military bands

Marche du Dom Quichotte moderne pour la deffence du Moulin des Abus

Print shows the Prince de Condé as Don Quixote on a white horse and vicomte de Mirabeau (Mirabeau Tonneau) as Sancho Panza riding on a barrel-shaped ass on wheels, surrounded by a ragged group of counterrevolut... More

General Weitzel's Head Quarters, 18th Corps

Army band, log buildings in background. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ten unidentified soldiers that form a Union regimental band with saxh...

Case: Leather, floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

Camp of 2d Rhode Island Infantry

Photograph shows military band and infantry soldiers standing in formation on a field. No. 4113. Miller, Vol. IX, p. 157. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Band group seated behind their instruments]

Camp of 2d Maine Infantry, Camp Jameson

Photograph shows officers, infantry soldiers, and miliatry band standing in a snow covered field; tents in the background. No. B547. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fouth [i.e. Fourth] Regiment band. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Union saxhorn and drum musicians from the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in ... More

7th New York Cavalry-- General I. N. Palmer & staff in foreground-- ca...

Photograph shows General Palmer and staff in the foreground, and military band, soldiers, and cavalry in the background. No. B543. Miller, Vol. 4, p. 14-15. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Camp of 2d Rhode Island Infantry

Photograph shows military band and infantry soldiers standing in formation on a field.

Co. H, 36th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Group portrait with band in right center. No. 4534. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Union fife and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virg...

Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More

7th New York Cavalry-- General I. N. Palmer & staff in foreground-- ca...

Photograph shows General Palmer and staff in the foreground, and military band, soldiers, and cavalry in the background.

[Union saxhorn and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, V...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S. Army band standing on steps]

Drum Corps of 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, March, 1863

Group portrait of 14 boys posed with drums. No. 520. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7520.

Drum Corps, 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Virginia, August, 1863

Group portrait of 8 boys posed with drums and other people. No. 514. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7514.

Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865

Group portrait of 17 uniformed men posed in a semicircle and holding instruments, with two drums in foreground. No. 807. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is broken:... More

Drum corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 186...

Group portrait of about 30 men, some holding instruments and others reading, writing, and playing cards. No. 688. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is broken: LC-B817-7688.

Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry

Shows group of twenty African American soldiers with musical instruments in Arlington, Virginia. Caption book information: Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry, Arlington, VA, November 1865. Photo by William M. ... More

[The First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Gu...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 17. No. 268. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of... More

[Inspection of four companies of infantry students at the Imperial Mil...

Parade formation with columns of soldiers in lines. Military band at lower left. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 12. No. 298. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with ... More

[The naval sergeant bugler] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 14. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Librar... More

[The band of the First Mobile Artillery Bodyguard Brigade] / Constanti...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 13. No. 196. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hami... More

[Ertuğrul Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard] / Constantinople, Ab...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 2. In album: Cavalry and Lancer Regiments of the Imperial Guard, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

[The sortie of the First Mobile Artillery Bodyguard Brigade from the b...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Coll... More

[The Naval Batallion] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

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[View of the First Mobile Artillery Bodyguard Brigade and harnessed ho...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 11. No. 184. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hami... More

[The young soldiers' naval band] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 13. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Librar... More

[The Battalion of Navy Fusiliers and its musical band] / Abdullah Frèr...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 40. No. 4. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy and naval personnel, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[The Battalion of the Navy Fusiliers] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinopl...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 39. No. 5. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy and naval personnel, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

[The First Battalion of the First Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Gu...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 4. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

[Band of the First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imp...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 15. No. 214. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of... More

[The First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Gu...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 21. No. 263. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of... More

[The First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Gu...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 13. No. 317. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of... More

[The Naval Batallion and its band] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. No. 412. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More

Marine band at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Returning from drill, Hampton Roads

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Marine band at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021272. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Kairo, Shepheard's Hotel, concert militaire view, photochrome print po...

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Egypt. Cairo. Military Concert, Shepheard's Hotel." Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Au... More

Returning from drill, Hampton Roads

Title in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901): Marine band. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021281. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

First Regiment Band in parade, Massachusetts

Blue tone cyanotype image of the first regiment band marching down a street in a parade. Band members wear medium-(sic) colored helmets with large insignia in center front and a spike on top, dark-colored jacke... More

U.S.S. New York, band going aboard at Hampton Roads

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U.S.S. New York, band going aboard at Hampton Roads

Attribution based on negative D4-20785. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020786. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More

[Military band at Rough Riders camp, Montauk Point, New York]

Photograph showing band members, some with instruments, Montauk Point, New York. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. "Montauk Point" on front. "Band" written on back.

U.S.S. Oregon, squilgee band on after turret after surrender of Cristo...

Attribution based on negative D4-20855. "921" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020862. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

[Dress parade, band passing in review, West Point, N.Y.]

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

First regiment band of the Nebraska National Guard pictured sitting ou...

summary: Note: "Wisner, Nebraska" is printed on the drum head. original size: 6x8

Band concert, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Guard mount, Fort Oglethorpe, Chicamauga [i.e. Chickamauga-Chattanooga...

