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Lord Roberts' infantry crossing the Zand River - balloon watching ahea...

De1915 U.S. Copyright Office. Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lord Roberts' army advancing toward Johannesburg - 84th Battery and Ba...

Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloon Corps transport, with Lord Roberts' army - advance on Johannes...

Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...

Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.

The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...

Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.

Podpishites' na 5 1/2% voennyǐ zaëm. Prodolzhite put' k pobiedie / F. ...

Poster showing fighter plane in flight, with man standing to fire mounted machine gun.

Naval airmen make high scores in aerial target practice

Photograph shows J.W. Buckley and J.A. Fenstrom, Chief Machinest Mates, U.S. Navy, as they "pepper the target with machine gun hits and lead all competitors. A high score of 214 hits in 53 seconds was scored." ... More

For action enlist in the Air Service / Otho Cushing, Capt. A.S.U.S.A.

U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster showing man cranking on airplane propeller.

The eaglet Nelson Harding - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Uncle Sam with a dollar sign on his enormous stomach and a sword labeled "Outgrown Army and Navy" attempting to buckle his belt. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Maj. J.N. Reynolds, pilot, Lieut, J.N. or J.H. Snyder, observer, 91st....

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph. No. 22389. Source for identification of officers: Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs / taken by the Signal Corps., U.S.A. (To be supplemented) Prepared in Historical br... More

Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States ...

U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster showing men on an airfield with airplanes flying overhead, and six halftone illustrations of classrooms for the "welding department, motor transport department, practical... More

[Biplanes] / Printed by Hill, Siffken & Co., Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Graft...

Poster showing biplanes in flight. Poster has no text, but blank space for text to be added. No. 78.

Aerial bombs dropping on Montmedy

Photograph shows an aerial view of bombs being dropped on Montmédy, France, during World War I. Photo by U.S. Air Service, Photographic Section, American E.F. Attributed to photographer Edward Steichen by the ... More

Aerial incendiary bombs on Montmedy

Photograph shows an aerial view of incendiary bombs being dropped on Montmédy, France, during World War I. Photo by U.S. Air Service, Photographic Section, American E.F. In album: Aerial and ground photographs... More

Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 1...

Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quart... More

Breguet bomber, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows an aerial view of the Breguet bomber biplane over France during World War I. Photo by U.S. Air Service, Photographic Section, American E.F. In album: Aerial and ground photographs, U.S. Air Se... More

Langley night bombing airplane. Photo, Oct. 15/18 at Frankfort, N.Y.

J231597 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William J. Helmke, Utica, New York.

Winning the war from the clouds / photographs by Helen Johns Kirtland,...

Five images relating to the air war in France during World War I. Images show an American "Liberty plane" flying, pieces of airplanes that have crashed being shipped back to an assembly station for reuse, Frenc... More

Fight in the air during World War I

Photograph shows three World War I military aircraft in flight in a cloudy sky. 233783 (Class J) U.S. Copyright Office. Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Ralph Osborne's Air War Photograph. Award-wi... More

Leaflet, 'Ia Samoa Uma' - A piece of paper with a poem on it

Public domain photograph of painting in New Zealand museums, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. paratroopers landing in New Guinea] / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Caption on verso: Photograph shows another view of the U.S. paratroops landing in New Guinea. Below and to the right of the leading plane may be seen several parachutes in various stages of opening, swinging t... More

London is still "taking it" - A black and white photo of a city

Photo shows St. Paul's Cathedral, London, amid smoke and flames of night air raid, Dec. 1940. Photograph from International News Photo. No. 924119. Gift from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Singapore U.S. made "Catalina" flying boats of Britain's Royal Air For...

British Official photo. No. BO-425. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese att...

U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, ...

U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. No. SC-127009. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya ... flying American "Lockheed Hud...

