warfare

The expedition to Beaufort - before the attack

Illustration shows three scenes of naval warfare off the coast of South Carolina during the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5 (1861 Nov. 30), p. 757.

See real warfare - "over there" cantonment - made possible by blood-no...

Poster showing a tank climbing across a trench. Opens March 30th, moving pictures, music, world's greatest orators.

The M-7 is the Army's newest tank destroyer and is being given the aci...

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Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoi...

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Conservation. Used typewriter campaign. The War Production Board (WPB)...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

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

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Flags flies over PT boat. In sea warfare since Pearl Harbor, the Navy ...

Image source: Official Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Masonry remnant in the Colorado portion of Hovenweep National Monument...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once home to more than 2,500 people, Hovenweep includes six prehistoric villages built between A.D. 1200 and 1300. The towers were bui... More

Machine Shop, Second Street & Dedrick Drive, Keyport, Kitsap County, W...

Significance: It has been continuously used as a machine shop and is associated with the development of the industrial area at the station during the 1920s and 1930s. It is a good example of industrial vernacul... More

If you want to fight! Join the Marines / Howard Chandler Christy.

Poster showing half-length portrait of a woman in military uniform, and a trench warfare scene with troops carrying the U.S. flag and the flag of the Marines.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...

Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More

Emprunt National 1918. Souscrivez pour la victoire qui vient!

Soldiers standing on a tank. Tank warfare was first introduced into WWI by the British in 1916. The word 'tank' was originally a security name given to these 'land ships' or 'land cruisers.'

Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu Count...

Significance: USS MISSOURI was the last battleship built by the United States. Her type dominated naval strategy and tactics until World War II when aircraft carriers supplanted battleships as the dominant cap... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.

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Prominent sections in Ringling Bro's. big new parade. A tremendous spe...

Circus poster showing five separate parades of people in costume and animals representing a "caravan crossing the desert," "children's fairyland," "famous mounted military companies of the world," "warfare in t... More

Pacific Coast Torpedo Station, Keyport Industrial District, Both sides...

Significance: The district exhibits the qualities and character of a naval torpedo facility of the period from 1914-1948. This association with military activities and the development of undersea warfare techno... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

"Mac" the giant killer. - Public domain portrait print

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Three years' men wanted! For the sixth ward. Recruiting & substitute o...

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The attack and capture of our train, July 12, 1864

Wagon train being attacked by Indians. Illus. in: Fanny Kelly, My Captivity Among the Sioux. Cincinnati, : Wilstach, Baldwin & Co.,1871, oppos. p. 19. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

Gorilla warfare under the protection of the American flag / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa swinging like a gorilla from an American flag and dropping dynamite bombs on England. Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 367, (1884 March 19), cover. Copyright 1884 by Kep... More

Woman rescued from LUSITANIA, May 25, 1915

1 woman walking between another woman and a man. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Ships LUSITANIA... More

Lend the way they fight--Buy bonds to your utmost Our men need drugs a...

Poster showing scenes of gas warfare and first aid. F. 209 E. Poster has been cut to irregular shape.

Albanians in their own land. Although Albanians are considered the wor...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office. Data: Excl. to Underwood & Underwood, until Sept. 26, 1920. Group t... More

Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crou...

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

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Big throat, big voice. Boring operations are finished on a major-calib...

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...

Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Assembly Compl...

Significance: Utilized in the assembly and storage of torpedoes for use in air warfare, this complex is a fine example of such facilities which were often constructed at American air stations close to combat zo... More

The Sun, [newspaper]. November 21, 1863.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu Count...

Significance: USS MISSOURI was the last battleship built by the United States. Her type dominated naval strategy and tactics until World War II when aircraft carriers supplanted battleships as the dominant cap... More

USS Turner Joy, Bremerton Marina, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Significance: USS Turner Joy is the last built of eighteen Forrest Sherman-class destroyers commissioned by the U.S. Navy between 1955 and 1959. Designed as an all-gun warship for anti-aircraft and anti-submar... More

Letter to General Thompson from Gideon J. Pillow, August 29, 1861.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the Ja...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Prime block. See similar image by William Waud in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper August 2, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DL... More

New York Times, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.

Black mourning border employed.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArth...

Significance: Naval Surface War Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of military technology. The resources represent an i... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArth...

Significance: Naval Surface War Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of military technology. The resources represent an i... More

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 29, 1865.

