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Royal Visits and Military Honors

Black and white photographs highlighting royal visits to military events, showcasing formal handshakes, soldiers, and dignitaries in ceremonial attire.

Major Charles Cousens, Mrs. Charles Cousens and Henshaw. October 04, 1946.
Major Charles Cousens, Mrs. Charles Cousens and Henshaw. October 04, 1946.
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Anefo photo collection. Captain Rutten of the Women Auxiliary Corps talks on the dam with woman in citizen, wearing a bracelet. 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Fleet week in Rotterdam. Princess Juliana shakes the hand of a naval officer. August 16, 1945. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Defence Postwar And Civil Defense - British Troops. October 10, 1950.
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Anefo photo collection. First woman with military flying license, 2nd lieutenant A. E. Wiessing. Mrs. A.E. Wiessing is listening to the speech by General-Major Meulenbroek. January 14, 1983. Gelderland
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Anefo photo collection. Report: Marriage of Captain Van Heukelom. November 26, 1945
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Russo-German Front -- These uniformed Soviet women were captured by German troops ***** on the Russo-German front. The German caption refereed to them as "Gun-women". November 1, 1941. (Photo by ACME).
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"Salute the Ladies" at Wrac School for Officers - Giving a real "Guards" salute at the W.R.A.C. Training Establishment, Hindhead, where they are learning to become officers, are left to right: Officers Cadets, K.Turner; Janie Dodds; Jane Douglas; Anne Pasley (daughter of Gen Pasley. Kensington) and Beryl Jones. O/Cadets attend a nine months cores and study everything from military law to mathematics morale, map reading and messing. December 14, 1950.
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Photograph of British Mandate Police in Palestine, searching an Orthodox Jew for arms. Dated 1938
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Mass. Women's Defense Corps members , Massachusetts. Women's Defense Corps. Jack Miller Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Departure Korea volunteers with the American troop transport ship 'General J.H. McRae '. March 31, 1951. Rotterdam
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Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, Sponsor, and Mrs. James D. Grant, Matron of Honor, at the Launching of the USS Toro (SS 422), Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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AM-484 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Three nursing sisters, in full equipment, of the RAF Medical Parachute team, are pictured before mak ng a practice jump at Upper Heyford, Eng. Left to right: Sister M.M. Bradley, of Tyrone; Senior S.J.H. Maffey, of London; and Sister M.L. Savage, of York. October 22, 1948.
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Change of command ceremony for LTC Frederick J. Schober (center), commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA-251), who is relieved by MAJ Patrick J. Jones. After receiving the squadron colors from Schober, Jones gives the colors to the adjutant (lieutenant). Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Receipt at the home of the Canadian Military and Air Force Attaché.In their spacious home in Wassenaar received Mrs. and Colonel HM Cathcart the five chosen Dutch student kites, who will complete their pilot training in Canada. The photo gives a moment of this one for the five unforgettable reception, including the newly appointed Ambassador of Canada, HE Charles P. Hébert and the Chef of the Air Force Staff, Lieutenant General-Flyer observer of their interest.
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Women's Air Force Service Pilots Lenora Horton and Mildred Axton modeling too large flight clothing they referred to as Zoot-Suits at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, Dec 1943.
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Farewells, Reunions Etc. - Australian Troops. September 30, 1941.
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Military Blood Center. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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A Hero's Welcome -- Terry Miyamura rushes with outstretched arms to greet her hero husband, Sgt. Hiroshe Miyamura of Gallup, N.M., Congressional Medal of Honor winner and one of 367 repatriated prisoners of war landed here today by the transport Marine Adder. It was not announced that Miyamura was a medal of honor winner until he was released for fear the Communists would take action against him. September 5, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Ats Band Visits American Hospitals- Entertainment For Wounded Soldiers, Wiltshire, England, UK, April 1945 A drummer of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, wearing a leopard skin tabard over her uniform, chats to James Padget, a wounded American soldier, at a General Hospital in Wiltshire. According to the original caption, Padget is from Columbia, Carolina. Several other patients can be seen in the background.
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Colonel And Wife on Crown Jewels Charge.Colonel and Mrs. Durant on their way through Paris from Chicago to Frankfurt under arrest. They were taken into custody in the United States on charges in connection with the disappearance of the Hesse Darmstadt Crown jewels, valued at £375,000. June 20, 1946. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
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Display of martial arts at F 2, 1940 Display of martial arts on F 2 Roslagens flying fleet, 1940. Air Force Gungdom displays twisting of an arm on two mechanics.
