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Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Cartoon Print

Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Car...

Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background. Catalogue of prints and drawi... More

Port Hudson from the opposite bank of the river The Union forces entering the breast-works to take possession of Port Hudson, July 9, 1863 / / from a sketch by Mr. J.R. Hamilton.

Port Hudson from the opposite bank of the river The Union forces enter...

Two illustrations showing Port Hudson and the arrival of Union troops to take possession of the fortifications following the siege which ended with the formal surrender by the Confederate forces on July 9, 1863... More

Montfaucon, showing German observatories & fortifications, captured by the American forces, Sept. 27, 1918

Montfaucon, showing German observatories & fortifications, captured by...

Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 168. Gift; Breckenridge Long; 1953.

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. SALE OF TICKETS

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPIDITIONARY FORCES. SALE OF TICKETS

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Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8/5/24

Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8/5/24

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Dame Maud McCarthy, Marton-in-Charge of the British nursing forces during the war [...] as the guest of Major Julia Stimson

Dame Maud McCarthy, Marton-in-Charge of the British nursing forces dur...

A black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Displays battle scarred old flag. When the Union forces made their triumphal entry into Washington at the close of the Civil War 65 years ago, Orlando Learned could not come because of a battle wound. But at last the Union veteran has been able to make a trip to the Capital, bringing with him his cherished 36-starred Union flag, which he obtained during a celebration of the fall of Vicksburg and later carried in into battle with him. The picture shows him proudly displaying it to Edward Hudgins, age 2, his great grandson, 1/31

Displays battle scarred old flag. When the Union forces made their tri...

A man sitting on a couch with a little girl. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sudan. Omdurman. The battle field of 1898. Kitchner's forces against the Mahdi's successors

Sudan. Omdurman. The battle field of 1898. Kitchner's forces against t...

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Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden with men & officers of the A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces]

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] view of A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] camp

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Gen[eral] vie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has undertaken to expand the production and processing of her food, to supply the American armed forces in the Solomons, New Guinea, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, in addition to those on the Australian mainland. Dried fruit is shown here, before being shipped to the fighting men

One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has undertaken to expand the pro...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. General Barker, etc. in A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] camps

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. General Barke...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden inspecting A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] troops

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

British official photograph from OWI. No. D-8529. Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden with men & officers of the A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces]

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Mr. Antony [i...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces. Guests listening to addresses

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allied military conference in India. At the recent military conferences in India, where Allied leaders met to plan joint strategy. General H.H. Arnold (left), chief of U.S. Army Air Forces, stops to talk things over with Field Marshal Sir John Dill, a member of the Allied Joint Staff in Washington, D.C.

Allied military conference in India. At the recent military conference...

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Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attacks on Jap bridgeheads at Vigan, in Northern Luzon, Lieutenant Jack Dale of the U.S. Army Air Corps received a Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur (right) before Japanese forces forced American troop retirement from Manila. Other air heroes decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross were Captain Jesus A. Villamor (center rear) of the Philippine Army, and posthumously, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship off Luzon. This picture, made December 22, 1941, was one of the last to leave the Philippines

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Steel production. Iron for the sinews of war. Huge ore piles feed the hungry maws of the blast furnaces. From the iron here produced will be made the various steels required by our armed forces. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. Iron for the sinews of war. Huge ore piles feed the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber, destroyed rubber factories and smashed machinery. Indian sappers and miners are seen mining a bridge near Kuala Lumpur.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in...

British Official photo: FLM.798. No. BO-890. Notation on recto: Still photograph from a motion picture on the destruction of supplies and facilities as the British Army retreated. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collec... More

Civilian protection. The liaison officer maintains constant touch with forces of defense in a large city

Civilian protection. The liaison officer maintains constant touch with...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Lieutenant of the armored forces. One of the men who are "in all the way" to upset the Axis timetable

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Lieutenant of the armored forc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Mayna Lentz performs a milling machine operation on the pawl pin of a machine gun that will tell the Axis about the superiority of American weapons. This girl operator in a large Eastern plant is one of many women arsenal workers producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Mayna Lentz performs a m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored forces are the world's best. This corporal, tooling a haflftrac scout car through the training area at Fort Benning, Georgia, will give the Axis many worries

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of knight armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese soldiers of the United Nations forces in India register their pleasure upon receiving a shipment of regimental drums and bugles

Chinese soldiers of the United Nations forces in India register their ...

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Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds many chores for the Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a soldier, armed forces, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Don Luis Quinones, member of an old Puerto Rican family. His house was used as headquarters by the American forces of occupation in the Spanish-American War. He is the father of a FSA (Farm Security Administration) district supervisor

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Don Luis Quinones, member of an old P...

