Armed Services Collection

AI IMAGE - Spitfire aircraft flying over the White Cliffs of Dover, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Spitfire aircraft flying over the White Cliffs of Dover, 1940s, (2023). British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Thomas, Lord Fairfax; Obit 1671, 1811. Creator: Richard Earlom
Thomas, Lord Fairfax; Obit 1671, 1811. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James

Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Shows Italian troops entering Tripoli, Libya during the Turco-Italian War (Italo-Turkish War) which took place between September 1911 and October 1912

Infantry, Portugal, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Infantry, Portugal, between c1910 and c1915

Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Virbeck [i.e. Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows men on the Lusitania welcoming Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro to New York City

Entrance to proving ground, Sandy Hook, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Entrance to proving ground, Sandy Hook, between c1910 and c1915

Russian Army officers - Pawlowski Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Army officers - Pawlowski Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Shows French and German wounded soldiers in a church, Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I

Russian officers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian officers, between c1910 and c1915

Kearny coffin on caisson, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Kearny coffin on caisson, 1912. Shows flag-draped coffin of Major General Philip Kearny (1815-1862) on Broadway in New York City

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows sailors who accmpanied Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy to Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows Chinese marines, with (on right) Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy and New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor

Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Shows Japanese naval hero Admiral Togo Heihachiro with Major General Thomas Henry Barry, superintendent of the U.S

Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder], 1911. Shows Ohio marksman C.B. Winder who served as a Corporal in the Ohio Army National Guard, with a gun

Col. Bailey & Staff, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Bailey & Staff, between c1910 and c1915

Col. J.V. White, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. J.V. White, 1913. Shows J.V. White of the U.S. Army's Coast Artillery Corps

G.A.R. Parade, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
G.A.R. Parade, 1910. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was a significant fraternal organization formed after the American Civil War

G.A.R. Parade, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
G.A.R. Parade, 1910. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was a significant fraternal organization formed after the American Civil War

King and Queen leaving St. George's Chapel, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King and Queen leaving St. George's Chapel, 1911. Shows the soon-to-be King of England, George V, and his wife Mary of Teck leaving the St

G.A.R. Parade, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
G.A.R. Parade, 1910. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was a significant fraternal organization formed after the American Civil War

J.S. Sherman, Gov. Fort and Com'r van Sant review G.A.R. Parade- Atlantic City, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
J.S. Sherman, Gov. Fort and Com'r van Sant review G.A.R. Parade- Atlantic City, 1910. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R)

King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Shows King George V Trooping the Colour, for the first time in May 1911 in front of the Admiralty Extension Building

Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915

Prince Aage of Denmark, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince Aage of Denmark, 1912

Cadet Camp, West Point, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cadet Camp, West Point, between c1910 and c1915

Cadets, West Point, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Cadets, West Point, 1910

Sec'y Stimson, Gen. F.D. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sec'y Stimson, Gen. F.D. Grant, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, with Secretary of War Henry I

Secy Stimson & Gen. Grant at lawn party, Gov's Island. 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Secy Stimson & Gen. Grant at lawn party, Gov's Island. 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, with Secretary of War Henry I

Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, greeting Secretary of War Henry I

Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island with Secretary of War Henry I

President Taft, Sec'y Knox at home of Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
President Taft, Secretary Knox at home of Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, 1910. Shows people including President Taft, United States Secretary of State Philander C

G.A.R. Parade - Atlantic City, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
G.A.R. Parade - Atlantic City, 1910. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a fraternity of Union veterans from the American Civil War, marches in solemn procession

Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps. between c1910 and c1915

Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Ellis (i.e. Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Shows naval aviator Lieutenant Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885- 1928)

Mounted Trumpeter, Household Infantry, London, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mounted Trumpeter, Household Infantry, London, between c1910 and c1915

Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviators Lieutenant John Rodgers (left) and J. Clifford Turpin seated in an airplane, possibly a Wright Model B aircraft

Gen. A.L. Mills at Galveston, between c1911 and c1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. A.L. Mills at Galveston, between c1911 and c1916. Shows General Albert Leopold Mills (1854-1916)