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Anefo photo collection. Den Helder Adelborsten Assaut. December 17, 1949. Den Helder
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Queen's Gift To Holland -- H.M. The Queen with Princess Juliana of the Netherlands be-side a Queen's Messenger Canteen which Her Majesty had originally presented to the country.Her Majesty the Queen to-day presented two convoys of Queen's Messenger Canteens to Princess Juliana for Service in Holland. In all four convoys consisting of eleven Vehicles to each convoy, they will be sent to Holland to succour homeless people. February 19, 1945. (Photo by P.N.A.)
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Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Belgian prisoners of war. V. "A hot drink is welcome after a long journey". July 1940. Antwerp
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A second lieutenant and a sergeant of the Luva for a breeder S-14 power trainer.
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C. W. A. C. 3 Are Here -- Two of the N.C.O.'s from Winnipeg. Sergt. Dorothy Dyck (formerly a typist) on left, with Sergt. Vera Kohl (formerly a sales woman).First contingent of the Canadian Women's army service to go overseas on active service have arrived in England. February 1, 1943. (Photo by L.N.A.).
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Ben Chifley. July 15, 1945.
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Lady Blamey - Wife of Sir Thomas Blarney, Commander- in-chief of Allied Land Forces, Sth Pacific Area.Wearing uniform of Red Cross Commissioner and served in Middle East in that capacity. April 1, 1943.
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GEN Larry D. Welch is sworn in as CHIEF of STAFF of the Air Force while Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger stands by. Country: Unknown
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Anefo photo collection. Opening by Her Royal Highness Princess Wilhelmina from the National Cemetery of the War Graves Foundation in Loenen. October 18, 1949. Gelderland, Loenen
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FRANCE-- These women are members of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior), acting as guides, scouts, and assisting in mopping up the Germans in captured towns. August 16, 1944
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Anefo photo collection. Fifty years of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Defile at Soesterberg Queen and Prince take the Defile. July 1, 1963. Soesterberg, Utrecht
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Duchess of Kent Tours Singapore Air Station - Singapore: The Duchess of Kent is escorted by wing Commander N.T.Quinn, Commanding Officer of Number 1 (B) Squadron, Royal Australien Air Force, during her visit to the Tengah Airport, Singapore. October 12, 1952. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).
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Turkey. Women Dedicated To Aviation. 1942
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By the end of the first military formation (EMV) there is Amsterdam Marvacentrum, which is located on the grounds of the Marine Barracks Amsterdam (MKAD), a parent's day. Group photo of the EMV'ers EMV'STERS for the painting by Francien de Zeeuw (1922-2015): resistance heldin, first female military, first female member of the Marine Women's Department (Marva).
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James Gordon - V. C. Winner. August 4, 1950.
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Duchess Of Kent Visits Women's Royal Naval Service Training Centre -- A smiling picture of the Duchess of Kent inspecting the Guard of Honour of W.R.N.S., on arrival at the Training Centre.The Duchess of Kent made her first public appearance since the death of the Duke of Kent, when she visited a W.R.N.S. Training Centre, in the London area. November 04, 1942. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).
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Royal Visit To Rest Camp For Indian Ex-Pows - The Queen in conversation with some of the Indian ex-prisoners of war.The King and Queen to-day paid a visit to a Rest Camp for Indian ex-Prisoners of War at Thetford, Norfolk, and bade farewell to these stalwart Indian soldiers, veterans of the North Africa campaign on the eve of their repatriation. July 06, 1945.
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She Drove The King - Mrs. Urquhart-Dykes, of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, who drove the King's car when his Majesty inspected troops at Dover, fixing the Royal Standard on to the car. June 4, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd).
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DN-ST-86-00630. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Commended For Secret War Job -- For her work with what was probably one of the most secret organisations of the war-the Allied Intelligence Bureau-Petty-Officer Writer. August 13, 1946.
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England, London Chelsea Pensioners at Founder's Day, Royal Chelsea Hospital
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Group of college girls in camp at Barwick.
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Anefo photo collection. Female cadets on the Royal Military Academy in Breda. August 21, 1978. Breda
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scouts, momento del servizio postale organizzato per gli scouts scozzesi, jamboree della pace, 1950 1960
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Sir Charles Blackburn. July 14, 1945.
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Anefo photo collection. Land crashes in France. A woman is addressed by a uniformed man. August 1945. France
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1971 - Female enlisted personnel model three different uniform styles..
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Gertrude G. Dawson Of Vadergrift, Penn. And Agnes A. Jensen Of Stanwood, Mich. Getting Ready For The Photo As They Arrived On Friendly Shores... Both Members Of An Evac Unit Missing For Two Months After Their Plane Was Forced Down In Albania Enroute To Ba
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DN-ST-86-03663. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)