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Gloucester, Massachusetts. The crew of "Old Glory" pulls up a sizeable haul of fish. Almost all of this catch will be filleted and frozen for military and lend-lease shipment. Of the total packs in the United States, sixty percent of the salmon and eighty percent of the sardine and macherel are consumed by the armed forces here and abroad

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The crew of "Old Glory" pulls up a sizeable...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. In a factory which formerly manufactured safes and locks, Uncle Sam's armed forces are being provided with thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts to blast the Axis off the map. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. ...

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Gloucester, Massachusetts. The ship docked, canvas baskets filled with rosefish go ashore where they will be inspected and weighed, then filleted and frozen and shipped to armed forces in the United States and abroad

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The ship docked, canvas baskets filled with...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Don Luis Quinones, member of an old Puerto Rican family. His house was used as headquarters by the American forces of occupation in the Spanish-American War. He is the father of a FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Don Luis Quinones, member of an old P...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) partially screened by foliage near Fort Benning, Georgia. Trainees of the armored forces make observations from the turrets as part of the course from which they will graduate as smart and hardened soldiers

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) partially screened by f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. President of a steelworkers union local displaying honor roll on which names of members going into the armed forces will be listed

Chicago, Illinois. Good Shepherd Community Center. President of a stee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture used on mosquito netting is mixed by a worker in a large Eastern mill which formerly made women's stockings. This chemical solution stiffens the netting and prevents subsequent shrinkage, so that the hardest tropical downpour which American armed forces may endure will not alter the netting

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture use...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox, Kentucky, check jeeps and other motor vehicles thoroughly and at regular intervals. Attention that was once given to the Army mule of days gone by now falls to the tough little "blitz buggy" or our modern mechanized forces

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces. After he has completed his training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he'll know a lot of new ways to put the heat on the Axis

Fort Benning. Armored forces personnel. Soldier of the armored forces....

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Locomotives. Heavy steel plates are bent on the Southwark bending roll of a large Eastern plant now producing tanks, locomotives, and ship propellers for our armed forces. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Locomotives. Heavy steel plates are bent on the Southwark ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are producing equipment for Uncle Sam's armed forces twenty-two hours a day. Alive to the possibilities of converting old equipment to defense usage, the owner of this small Eastern factory bought and remodelled old equipment which is proving its mettle in 1942. Note overhead power-driven machinery. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are produc...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for the armored forces, is helping to turn out fighters who will give the Axis some new ideas of what trouble really is

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A poster comes to life. "Up until my visit here I thought it was just the Army that was fighting this war." Speaking before the assembled steel workers at Allegheny-Ludlum, Sergeant Vineyard acknowledges the debt of the armed forces to the men "behind the men behind the guns." This meeting was arranged by the plant to welcome its guests and to give expression to the truth behind the "Men Working Together" poster

A poster comes to life. "Up until my visit here I thought it was just ...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for our armored forces, are graduating tough, competent "tankers" who will soon be giving the Axis some pointers on modern warfare

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, K...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A cover case for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is milled on a Milwaukee vertical miller in a large Eastern plant now working at full tilt to supply our armed forces with superior power installations. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A cover case for a Pra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain C.R. Douglass, Assistant Army Air Forces Representative at North American Aviation, looks aloft before taking another P-51 fighter into the air for a routine test flight

Captain C.R. Douglass, Assistant Army Air Forces Representative at Nor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fedala, Morocco. Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor during the landing operations of the U.S. task forces there

Fedala, Morocco. Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor duri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. America's irresistable might grows every day. Sodiers of the armored forces turning rapidly into hard, smart fighting men

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. America's irresistable might grows ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reciprocal aid. Two sergeants from Texas, Sergeant A. Baker and Technical Sergeant Roy Hill, carry a string of British bullets over their shoulders to a British Spitfire. American and British air forces work side by side in the European theatre, with British furnishing important supplies and equipment under the Reciprocal Aid Program

Reciprocal aid. Two sergeants from Texas, Sergeant A. Baker and Techni...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

V-mail. Finished V-mail letters are sorted and prepared for forwarding to addressees at the Pentagon building, Washington, D.C. V-mail is available to and from the armed forces stationed outside the United States. It is only 1/65th the weight of ordinary mail and saves ninety-eight percent of the cargo space required for ordinary letters. 1,600 letters can be placed on a roll of film little larger than a pack of cigarettes

V-mail. Finished V-mail letters are sorted and prepared for forwarding...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain Thomas J. Lynch, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, holder of the high combat score for the United States Army Air forces fighter squadron which brought down 72 Janpaese planes in combat over New Guinea in 1943

Captain Thomas J. Lynch, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, holder of the high ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Somewhere in Iran. Jack Tchernawitz, a Russian-born United States Army Major of New York, New York, wearing his parka at a delivery point of American supplies to Russia. Major Tchernawitz is the Russian-speaking liason officer of the United States Army forces here