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First regiment band of the Nebraska National Guard, Kearney, Nebraska.

summary: Note: "Wisner, Nebraska" is printed on the drum head. original size: 6x8

U.S. Military band, West Point, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 7447" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500708. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Second Regiment band of the Nebraska National Guard, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First regiment band of the Nebraska National Guard pictured sitting ou...

summary: Note: "Wisner, Nebraska" is printed on the drum head. original size: 6x8

Guard mount, Fort Oglethorpe, Chicamauga i.e. Chickamauga-Chattanooga ...

"G 4219" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070006. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[U.S. Military band, West Point, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dress parade, band passing in review, West Point, N.Y.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033976. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Part of the military parade first day. The mounted band of the 2nd U.S...

Photograph showing army musicians riding horseback in parade while playing instruments.

The most famous bands in France & Mexico, Garde de Republicaine and Me...

H 52926 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

England's famous national military band, the Grenadier Guards, Federal...

H 52927 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The most famous bands in England and France, the Grenadier Guards and ...

H 52925 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marching band (left) and troop inspection (right) at the Nebraska Nati...

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.

Encampment, Nebraska National Guard, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Band practice, Japanese army, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Soldiers outside their tents at the Nebraska National Guard Camp, Kear...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nebraska National Guard band marching at Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dress parade, Nebraska National Guard, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nebraska National Guard Parade, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nebraska National Guard Parade, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reg't camp - 18th Inf., Texas City, Texas

Postcard shows band playing in foreground of the 18th Infantry Regiment camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J178945 U.S. Copyright Office. 92. Copr Maurer Photo.

Canadian Band during World War I

A small military band has been drawn up in formation while a conductor stands at the front facing them. The ground looks very rough and is covered with ice and snow. ..Diversions like forming a band not only al... More

"Rookies," Framingham, June 1916, Somerville, Massachusetts

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.

Unidentified African American regimental band. American Civil War 1861...

Photograph shows group portrait of soldiers with their musical instruments. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall... More

Headquarters Co., 102nd U.S.A. - Public domain portrait print

J225319 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: New Haven, Ct. Copyright deposit; Curtiss Studio; September 10, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45469.

Maryland. Camp Meade, 1918, 316th Regimental Band marching and playing...

Photograph shows band marching and playing instruments on dirt road. No. 948.

Sousa's famous Marine Band playing on south steps of Treasury Building...

J229001 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 19089.

Negro Band of the 814th Infantry leaving the Celtic after her arrival.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Victory March Through London - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Victory March Through London - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship...

Photograph shows soldiers gathered around the band, on the U.S.S Philippine, during return voyage to the United States, from Brest, France, 1919. Set title from Gladstone collection checklist. Caption from item... More

A Quartette which gave good entertainment; These colored members of th...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship...

Photograph shows soldiers and military band on the deck of the U.S.S. Philippine during their return trip to the United States from Brest, France, 1919. Set title from Gladstone collection checklist. Caption fr... More

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship...

Photograph shows soldiers gathered around the 803rd Infantry band on the deck of the U.S.S Philippine, during voyage back to the United States from Brest, France, 1919. Set title from Gladstone collection check... More

Victory March Through London - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Cadet band I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Cadet band II

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Trumpeters and drummer on steps

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Marine Band concert on the White House grounds,July 16, 1921

Photograph by National Photo Co. LC-F81-15096. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Concert by the U.S. Marine Band on the White House grounds, Washington...

Photograph by National Photo Co. LC-F81-15095. Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oath taking ceremony, C.M.T.C., Camp Meade, Md., 7/3/24

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (John J. Pershing Papers); 1953. Photographer's address: Balto., Md. No. C42. Forms part of John J. Pershing collection.

The United States Marine Band at the White House

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Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Cadet band I

Public domain photograph of music band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Trumpeters and drummer on steps

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Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Cadet band II

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Flag raising ceremony at Corry Field dedication: Pensacola Naval Air S...

Local call number: PR08410..Title: Flag raising ceremony at Corry Field dedication: Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida..Date: December 8, 1934..General note: Originally home to a Naval Yard in the 1820s, Pens... More

[ The 82nd Airborne Division band, under direction of Cpl. Charles Woo...

Official U.S. Army photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard stands at parade rest during the closin...

QUEBEC (Aug. 27, 2009) The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard stands at parade rest during the closing ceremony of the 10th annual Quebec International Festival of Military Bands. The Ceremonial Guard and Navy Band tra... More

The U.S. Navy Band, led by Captain George N. Thompson, performs an act...

QUEBEC (Aug. 28, 2009) The U.S. Navy Band, led by Captain George N. Thompson, performs an action-adventure medley featuring music from Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pirates of the Caribbean and ... More

The U.S. Navy Band performs in the Basilique-Cathedrale Notre-Dame de ...

QUEBEC (Aug. 30, 2009) The U.S. Navy Band performs in the Basilique-Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Quebec as part of the closing ceremonies of the 10th annual Quebec City International Festival of Military Bands. The... More

The U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes ensemble, Liberty Call,

The U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes ensemble, Liberty Call, plays as ships arrive for the Navy commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 at Renaissance Pier in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 4, 2012. The celebrati... More

Services partner to make music, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Air Force Capt. Haley Armstrong, the commander of the USAF Band of the Pacific, conducts the band during the 29th annual joint-military service band appreciation concert at Hawaii Theatre, May 17, 2014. Hosted ... More