arms and armament

[Mechanical device for scaling towers]

Illus. in: De re militari / Roberto Valturio. [Verona] : Joannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : ... 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.

Exemplum balistæ quadrirotis. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Print shows two soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications. The horses are well covered with armor. Illu... More

[Title page to The arte of warre by Niccolò Machiavelli]

Title page illustration showing cavalries engaged in battle, soldiers, and armaments. Illus. in: The arte of warre / written in Italian by Nicholas Machiauel, and set foorth in English by Peter VVithorne .... ... More

[Apparatus for shooting large arrows], engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Poliorceticōn, sive De machinis, tormentis, telis, libri qvinqve ... Antverpiæ : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud I. Moretum, 1599. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western tech... More

Orgues, thick long pieces of wood, pointed and shod with iron, clear o...

Print shows the entry to a fortress. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, 1776. Published in: The American R... More

Petard, a brass pot fixed upon a strong square plank, which has an iro...

Print shows a bomb-like device used to blow apart doors or gates. Caption continues: This pot is filled with powder; which, when fixed, breaks every thing about it; and thereby makes an opening to enter the pl... More

Gabion, a cylinder basket, open at both ends, about three feet wide, a...

Print shows a gabion. Caption continues: They serve in sieges to carry on the approaches under cover, when they come pretty near the fortification. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictio... More

Cheveaux de-frize, large joints or beams, stuck full of wooden pins, a...

Print shows a wooden barricade for defending against a cavalry charge. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, ... More

Chandelier, is a wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, t...

Print shows a wooden apparatus for protecting men while digging during siege operations. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, ... More

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

Print shows cannons and mortars at a fortress. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, p. frontispiece. Published in: The American ... More

Elevation of a sling cart [and] plan of a sling cart

Print shows two views of a "sling cart." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIII. Published in: The American Revolution in... More

[Arms of the British forces] - Public domain print

Print shows British arms with drum and flag as title page ornament. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fi... More

[Knight in armor with mace, mounted on horse.]

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Entrance to the Khyber Pass from Punjaub

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Indian and attendants., Afghanistan

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Jellalabad : Sirdar Mahomed Ukbar Khan

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Kaukers of the Bolan range - Character costumes of Afghaunistan

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Perganeh, near Istalif : Huzzareh's firing with Juzzaeels

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Aga Jan, an officer of the Kohistan rangers; Meer Humzu, trooper of th...

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Dourraunnee chieftains in full armour

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Atmaran" Hindoo of Peshawar - Public domain drawing

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Bala Hissar and city of Kabul, with the British cantonments from the "...

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Ghiljie women of the lower orders; Khoja Padshauh, a Ko-i-staun chief,...

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Afghaun foot soldiers in their winter dress

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Jaunbauz, or Afghaun cavalry, with horse bearing implements for smokin...

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The siege of a city. - Public domain vintage map

Warriors in armour fighting in chariots.

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Warriors in mail before a besieged city.

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Prisoners brought before the king.

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Constantinople. Mosque of Tophane

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 3A, pl. 5.

[Daggers, swords, and battle hatchets displayed at the Armory, Madrid,...

In album: Spain, opposite p. 11. No. 89. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

Infantry shield - Drawing. Public domain image.

Mobile wrought iron shield with soldiers. Illus. in: Scientific American, 1861 Aug. 21, p. 128. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

Iron casemate carriages / Gustav Stolz, carriage maker of ordn.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing parts of carriages for ordnance. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 109. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Civil War envelope showing banner with "1776" and weapons, with messag...

Addressed to Miss Alma Symms, Barnet, Vrt. ; postmarked Rutland, Vt., March 24 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Frank Kaplan, Mr. Fancy Cancel, South River, New Jers... More

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

Arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., from roof of model arsenal (Andrew J. ...

Photograph showing an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 274.

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, Robertson's brigade / negative by J....

Photograph showing the mounted battery of Captain Robertson. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 59. Copyright ... More

Certificate of service Max Rosenthal

Print shows a certificate to certify that someone served as a volunteer in the "Volunteer Army of the United States in obedience to the call of A. Lincoln, President to suppress the Southern Rebellion of 1861."... More

Reverse of target - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Kings and Bochons," Century magazine.

Bronze shield, bronze. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Kings and Bochons," Century magazine.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): A'alim (member of the Ulema) of Mekkè (Mecca); (2): resident of Djèaddèlè (environs of Mecca); and (3):"Baveri" of the guard of the Chèrif (Sharif) of Mecca. French caption from book: Hedjaz. Yémen. Tripo... More

[Pikes or halberds and staffs] - Public domain drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

[Hand-held mace?] - Public domain weapon drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From a figure in .... From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part... More

[Typical bow used by a samurai]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. No. 919. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Chinese jars and weapons in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 35. No. 940. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[Chinese jars and cups in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 36. No. 941. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[Clocks, Chinese jars and weapons of the Ottoman Sultans in the Imperi...