Somewhere in Iran. Jack Tchernawitz, a Russian-born United States Army...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Major General Donald H. Connolly, Commander of the United States Army forces in Iran and Iraq at a press conference somewhere in Iran

Major General Donald H. Connolly, Commander of the United States Army ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neghazi (vicinity), Libya. When the United Nations air forces attacked this airfield they forced the Nazis to abandon much equiment and ammunition. In the foreground are two heavy bombs which will never be used against our forces. Note the sleds which were used to move them around the airfield

Neghazi (vicinity), Libya. When the United Nations air forces attacked...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Australia in the war. An American tank, manned by Australian troops is subjected to conditions it is likely to encounter in actual battle during training exercises of the Australian armored forces

Australia in the war. An American tank, manned by Australian troops is...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A switchtender on the Pennsylvania Railroad helping to classify freight trains at a large eastern freight yard. The electric controls on the board actuate rail switches in the yard. She is taking the place of a man now in the armed forces

A switchtender on the Pennsylvania Railroad helping to classify freigh...

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U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fire. The action resulted in the complete rout of the foe with heavy losses as the American and Australian troops drove the Japanese from their last stronghold in Papua

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

C-82. Newest transport shown at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. First war plane designed solely for hauling military cargo: troops, paratroops and equipment up to the size of tanks. This aircraft is now in production for the Army Air Forces

C-82. Newest transport shown at demonstration of equipment held by Uni...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rear view of C-82 shown at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. The after end of the fuselage opens to the complete height and width of the interior, which is square. In order to allow freight to be stowed directly from a truck, the bottom of the fuselage is the height of a standard truck from the ground

Rear view of C-82 shown at demonstration of equipment held by United S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an art gallery. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an art gallery. Office of War Information P...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a sign in a room. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a sign in a room. Office of War Information...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer Home located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, D.C.

Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer H...

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[ Danny Kaye performing for the Armed Forces Radio Service. 12/9/47]

[ Danny Kaye performing for the Armed Forces Radio Service. 12/9/47]

Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: DK Personal Appearances (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to th... More

State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respect to number of peoples, forces, forts, Indians, trade and other advantages ... in two letters to a friend

State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respe...

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Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter

Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter

Drawing shows the surrender of the Spanish forces under General Toral, on the right, to General William R. Shafter and the American forces, at center and on the left; General Toral moves to present his sword to... More

Arkansas Legislature, Wednesday, December 14, 1864 (Resolutions protesting removal of military forces)

Arkansas Legislature, Wednesday, December 14, 1864 (Resolutions prote...

The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r William Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander in chief of his magesty's forces in America / Corbutt, delin; se bend chez J.M. Will, à Augsbourg.

The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r William Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander i...

Print shows Sir William Howe, three-quarter length portrait, in uniform. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5405.

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General to the British forces in the Crimea

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General to the British forces in the Crim...

Major-General James B. Estcourt, full-length portrait, wearing uniform and hat, facing right with left arm resting on wall. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton ... More

Grafton, Virginia, now occupied by General McClellan's forces

Grafton, Virginia, now occupied by General McClellan's forces

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 233 (1861 June 15), p. 381 (center).

The Great Southern Gate, where the Allied Forces entered Peking, China

The Great Southern Gate, where the Allied Forces entered Peking, China

H15175 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3824. Copyright 1902 by H. C. White Co.

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS OF PARADE

FIRST DIVISION, A.E.F. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. MISCELLANEOUS VI...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sudan. Omdurman. The battle field of 1898. Kitchner's forces against the Mahdi's successors. Monument to those who fell fighting with Kitchner

Sudan. Omdurman. The battle field of 1898. Kitchner's forces against t...

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Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middle East forces play Gilbert and Sullivan in Cairo Opera House

Middle East forces play Gilbert and Sullivan in Cairo Opera House

Photograph shows four females in military uniforms. Public domain photograph - portrait of an officer in military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces. Garden tea after opening

Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces...

Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Army uses "lend-lease" equipment now being used by British armoured forces, is a "white" scout car which has been converted into an ambulance for use with tanks. It has been proven to have a fine cross-country performance

The Army uses "lend-lease" equipment now being used by British armoure...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames with a pressure gun. Air pressure quickly forces putty into crevices which cannot be reached by hand

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames ...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel production. American blast furnaces are breaking all records these days. The iron they produce will be converted to steel to meet the needs of our armed forces. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. American blast furnaces are breaking all records the...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, Americans of every race and creed fight shoulder to shoulder to defeat the forces which threaten to destroy our liberties. Here Charles Geier (right) and Marcell Webb work on the rudder of a P-47 pursuit ship in an Eastern aircraft factory. Republic Aircraft Corporation

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, America...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. America's irresistable might grows every day. Soldiers of the armored forces training in halftrac scout cars at Fort Benning, Georgia are turning rapidly into hard, smart fighting men

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. America's irresistable might grows ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camouflaged against enemy aircraft and guarding against attacking forces of the Second Army on maneuvers in middle Tennessee, this 155 mm rifle points its elongated barrel through a tree as it is swung into position by members of a field artillery battery

Camouflaged against enemy aircraft and guarding against attacking forc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten "tankers" is rehearsing a few fighting tricks at a training school of the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky

In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten...

