trip, crowd, commercial registration, photographer, street scene, paved road, street , neighborhood, allies, army, First World War, Economic activity, personality, clothing, international relations, registration , information, daily life, housing , architecture, society, France, Noyon, 28 Septrebro, visit of S. M. le Roi of Italy
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New York, New York: c. 1929 New York City motorcycle police squads on duty at City Hall on Red Thursday when thousands of unemployed took part in a great demonstration. Most of the trouble took place at Union Square.
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01/31/1912. The trip of the Kings to Ferrol. Arch Built by the Artillery Forces, garrisoned in Ferrol, in the so-called New Gate, through which the Kings passed when entering the Town. -approximate date.
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T. Woodrow Wilson celebrating soldiers who died
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09/30/1915. In the Plaza de Oriente. Parade before the royal palace of the Pontoneros regiment that has just carried out such brilliant practices under the command of its Colonel, D. Pablo Parellada.
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American troops on way to the front march through London amid the plaudits of the multitudes, crossing Westminster Bridge, London, England, UK, Underwood & Underwood, September 5, 1917
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Crowd at the Capitol awaiting the arrival of Coxey's army on May 1, 1894. Congressmen are gathered on the upper steps (BSLOC_2018_2_103)
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Queen Victoria's funeral: the coffin arrives at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Date: 1901
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Photo collection Government information service. DIAS Opening States General. undated. The Hague, South Holland
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Polish oil refinery workers in Bayonne, New Jersey, confront company guards outside the Standard Oil Works moments before the private police opened fire. Five strikers were killed. July 22, 1915.
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'En Roumanie Liberee; La reine Marie, a cheval et en tenue de general, est saluee par un officier', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.
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A Nazi rally in Frankfurt am Main. Date: 1932
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Image of the Memorial D-Day Parade. Motor riders of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the Potterstraat in Utrecht.
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'Army behind the Fleets', 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton.
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London, England paraded from allied troops in the British capital , 1919 - England - Fernand Cuville - (July 18-23) (French - Londres , Angleterre Défilé des troupes alliées dans la capitale britannique). Political celebration, military parade, crowd, commemoration, peace, street , neighborhood, flag, army, Festival, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, Society, England, London, at the bottom of the course we see six tanks
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Celebrating the liberation of Paris, 26 August 1944. Crowds gathered around the Arc de Triomphe the day after the German forces in the city surrendered to the Allies. The photographer is unknown.
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German street protesters gather during the Spartacist uprising of 1918-1919.
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Anefo photo collection. Remembrance Day on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Overview. May 4, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Soldiers, Longfellow's Monument, Portland, Me. still image. Postcards. 1903 - 1904. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Monuments & memorials , Maine , Portland
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Patriotic demonstration and troop review in the Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Russian revolution, photograph from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3875, June 9, 1917.
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Friedrich Ebert greets returning German soldiers, as they pass through the Brandenburger Gate in Berlin, Germany 1918