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 938. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanb... More

[The interior view of the ancient weapons magazine] / Constantinople, ...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 26. No. 22. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[The interior view of the ancient weapons magazine] / Constantinople, ...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. No. 905. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 28. No. 916. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[The interior view of the weapons magazine] / Constantinople, Abdullah...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. No. 133. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empi... More

[The interior view of the ancient weapons magazine in Maçka] / Constan...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 29. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 918. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. No. 913. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. No. 907. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[The ancient weapons of the Ottoman Empire] / Constantinople, Abdullah...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. No. 62. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 904. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 26. No. 899. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain architecture engraving

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[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 910. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Interior of the Weapons Museum]

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 3. No. 913. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: ... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 34. No. 908. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[The armor and weapons of Sultan Murad IV] / Abdullah Frères.

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[The interior view of the ancient weapons magazine] / Constantinople, ...

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 25. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. No. 898. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[Interior of the Weapons Museum]

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. No. 914. In album: Armory museums, I... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Antique Arms Depot in Maçka. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 21. No. 906. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

Caricature, The food of our youth / J.K., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a mean-spirited infant boy in a cradle labeled "Infant Indian Exterminators", armed with a rifle, knives, and handguns, feeding from a large bottle filled with "Dime Novel" and "5 ct. Paper[back]" l... More

Celestial wrath / F. Opper. - A book with a cartoon of a man holding a...

Print shows startled French soldiers in rice paddies confonting an angry blazing sun rimmed with cannon barrels and bayonets, and stating "Population 500,000,000", also signs labeled "Malaria, Disease, [and] Fe... More

History repeats itself / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Julius Caesar or a Roman centurion, in the background, tumbling off a pillar of stones labeled "Rome, Etruria, Britain, Asia, [and] Africa", and in the middle distance, on a bit of land label... More

"Peace" assured / J. Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William E. Gladstone dressed as an old woman wearing keys labeled "Suez, Gibraltor, [and] Herat", pushing John Bull into a kissing embrace with Tsar Nicholas II who is, likewise, being pushed... More

MCC / I.M. Gaugengigl. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a man, full-length portrait, wearing 13th century clothing with bow and arrows and carrying a long staff. U30256 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate in lower right corner. Printed below image: "... More

Anchor and shot park, Pensacola Navy Yard

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Anchor and shot park, Pensacola Navy Yard

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 128" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021302. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. - Public domain vintage map

: tradecards,4043 ( tradecards,4043 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Wine industry; Arms & armament; Military art & science; Militarism; Maps;

Daterlandilches gedenkblatt - Print, Library of Congress collection

1424 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Baumann, L. copyright ... More

Ox-drawn caissons at Campbellpur [sic]

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by D...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021010. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

Portrait photo of U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition

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U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by D...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021011. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition

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The nations' holiday feast / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam and Puck offering a toast to the New Year and Peace, with several heavily armed representatives of nations labeled "France, J. Bull, Turkey, Russia, Germania, [and] Italy" sitting around a... More

U.S.S. Texas, Spanish mine taken up in Guantanamo Bay

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021019. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

U.S.S. Texas, Spanish mine taken up in Guantanamo Bay

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Caricature, Futility / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a winged female figure labeled "Peace" sitting on one side of a mountain pass and Mars, the Roman god of war, sitting on the opposite side; a man wearing a crown and robe labeled "Czar" is walking d... More

A peace dream of Eastertime / Keppler.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Europe" asleep among boxes of "Munitions and Ammunition", large shells, and a barrel of "Powder" with a candle labeled "Ambition" as a burning fuse; she is dreaming about "T... More

U.S.S. Kentucky, taking on ammunition, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by ...

"Hart" on negative. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020512. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

U.S.S. Kentucky, taking on ammunition

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Ordnance Museum, Academy Hall, U.S. Military Academy

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Ordnance Museum, Academy Hall, U.S. Military Academy

"WJ 338" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013399. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

School of Pollajuolo, [sic] Hamburg, 1944. [Two centaurs fighting.]

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[Interior of U.S. gun shop, Washington Navy Yard]

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Regulars and irregulars--but all arrayed against a common enemy--"That...

Tiger in fort with flag "Tammany graft" looking through telescope at Seth Low, who is commanding men as they load large gun "anti-Tammany", with bullets "clean record" "capable administration", and "just return... More

Genl. Kuropatkin ready for anything awaits the coming of the Japanese

Print shows the Russian General A.N. Kuropatkin armed and waiting for an approaching Japanese soldier. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

The Hoosier Don Quixote / J.K. after Doré.

Illustration shows Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote, he is standing with shield and lance next to a well on which stands a suit of armor labeled "Indiana Organization", to the right of Fairban... More

U.S. Government Buildings -- Navy Yard. Washington DC sterescope card,...

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"Who's first, gents?" / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Peace" standing in a barber shop, holding a large pair of shears labeled "Disarmament"; sitting to the right are the heads of state from "Spain, U.S. [Uncle Sam], Aus... More