British Official photo. No. BO-496. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

Photograph shows Catalina flying boats flying from Singapore to patrol the seas. Caption continues: Their work takes them on long distance patrols from the civilisation of Singapore to sparsely inhabited islan... More

American fighter planes over Malaya American fighter plans have arrive...

British official photograph: X-1226. No. BO-755. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Lagg-3 fighters of the Red air force going into action, 1942-43

Photograph shows Russian fighter planes flying in formation during World War II.

"Yak" fighter planes, for the Red air force, on the assembly lines at ...

Photograph shows an interior view of a factory with Russian fighter planes being manufactored on an assembly line. Photo from: British Ministry of Information, no. RUS.3371 (XT).

Last moments of a flaming B-24 Liberator after raid over Austria

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photoprint by USAAF. No. 535631 AC.

Last days at Singapore. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of Singapore during a Japanese air raid.

U.S.N. scout bombers / George C. Ashley

Print shows U.S. Navy bombers in flight during World War II. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Copyright claimant: S. & G. Gump Co., San Francisco. This r... More

[Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber balanced on nose after crash land...

Title from caption card and item. AM-CR-11-55053. Official U.S. Navy photo. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. See printout for notes written by EBP. Unsure of source.

[American cargo ship exploding after being hit by Nazi dive bombers in...

U.S. Coast Guard photo. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, National Socialism, The Third Reich, Europe under Nazi occupation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office of War Information loc.gov photo collection (Pre-War and WW2)

(Source: researcher C. Weber, 2018) Negative not titled and probably not printed by FSA/OWI/OEM. Images with neighboring call numbers that are similar in appearance may have titles based on agency captions. To... More

First Jap torpedo bomber, "Jill," flying through hail of AA fire towar...

Title transcribed from item. No. USN 231203. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waves of Consolidated B-24 liberators of the 15th AAF fly over the ta...

Official Air Force photo. Photograph possibly taken by Richard R. Ganczak (1924-2014). No. 51982 AC. Forms part of: Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

Office of War Information loc.gov photo collection (Pre-War and WW2)

[U.S. Army Air Force personnel fight fires resulting from mid-day Japa...

Caption on verso. No. 55505 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Operations officers and controllers around communications table in ops...

Photograph shows two military officers and a controller on the telephone wearing headphones, at the communications table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London,... More

Maj. T.H. Wickwire, 3rd, of Pelham, N.Y., and Staff Sgt. Dorothy Clark...

Photograph shows Major T.H. Wickwire and Staff Sergeant Dorothy Clark wearing headphones seated at the communications table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside Lon... More

A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in ...

Man in foreground is giving signal to take off, Pacific theater. No. 58999A.C. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

[Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following Germa...

Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Communications table in ops room

Photograph shows military officers and staff including a woman, Staff Sergeant Dorothy Clark, seated around a table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, Engl... More

Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with an uni...

(Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

An unidentified Tuskegee airman sitting on top of an airplane, a P-5D,...

(Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis at Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945, presenting ...

Photograph shows Col. Benjamin O. Davis presenting war bond for best kept A/C. Left to right: Crew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S.; James A. Walker, Manning, SC, 43-E; unknown airman; Georg... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber including bombs, probably representing missions flown ,a picture of a young woman removing her skirt or slip, and the word "Jamaica?". The pilot's name, Lt. Larry Boot... More

Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, ...

Photograph shows a large group of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Among those shown are: Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; Bertram W. Wilson, Jr., Brooklyn,... More

Maj. McFadden Historic map, Library of Congress

Photograph shows Major James N. McFadden of Des Moines, Iowa standing at a wall map in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title f... More

A violent explosion staggers Japanese destroyer escort frigate after b...

Photograph by U.S. Army A.A.F. No. B-58114 AC. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

[Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen leaving the arachute room. Left to right: Richard S. "Rip" Harder, Brooklyn, NY, Class 44-B; unidentified airman; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, NY, Class 44-G; Newman C. Go... More

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Photograph shows left to right, William A. Campbell, Tuskegee, AL, Class 42-F; Thurston L. Gaines, Jr., Freeport, NY, Class 44-G in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's notes and Tuskegee Airme... More

[Photograph of several Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitel...

