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World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Fort Stover, State Route 660 vicinity, Luray, Page County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS VA-194 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Fort Stover, State Route 660 vicinity, Luray, Page County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS VA-194 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Fort Stover, State Route 660 vicinity, Luray, Page County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS VA-194 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Fort Stover, State Route 660 vicinity, Luray, Page County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-121 Survey number: HABS VA-194 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, L...

Significance: An example of an early 20th century barracks constructed from the standardized plans issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. It was first used as artillery barracks and... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Building No. 253, Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2756, Northwest Corner of Intersection of W...

Significance: This building is a relatively good example of a Motor Repair Shop, 2nd Echelon, Type SP-1. This building is located in Block 27 of the main cantonment and was one of four buildings of this type t... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Non-Commissioned Officer's Quarters,...

Significance: The Non-Commissioned Officer's House (1 of 2) retains its integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, and, to some degree, setting. Its construction was associated with fortifications ... More

Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Road...

Significance: The earth-covered west magazine, built about 1866, contains fine example of brick barrel vaulting. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-G... More

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More

Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry R...

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

Fort Mifflin, Officers' Quarters, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry R...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Fort Laramie, Calvary Barracks, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-5 Building/structure dates: after 1870 Initial Construction

Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 1, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...

Significance: This structure, in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note mater... More

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 5, 611 Scott Avenue, Leavenworth, Leave...

Significance: Building #5 is one of five existing quarters that date from the antebellum period of Fort Leavenworth. Built by Hiram Rich, the post sutler from 1842 to 1862, sections of the original log house a... More

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 5, 611 Scott Avenue, Leavenworth, Leave...

Significance: Building #5 is one of five existing quarters that date from the antebellum period of Fort Leavenworth. Built by Hiram Rich, the post sutler from 1842 to 1862, sections of the original log house a... More

Fort Moultrie, Cable Tank Storage Building, Central Avenue, Sullivans ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS SC-196-A

Fort Moultrie, Cable Tank Storage Building, Central Avenue, Sullivans ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS SC-196-A

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More

Castillo de San Christobal, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Castillo de San Christobal, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan M...

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castillo de San Christobal, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Castillo de San Christobal, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Norris Soldiers Station, Norris Campgrounds & Gibbon River vicinity, L...

Significance: This post, accommodating twenty men, was the first and principal outpost established by the military in 1887 for a system of mounted patrols through the park during the summers. It soon became a p... More

Norris Soldiers Station, Norris Campgrounds & Gibbon River vicinity, L...

Significance: This post, accommodating twenty men, was the first and principal outpost established by the military in 1887 for a system of mounted patrols through the park during the summers. It soon became a p... More

Fort Wayne, West Jefferson & Livernois Avenues, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS MI-27-4 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction

Fort Wayne, West Jefferson & Livernois Avenues, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS MI-27-4 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Storehouse & Offices, Discovery Park, Seatt...

Significance: The first building completed on the post. Converted to a commissary and eventually to office use during World War II. Completed October 22, 1899, from QMGO Plan No. 91-B. Original cost: $7,405. ... More

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Fort Snelling Complex, Quarters Buildings 240-249, 253, Minnehaha Aven...

Significance: The Quarters buildings are historically significant to the development of the Fort Snelling military reservation prior to World War I. In this context the buildings have been included on the Nati... More

Fort Snelling, Old Fort Area, Bounded by Mississippi River, Airport, M...

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Moultrie, West Fort Street & Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Ch...

Significance: On this site, the first fort was the scene of an important victory during the American Revolution. The third and present fort played an important part in the attack on Fort Sumter which opened the... More

Fort Moultrie, West Fort Street & Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Ch...

Significance: On this site, the first fort was the scene of an important victory during the American Revolution. The third and present fort played an important part in the attack on Fort Sumter which opened the... More

Fort Sumter. IX. 10, Confederate States of America.

Three views of the fort. Signed on verso: Return to Mr. Alfred Waud South Orange, N.J. Titled inscribed on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.119) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Mifflin, Storehouse, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Ph...

Significance: Built in 1842, the storehouse exhibits the materials and construction typical of Fort Mifflin. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-D Bu... More

Fort Mason, Quarters No. 1, Commanding General's House, Franklin Stree...

Significance: It is significant as the post's first commanding officer's residence. The building is associated with two nationally significant events. The first is the westward and Pacific expansions of the Uni... More

Wormsloe, Isle of Hope, Savannah Vicinity, Savannah, Chatham County, G...

Survey number: HABS GA-2126 Building/structure dates: 18q2 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000615

Fort David A. Russell, Randall Avenue west of First Street, Cheyenne, ...

Significance: Established in 1867 to provide military protection for the Union Pacific Railroad, Fort David A. Russell continued to function and expand as a military post long after the threat of Indian depreda... More

Fort David A. Russell, Randall Avenue west of First Street, Cheyenne, ...

Significance: Established in 1867 to provide military protection for the Union Pacific Railroad, Fort David A. Russell continued to function and expand as a military post long after the threat of Indian depreda... More

Fort David A. Russell, Randall Avenue west of First Street, Cheyenne, ...

