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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 280, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Fort Riley, Carpenter Court Apartments, Building No. 436, 436 Carpente...

Survey number: HABS KS-78-C Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction

Fort Riley, Carpenter Court Apartments, Building No. 436, 436 Carpente...

Survey number: HABS KS-78-C Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I. Survey n... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 110, Rodman Avenue between Fourth St...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...

Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie ...

Significance: Located immediately south of Shop A, Storehouse A was completed in 1905 to replace an earlier structure of the same name that had burned two years earlier on the same site. Based on the plans of ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4403, Second Aven...

This building was demolished. Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while... More

13 June 1773 - Public domain drawing

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Rappresentano in maggiori dimensioni una parte del superior partimento...

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Mount Vernon in Virginia the seat of the late Lieut. General George Wa...

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Gustave Dore - Alexander discovering the body of Darius

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 211, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 211, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 60, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie ...

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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 133, Gillespie Avenue between South ...

Significance: Situated in a manufacturing area southwest of the Greek Revival stone shops on Rodman Avenue, the Incinerator Buildings was constructed in 1917-1918 as part of an artillery shell production comple... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 35, South of Tacony Street between Bri...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Fort Leavenworth, Metropolitan Avenue & Seventh Street, Leavenworth, L...

Significance: Founded in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is one of the oldest Army posts in the American West. During the mid nineteenth century the post protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and supplied all milit... More

Fort Leavenworth, Metropolitan Avenue & Seventh Street, Leavenworth, L...

Significance: Founded in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is one of the oldest Army posts in the American West. During the mid nineteenth century the post protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and supplied all milit... More

Fort Leavenworth, Metropolitan Avenue & Seventh Street, Leavenworth, L...

Significance: Founded in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is one of the oldest Army posts in the American West. During the mid nineteenth century the post protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and supplied all milit... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 221, Northeast corner of Mellon Street...

Significance: Constructed as a small arms ammunition shop in 1937-1939, Building 221 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal during the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER PA-74-X Buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 238, Northeast corner of Clay Street &...

Significance: Building 238 is indicative of Frankford Arsenal's continued importance as the center of the United States Army's munitions-oriented research and design activities. Survey number: HAER PA-74-Z Bu... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 223, South side Hagner Road between Me...

Significance: Constructed as a railroad loading platform, Building 223 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey num... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 223, South side Hagner Road between Me...

Significance: Constructed as a railroad loading platform, Building 223 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey num... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 64, Rodman Avenue between Second & T...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...

Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...

Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 213-214, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Phi...

Significance: Building 213, constructed in 1903 as a box and packing shop, and Building 214, constructed in 1918 as a small arms ammunition storehouse, are connected buildings associated with the expansion of f... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4404, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 139, Second Street between Ramsey St...

Significance: The Artillery Wheel Stock Dry Kiln was one of a pair of almost identical buildings erected in 1917-1918 for seasoning lumber used in the arsenal's manufacturing program (see HAER No. IL-20X). The... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 138, Second Avenue between South Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five ... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 29, Southeast corner of Mellon Street ...

Significance: This building, almost wholly rebuilt in 1939, reflects the continued development of Frankford Arsenal as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition, sights, and fire control instruments. S... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 160, Sylvan Drive, Rock Island, Rock...

Significance: Replacing a waterpower telodynamic system on the same site, the hydroelectric Powerhouse was completed in 1901 to meet the increased power demands of a small arms plant established at the arsenal ... More

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

U.S. Arsenal, Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS MD-14 Building/structure dates: 1816-1818

Detroit Arsenal, 6501 East Eleven Mile Road, Warren, Macomb County, MI

Significance: Having been constructed by the Chrysler Corporation in 1940, Detroit Arsenal contains one of America's foremost World War II manufacturing plants. An important example of industrial design, by wa... More

Detroit Arsenal, 6501 East Eleven Mile Road, Warren, Macomb County, MI

Significance: Having been constructed by the Chrysler Corporation in 1940, Detroit Arsenal contains one of America's foremost World War II manufacturing plants. An important example of industrial design, by wa... More

Detroit Arsenal, 6501 East Eleven Mile Road, Warren, Macomb County, MI

Significance: Having been constructed by the Chrysler Corporation in 1940, Detroit Arsenal contains one of America's foremost World War II manufacturing plants. An important example of industrial design, by wa... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island Bridge, Fort Armstrong Avenue, Rock I...

Significance: The Rock Island Bridge was constructed in 1895-1896 to connect the arsenal with Davenport, Iowa. It was the first major bridge commission of Chicago engineer Ralph Modjeski, who subsequently esta... More

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the...