Photograph shows several Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. First row: 1. Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; 2. Unidentified; 3. Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; 4. Bertram W. Wilson, Jr., Broo... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows a B24 bomber painted with red zig-zag stripes. Color transparency is filed as MISC-05-338. Written on slide mount: Striped Ass [...], 466 BG.

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli,...

Photograph shows members of the 332nd, from left to right: Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA, Class 44-E; (leather cap) William H. Holloman, III, St. Louis, Mo., Class 44-?; (cloth cap) Ronald W. Reeves, Washingt... More

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with two unidentified crewmen adjusting an external seventy-five gallon drop takn on the wing of a P-5/D, "Creamer's Dream." Ramitelli... More

[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, It...

Photograph shows left to right, Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, and Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY Class 44-C. P-SC#11, "Tootsie," in background was assigned to Lowell Steward. Ramitelli, Italy, March ... More

Bomber controllers at operations

Photograph shows military officers seated in chairs in front of a map on a wall in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title from ... More

[Photograph of several Tuskegee airmen at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945...

Photograph shows several Tuskegee airmen. Front row, left to right: unidentified airman; Jimmie D. Wheeler (with goggles); Emile G. Clifton (cloth cap) San Francisco, CA, Class 44-B. Standing left to right: Ro... More

[Photograph of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Ital...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Foreground (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth (partial view, wheel cap) Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Emile G. Clifton, San Francisco, CA, Class 44-B; ... More

Aerial photo of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant, Musashino, ...

In album: "20th Air Force Operations," volume 1. Ira Eaker papers.

[Goats on runway, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Photograph shows goats on a runway, with airplanes in the background, in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's notes and Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Forms part of: Toni Frissel... More

[Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening]

Photograph shows Tuskegee airmen playing cards. Seated, left to right: Robert "Bobby" Spurlock, Washington, DC; Harold M. Morris, Seattle, WA, Class 44-D. Standing, left to right: Conrad A. Johnson, New York, N... More

Cpl. Louis B. Swingle at maps in ops room

Photograph shows Corporal Louis B. Swingle standing in front of a wall map, between two ladders, in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World Wa... More

Bomber controllers at operations

Photograph shows two military officers standing in front of a map on a wall in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title from rela... More

[Tuskegee airmen Roscoe C. Brown, Marcellus G. Smith, and Benjamin O. ...

Photograph shows left to right, Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY, Class 44-C; Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY; Col. Benjamin O. Davis. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group ... More

An unidentified Tuskegee airman sitting on a P-5D, "Creamer's Dream" a...

(Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

[Pilot from the 332nd Fighter Group signing Form One Book]

Photograph shows a pilot from the 332nd Fighter Group signing the Form One Book, indicating any discrepancies of aircraft, prior to take off. (Source: Woodrow W. Crockett, 332nd Fighter Group pilot, Tuskegee A... More

Col. Ramsay Potts of Memphis, Tenn., Director of Bombers at bombing pl...

Photograph shows Colonel Ramsay Potts looking at documents at a table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title from related co... More

[Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening]

Photograph shows left to right: Walter M. "Mo" Downs, New Orleans, LA, Class 43-B and William S. "Bill" "Bubblehead" Price, III, Topeka, KS, Class 44-C. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 33... More

The Marifu railyard, 2 miles east of Iwakuni, and 2 miles south of Ota...

Aerial view by the U.S. Army Air Forces. No. 59117 AC.

Two North American B-25's churn the water with hits and near misses on...

Photograph by U.S. Army A.A.F. No. 58062 AC. Title transcribed from item. Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

[Navy fighter pilots in the ready room of their aircraft carrier befor...

U.S. Navy photo. No. 301763. From the collections of Encyclopedia Britannica.