Significance: Established in 1867 to provide military protection for the Union Pacific Railroad, Fort David A. Russell continued to function and expand as a military post long after the threat of Indian depreda... More

Fort David A. Russell, Randall Avenue west of First Street, Cheyenne, ...

Significance: Established in 1867 to provide military protection for the Union Pacific Railroad, Fort David A. Russell continued to function and expand as a military post long after the threat of Indian depreda... More

Fort David A. Russell, Randall Avenue west of First Street, Cheyenne, ...

Significance: Established in 1867 to provide military protection for the Union Pacific Railroad, Fort David A. Russell continued to function and expand as a military post long after the threat of Indian depreda... More

View of the east face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor...

Stereograph showing a damaged cannon among the rocks, cannon shells, and debris of the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3125, from series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Han... More

Fort Rosecrans, Mining Casemate, Point Loma, San Diego, San Diego Coun...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battery No. 1.--100 and 200 pounder Parrots opposite Yorktown and Glou...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed within image: River. Inscribed upper right: Yorktown in distance as in sketch No 6. guns firing. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862, ... More

Officer's Quarters "F", Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction

Officer's Quarters "F", Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2172, 400' West of Intersection of South Ei...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Capt. Rufus D. Pettit's Battery B, 1st...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Fort Sheridan, Pumping Station, Nicholson Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Making Gabions and fascines. 50th N.Y. Engineers

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.202). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampmen...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...

Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...

Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

Fort Mifflin, Commandant's House (Headquarters), Mud Island, Marine & ...

Significance: Located at the focal point of the parade, the commandant's house, built in 1796, is the most architecturally significant structure in the fort. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

Frederiks Fort, Fortberg Hill, Coral Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: Frederiks Fort is a ruin of a standard eighteenth century citadel. It is an extremely poor condition and only the outer walls and the foundation of a structure in the center of the fort remain. ... More

Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, April 15, 1864 (Andrew J. Russe...

No. 277. Library has two photographs: LOT 4336, no. 7 is on the original mount. LOT 11486-G, no. 14 is another copy adhered to a contemporary mount. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 histori... More

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

Fair Oaks, scene of the battle (drawn a day or two before the Confeder...

Troops and wagons setting up camp. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: Battlefield of Fair Oaks, Va. May-1862. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 186... More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-101, 400' North of intersection of East & W...

Significance: Building T-101 is significant as a standing example of a Type SCOL-1, Modified SC-3, large service club constructed from the 700 Series of Mobilization Drawings. The Service Clubs designed under ... More

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas...

Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th centu... More

Fort Tejon, Soldiers' Quarters, Highway 99, Lebec, Kern County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-39-D Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Breastworks and "Cheavaux de Frise" in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called b...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the log fortified parapet at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Lt. John B. Krepps, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, 112th Regiment, Battery K is fourth from left. Part of se... More

Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

Fort Bliss, 7th Cavalry Mess Hall & Kitchen, U.S. Army Air Defense Art...

Significance: This former 7th Calvary Mess Hall was part of a large enlisted men's cantonment, most of which were demolished in 1934-1935. It was directly associated with the adjacent barrack (Building No. 452)... More

Fort Bliss, 7th Cavalry Mess Hall & Kitchen, U.S. Army Air Defense Art...

Significance: This former 7th Calvary Mess Hall was part of a large enlisted men's cantonment, most of which were demolished in 1934-1935. It was directly associated with the adjacent barrack (Building No. 452)... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Fort Jefferson, Enlisted Men's Barracks I, Garden Key, Key West, Monro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 17, 20-22 Sumner Place, Leavenworth, Le...

Significance: The former Post Commander's Residence possesses considerable significance both historically and architecturally. It symbolizes the connection of the post in the 1830's and 1840's with the First D... More

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 17, 20-22 Sumner Place, Leavenworth, Le...

Significance: The former Post Commander's Residence possesses considerable significance both historically and architecturally. It symbolizes the connection of the post in the 1830's and 1840's with the First D... More

Fort Willoughby, Garrison House, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

See also HABS VI-90, 1979 documentation for additional information. Significance: The Garrison House is a well-preserved arms magazine associated with the British occupation of the island during the Napoleonic ... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Matanzas, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Significance: Fort Matanzas was originally established in 1565, and served as the site of the final struggles between Spain and France for domination of Southeast. The present fort was built in 1737-42, to rei... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County,...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which was designed to serve as a cavalry blacksmith shop and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey... More

Fort Missoula, Powder Magazine, Missoula, Missoula County, MT

Significance: Fear of the recent Indian uprisings led to the establishment of a military post here, six miles southeast of Hell Gate Pass, to protect the Mullan Road. This all important link between Walla Wall... More

Fort Mackinac, Post Hospital, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MI-27 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000395

Fort Mackinac, Post Hospital, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MI-27 Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000395

[Three scenes of military facilities: lower battery on the Ogeechee de...

Possibly by William Waud. Title devised from inscriptions below images. Formerly Waud no. C-100. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1027) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.