Pacific Coast Torpedo Station, Keyport Industrial District, Both sides...

Significance: The district exhibits the qualities and character of a naval torpedo facility of the period from 1914-1948. This association with military activities and the development of undersea warfare techno... More

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, East side of Smith & East Streets betwe...

Significance: Initially built as a fort during the Revolution, the site is significant as a 19th century coastal fort. It is also significant for its use as the Coast Guard Academy (1910-1933), the U.S. Mariti... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

[Mobile tank-like fortress in the shape of a dragon]

Print shows a dragon-shaped, mobile fortress equipped cannons and capable of carrying troops, with a ladder device mounted on the front used for scaling walls or as a bridge during siege warfare.

America pois'd in the balance of justice

Print shows two despondent women, possibly Britannia and America, reclining on a cliff in the rugged landscape of the new world, behind them, ships sailing toward the horizon pass a burning city, and two gods, ... More

Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

U.S. revenue cutter AIKEN, captured by Confederate and re-named PETREL, being sunk by U.S. frigate St. Lawrence, 1861 Steel engraving by Robert Hinshelwood, b. 1812; after painting(?) by Paul Manzoni, copyright... More

U.S. Marines in France Digging in. Training for modern warfare consist...

Photograph shows American soldiers digging trenches. No. X2142. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoi...

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

Parris Island. Marine Corps. "And we're proud to bear the title of U.S...

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.

Parris Island. Marine Corps. "And we're proud to bear the title of U.S...

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

A black and white photo of a man reading a newspaper. Office of War In...

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

Tatoi trenches in the Croisettes Wood showing officers in consultation...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18666. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 27, 1865.

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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New York Times, [newspaper]. May 15, 1865.

USS Turner Joy, Bremerton Marina, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Significance: USS Turner Joy is the last built of eighteen Forrest Sherman-class destroyers commissioned by the U.S. Navy between 1955 and 1959. Designed as an all-gun warship for anti-aircraft and anti-submar... More

Letter to General Thompson from Gideon J. Pillow, August 29, 1861.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...

Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More

An Indian encampment near Fort Niagra, in the time of the Revolution. ...

Illus. in: Priest, The Dutch Prisoner (Albany, 1839), opposite title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Torture; Races; Indians Warfare with whites; ... More

Arnold Genthe - Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. /

This film shows the arrest and conveyance of a Chinese man in Chinatown, watched by a crowd of onlookers. The precise date of this film and the arrest charge are uncertain. It is possible that the arrest was co... More

Mexico - victims of warfare - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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A quieter spot for him - Drawing. Public domain image.

The cartoon shows Wilson as an eagle, perched atop a shield decorated with stars and stripes, in a nest labeled "Firm Foreign Policy" made from letters of "Protest." Bryan, portrayed as a dove, flies away out ... More

A formidable weapon in trench warfare photo by Central News Photo Serv...

Photograph shows a French trench mortar in position for firing with two French soldiers nearby, one on a wooden walkway over the mud, the other is using a shovel in a hole or trench, on the Somme front in Franc... More

Halftrac scout cars. Under the skilled hands of trained workers, the e...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parris Island. Marine Corps. "And we're proud to bear the title of U.S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Armored force personnel. A first sergeant of the armored fo...

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Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a Chaplain School class in gas ...

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Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. A former construction w...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. A former Detroit truck ...

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[Second Floor, East Corridor. Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder within...

Exhibit caption: "Pictured on this mosaic in the arched panel is the Roman Goddess Minerva guardian of civilization. She is portrayed as the Minerva of Peace, but according to the artist who created her, Elihu... More

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.

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New York Times, [newspaper]. May 5, 1865.

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bowditch Hall, 600 feet east of Smith S...

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Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Assembly Compl...

Significance: Utilized in the assembly and storage of torpedoes for use in air warfare, this complex is a fine example of such facilities which were often constructed at American air stations close to combat zo... More

Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.

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Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...

Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArth...

Significance: Naval Surface War Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of military technology. The resources represent an i... More

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArth...

Significance: Naval Surface War Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of military technology. The resources represent an i... More

Soldier rest! thy warfare o'er - Public domain World War One sheet mus...

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

16th century mechanized warfare - Public domain scan / engraving

Photograph shows reproduction of engraving of mechanized catapult. Received from the U.S. Office of Emergency Management.

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may ...

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

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