Bomber controllers at operations

Bombs over Burma, gelatin silver print

Aerial view of bombs being dropped from two 20th Bomber Command Superfortresses. Photo by U.S. Army Air Force. No. 56310 A.C. Forms part of: Ira Clarence Eaker Collection.

Bombing of Hansa Bay, New Guinea / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

No. 25397 AC. Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 superfortresses on Au...

"Official photograph furnished by Headquarters, A.A.F. AC/AS-2" stamped on back of print. "If published credit U.S. Army, A.A.F. photo" stamped on back of print. Photo number: A-58914 AC. Forms part of the Nat... More

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Ita...

Photograph shows members of the 332nd in a briefing room. First row, left to right, 1. Gentry E. Barnes, Lawrenceville, IL, 44-D; 2. Samuel W. Watts, Jr., New York, NY, 44-E; 3. Wendell M. Lucas, Fairmont Heigh... More

Paratroopers landing at Kamiri Strip, Noemfoor Island. Boeing B-17 kee...

No. 53212 AC. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tuskegee airmen Woodrow W. Crockett and Edward C. Gleed, Ramitelli, I...

Photograph shows standing, Woodrow W. Crockett, seated, Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.)

[Black fighter pilot series: "Escape kits" (cyanide) being distributed...

Photo shows (seated): Theodore G. Lumpkin, Jr. Standing (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth, Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Robert C. Robinson, Asheville, NC, Class 44-G; Driskell B. Ponder, Chicago, IL, Clas... More

[Toni Frissell with Major George S. "Spanky" Roberts at Ramitelli, Ita...

Photograph shows Deputy Group Commander George S. "Spanky" Roberts with photographer Toni Frissell, at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. Frissell wrote "Just before take off in stripped down mustang--no guns--for r... More

[Crew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S., Ramitelli,...

Photograph shows crew chief Marcellus G. Smith of Louisville, Kentucky, 100th F.S., working on an airplane. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. ... More

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Theatre #23 - Southwest Pacific - It's D-Day in the South Pacific and ...

Title transcribed from item. No. 50753 AC. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).

[Sgt. William P. Bostic, 301st F.S. in control tower, March 1945]

Photograph shows Sgt. William P. Bostic, 301st F.S. in control tower. Control tower directed traffic with red, amber, and green lights and a flare gun to indicate special situations. Ramitelli, Italy, March 194... More

Lt. Virginia N. Justy, 502 12 South Ogden St., Los Angeles, Calif., in...

Photograph shows Lieutenant Virginia N. Justy looking at documents at a table in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Title from re... More

An unidentified Tuskegee airman standing on an airfield, looking at ai...

Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

Bomb damage in Osaka, Japan. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aerial view of Osaka after bombing, showing bomb craters. Photograph by U.S. Army Air Forces. No. C-58589. Ira Clarence Eaker collection.

Col. Gray, Director of Fighters with Lt. Col. William Waller, 3rd, 143...

Photograph shows Colonel Gray and Lieutenant William Waller standing in front of a wall map in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II.... More

Lt. Ralph L. Oliver of Santa Rosa, Calif., bomber controller

Photograph shows Lieutenant Ralph L. Oliver looking at documents while on the telephone in the United States 8th Air Force headquarters operations room, possibly outside London, England during World War II. Tit... More

[Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee pilot, standing, three-quarter length portr...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed of Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Includes P-5/D in background, "Creamer's Dream," generally flown by Charles L. White, St. Louis, MO, Class... More

[Portrait of Tuskegee airman Edward M. Thomas, standing]

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward M. Thomas of Chicago, IL, Class 43-J. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. ... More

[Ground crew sweats in a mission]

Photograph shows three Tuskegee airmen looking skyward, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's note on contact sheet.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissel... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator] - A black and white photo of a woman on ...

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber depicting a pin-up with the name "Bonnie" written next to the image. Written on back: 466BG ; 2E AD, Attlebridge, Eng.