Troops arrive at Galveston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Troops arrive at Galveston, between c1910 and c1915

Col. F. McIntyre, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. F. McIntyre, 1912

Gen. Dan. Sickles in wheelchair, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Dan. Sickles in wheelchair, 1912

Lord Kitchener with others, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Lord Kitchener with others, 1910

Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Float representing Fort Shafter, Floral Parade, Honolulu, 1910

Gen. Machado of Portugal, in uniform, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Machado of Portugal, in uniform, 1915

J.P. Mitchell [i.e. John Purroy Mitchel] & Ardolph Kline, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
J.P. Mitchell [i.e. John Purroy Mitchel] & Ardolph Kline, 1914. Mayor Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930), a Republican politician who became acting Mayor of New York City after the death of Mayor

Maj. Neville, Col. J.E. Mahoney, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. Neville, Col. J.E. Mahoney, 1914

Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Persian troops - camel artillery, 1918

Brig. Gen. T.H. Bliss, with aide, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Brig. Gen. T.H. Bliss, with aide, 1912

Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, 1911

Gen. Clarence Edwards, in uniform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Clarence Ransom Edwards, in uniform, 1910

H.H. Bingham, descending steps, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
H.H. Bingham, descending steps, 1911

Armored auto, Turkey, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Armored auto, Turkey, 1916

Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit... 1916
Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph, 1916

Marines - League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines - League Isl'd. 1913. Shows American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Marines packing, League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines packing, League Isl'd. 1913. Shows American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Loading MEADE - League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE - League Isl'd. 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade and American marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915

Ollie James, J.M. Waller, John R. Downing, J.C. Utterback, Capt. C.C. Calhoun, between c1910-c1915
Ollie James, J.M. Waller, John R. Downing, J.C. Utterback, Capt. C.C. Calhoun, between c1910 and c1915. Shows (left to right) Ollie M

Troops arrive for Inauguration, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Troops arrive for Inauguration, between c1910 and c1915

Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915

Greek Infantry, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Greek Infantry, between c1910 and c1915

Bulgarian ambulance going to front, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgarian ambulance going to front, between c1910 and c1915

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915

Bulgarians on march, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgarians on march, between c1910 and c1915

Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Shows General Leonard Wood, Army Chief of Staff, on horseback, riding in front of a reviewing stand at the Riggs National Bank during the first inauguration of President

Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Marines board MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines board MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Loading MEADE, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE, 1914. Shows U.S. Army transport ship the U.S.S. Meade

Rapid fire guns before Tchataldja #1, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rapid fire guns before Tchataldja #1, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians? with guns near Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Austrian Chasseurs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian Chasseurs, between c1910 and c1915

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Battery, Tchataldja #11, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Battery, Tchataldja #11, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians? with guns at Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Servian Red Cross, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Servian Red Cross, 1912. Shows Serbian Red Cross workers with wounded soldiers probably during the first Balkan War (October 1912-May 1913.)

Bulgar Battery, Tchataldja #13, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgar Battery, Tchataldja #13, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarian with guns at Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars

Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915

Santa Marta, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Santa Marta, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Santa Marta (built 1909), a refrigerated fruit transport ("banana boat") at an East River dock in New York city

Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure De Turenne-D'Aynac, 1816. Creator: Jacques-Louis David
Comte Henri-Amedee-Mercure De Turenne-D'Aynac, 1816. The Comte de Turenne is portrayed wearing a uniform and medals, which record his distinguished service in the French army

Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, surrounded by men in uniform near a train, probably during First Balkan War and siege of Adrianople, Nov. 1912-March 1913

Montenegrins attacking Becic [i.e. Decic] Fort, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Montenegrins attacking Becic [i.e. Decic] Fort, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Montenegrins attacking Turkish fort at Decic, Montenegro

N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915

N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915

Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912

Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. This figure's uniform identifies him as a member of the hussars--notoriously fearless cavalry--in the French army

Gen. G. John Biddle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. G. John Biddle, between c1910 and c1915

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