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Fort Knox. Halftrac armored cars. The halftrac armored car has many important duties in our modern mechanized army. It is very useful as a carrier of men and equipment, and may be armed in various ways to give it great striking power. This car, in use at Fort Knox, Kentucky, by soldiers of the armored forces, is capable of rapid travel over difficult terrain

Fort Knox. Halftrac armored cars. The halftrac armored car has many im...

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Aluminum casting. Experienced workers in an aluminum plant, converted to production of essential articles for America's armed forces, pictured pouring the molten aluminum alloy into molds. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Experienced workers in an aluminum plant, converted ...

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Fort Knox. Browning machine gun. Good man, good gun. A private of the armored forces, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, does some practice shooting with a 30-caliber Browning machine gun. The gun is mounted on a pedestal for anti-aircraft work

Fort Knox. Browning machine gun. Good man, good gun. A private of the ...

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Fort Knox. Garand rifle. A young soldier of the armored forces, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. A young soldier of the armored forces, in tra...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Crankshaft assembles for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines must undergo a rigid inspection in a large Eastern war plant now working full tilt to supply our armed forces with power installations for our war planes. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Crankshaft assembles f...

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Fort Knox. Browning machine gun. Good man, good gun. A private of the armored forces, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, does some practice shooting with a 30-caliber Browning machine gun. The gun is mounted on a pedestal for anti-aircraft work

Fort Knox. Browning machine gun. Good man, good gun. A private of the ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Florence Strand replaced her husband as a clerk in the hydraulic department at the North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, when he joined the armed forces. Here she checks parts as they pass by an inspector. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Florence Strand replaced he...

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Row of Dodge Army command reconnaissance cars fresh from the production lines wait for final inspection before joining the fighting forces on all fronts

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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Overseas forces observe sabbath with prayer. General view of Protestants' Sunday morning service of the members of the Fourteenth Army Air Force, "somewhere in China"

Overseas forces observe sabbath with prayer. General view of Protestan...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Completing the power section assembly of a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine in a large Eastern plant producing at a high rate for the air forces of our Army and Navy. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Completing the power s...

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High school Victory Corps. Learning the rudiments of advancing on an enemy will prove valuable to these boys if they are called to join their older brothers in the armed forces. This is part of the "commando" training given in physical education courses at Flushing High School, Queens, New York

High school Victory Corps. Learning the rudiments of advancing on an e...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

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Nurse training. Young nurses assist at an appendectomy. This is part of the training with which every student nurse must be thoroughly conversant before she completes her training. With enough students to do this type of hospital work, graduate nurses can be released for duty with the armed forces

Nurse training. Young nurses assist at an appendectomy. This is part o...

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Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. Harvey Fischer of Dexter, Michigan, helped by two year-old Bobbie, was the first farmer in his state to cooperate with the rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB). The old metal and rubber from his farmyard brought him cash and at the same time provided essential materials for our armed forces

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. ...

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Somewhere in Iran. Jack Tchernawitz, a Russian-born United States Army Major of New York, New York, wearing his parka at a delivery point of American supplies to Russia. Major Tchernawitz is the Russian-speaking liason officer of the United States Army forces here

Somewhere in Iran. Jack Tchernawitz, a Russian-born United States Army...

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U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Palm trees and branches lie strewn on the shell-churned soil of Buna Village, New Guinea, in the wake of the Japanese retreat before U.S. and Australian forces. The Japs were completely routed here with heavy losses

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

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A train of bombs drops from United States Army Air forces plane on territory in the Aleutians held by the Japanese. Our fighting forces harass the enemy at this important outpost daily

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Reciprocal aid. Sergeant A. Baker and Technical Sergeant Roy Hill, both from Texas, prepare to load their plane with British bullets, part of the supplies furnished to American fighting forces under the British Reciprocal Aid Program

Reciprocal aid. Sergeant A. Baker and Technical Sergeant Roy Hill, bot...

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New York, New York. Mrs. Joilet Jones, of twenty-two Morris Park, New York, on her first day on special duty at the Queens Midtown Tunnel office to replace a man who has either joined the armed forces or gone to work in defense work. Eleven other women are similarly replacing men

New York, New York. Mrs. Joilet Jones, of twenty-two Morris Park, New ...

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