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Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution, together with maps sh...

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 609, 910, 1003, 1013, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1200, 1291, 1321, 1327, 1337, 1342, 1346, 1356, 1375, 1465, 1474, 1476, 1516, 1543, 1561, 1564, 1566, 1576, 1630, 2075 Availabl... More

"Iranian and Turanian Armies in Combat", Folio from a Shahnama (Book o...

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Francesco I d'Este Aids the Duke of Mantua After his Territories were ...

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Philadelphia, May 6th, 1776. Just printed, published and now selling b...

Durga and Kali Approach the Gathered Armies of Chanda and Munda: Scene...

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Durga and Kali Approach the Gathered Armies of Chanda and Munda: Scene...

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Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Armées Americaines, né e...

After Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Tennessee from "Advance and Retreat. Personal Experiences in the Unite...

This image has been taken from scan 000127 from "Advance and Retreat. Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from... More

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George E. Adamson, 1st. Lt. Quartermaster Corps, receiving Distinguish...

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Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). The speedy equipping of ...

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Oil. Oil for the armies of democracy is stored in these huge tanks at ...

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 43, Southeast corner of Mordecai Road ...

Significance: Building 43 is associated with the continued use of Frankford Arsenal as an important U.S. Army post during the decades following World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AN Building/structure da... More

An American Civil War reenactor, Lieutenant (LT), Bob Scholes, USA, 2N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Feltwell Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Personnel from the Uzbekistan and Swedish Armies wait for an inspectio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Ba... More

Gustave Dore - Joshua spares Rahab

Military Uniforms: Belgium, Nederlandische armee. Musikant, Regiment [...

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 18th-19th-century European armies.

Our answer to the Kaiser, Stereoscope Card

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (Aug. 23, 2018) – The students of a Western

COLUMBUS, Ga. (Aug. 23, 2018) – The students of a Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) course perform an immediate after action review, or "hotwash," following an emergency management... More

Fort Riley, Carpenter Court Apartments, Carpenter Avenue & Carpenter P...

Significance: The Carpenter Court Apartments are significant for their representation of standardized plans developed by the Office of the Quartermaster General as part of a nationwide building program initiate... More

Fort Riley, Carpenter Court Apartments, Carpenter Avenue & Carpenter P...

Significance: The Carpenter Court Apartments are significant for their representation of standardized plans developed by the Office of the Quartermaster General as part of a nationwide building program initiate... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 251, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Wa...

Significance: Constructed as a storehouse, Building 251 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey number: HAER PA-74... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 251, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Wa...

Significance: Constructed as a storehouse, Building 251 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey number: HAER PA-74... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 308, North side Laidley Road between W...

Significance: Building 308 is associated with the large scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, during World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AE ... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4408, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4409, Second Aven...

This structure was demolished. Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, whil... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 141-143, South side Worth Road betwee...

Significance: Constructed in 1941 as a chemical warehouse, Buildings 141, 141A, 142, 1424A, and 143 are associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of ... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4414, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4414, Second Aven...

Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 106, Rodman Avenue between Second & ...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 312, Northeast corner of Walbach Stree...

Significance: Building 312 is associated with the extensive infrastructure of roads, utilities and services that supported the principal functions of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...

Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...

Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie ...

Significance: Located immediately south of Shop A, Storehouse A was completed in 1905 to replace an earlier structure of the same name that had burned two years earlier on the same site. Based on the plans of ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 131, South Avenue between Gillespie ...

Significance: Located immediately south of Shop A, Storehouse A was completed in 1905 to replace an earlier structure of the same name that had burned two years earlier on the same site. Based on the plans of ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4403, Second Aven...

This building was demolished. Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while... More

Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4403, Second Aven...

This building was demolished. Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while... More

The Moro castle in the Island of Cuba, 1762

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13th June 1773 - A drawing of a farm with a house in the distance

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The three hundred chosen

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Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben [Thebes]. Memnonia [Ramesseum]. Temp...

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Plünderung einer eroberten Stadt

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Military uniforms: Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden.

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 40, South of Tacony Street between Bri...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 46, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelp...

Significance: Building 46, constructed in 1915 as a tin shop, is associated with the large scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Served as the instr... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fo...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 35, South of Tacony Street between Bri...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Fort Leavenworth, Metropolitan Avenue & Seventh Street, Leavenworth, L...

Significance: Founded in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is one of the oldest Army posts in the American West. During the mid nineteenth century the post protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and supplied all milit... More