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Politics Collection (page 19)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Herman Goring Balloon

Herman Goring Balloon
1938: Nazi Air Force soldiers gather to witness a test flight of the Herman Goring balloon in preparation for World War II, Germany. The balloon was used to test air currents

Background imagePolitics Collection: Guadalcanal Casualty

Guadalcanal Casualty
4th November 1943: A Japanese transport ship with its wrecked stern resting on the bottom of the beach at Guadalcanal. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Protective Fire

Protective Fire
August 1942: Anti aircraft fire, sent up by US warships as protection for their forces who are landing on the beaches at Guadalcanal, can be seen as black dots in the sky

Background imagePolitics Collection: Hitler Undone

Hitler Undone
February 1945: An American GI removing a sign which reads Adolf Hitler Street from the side of a building in Duren, Germany. The street is to be renamed following the Second World War

Background imagePolitics Collection: Italian Tank

Italian Tank
circa 1940: An Italian tank in Northern Egypt. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Desert Army

Desert Army
19th October 1939: Stripped to the waist, Tommies of the British forces toil in the heat of the midday sun, in the shadow of the Egyptian pyramids. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Zeppelinfield

Zeppelinfield
1945: The huge Zeppelin Stadium at Nuremberg, built to display Nazi might, is in Allied hands. Here the Nazi Party held its rallies and Hitler made his speeches. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Ledo Road

Ledo Road
January 1945: Some of the first Chinese trucks pass through on the Ledo Burma Road, after its re-opening at the end of the Second World War. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Flight Deck

Flight Deck
circa 1943: An American plane flying above an American aircraft carrier, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. In the background is the destroyer escort. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Flying Tank

Flying Tank
circa 1941: One of the American M-3 Medium Tanks in action in the Western Desert War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Tank Lighters

Tank Lighters
circa 1944: American tank lighters, which carry oil and gasoline, close to the shore at Charan Kanoa, on the west coast of Saipan Island

Background imagePolitics Collection: Hitlers Retreat

Hitlers Retreat
circa 1945: GIs stand at the ruins of the great living room window of Hitlers mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden, the so-called Berghof. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Marching On

Marching On
22nd June 1945: US Marines led by a tank move towards the last strongpoint of the Japanese resistance. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Blow That Horn

Blow That Horn
circa 1943: A trumpet is sounded to begin the days march of Japanese troops in Burma as they make their way to the Indian Frontier. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Ships At Sunset

Ships At Sunset
17th July 1942: A convoy with British Navy escort at sunset. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: German Guard

German Guard
December 1939: A German soldier standing guard by a field gun, in the French countryside, during the Second World War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Fort Sumter Under Confederate Flag, NC, 1861

Fort Sumter Under Confederate Flag, NC, 1861
View of Fort Sumter with a Confederate flag waving, North Carolina, April 4, 1861. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: People Outside DNC At Tammany Hall, NYC

People Outside DNC At Tammany Hall, NYC
Men and women walk outside the Democratic National Convention held at Tammany Hall, New York City, 1890s. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Tammany Hall And Burlesque Theater, NYC

Tammany Hall And Burlesque Theater, NYC
Exterior of Tammany Hall, the home of the powerful political party, then including the Olympic burlesque theater, New York City, 1924. (Photo by Jack Benton/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: British Soldiers Burning Books In Library Of Congress

British Soldiers Burning Books In Library Of Congress
Illustration of British soldiers burning books in piles within the U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. circa 1814. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Tammany Hall

Tammany Hall
Photograph shows Tammany Hall the headquarters of the Tammany Society or Columbian Order whose members organized a corrupt political machine in New York City from 1789 until the 1960s

Background imagePolitics Collection: Street Fighting In St. Petersburg

Street Fighting In St. Petersburg
Elevated view of fighting in the streets, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1917. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: A Pair Of Dueling Pistols

A Pair Of Dueling Pistols
Antique dueling pistols, on view at The Grange, the home of American Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in New York, New York, 1933. These pistols were not used in Hamiltonss fatal duel

Background imagePolitics Collection: Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska State Capitol
The Nebraska State Capitol building (Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 1932) as seen from the street, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930s. The statue on the top of the tower dome is called The Sower

Background imagePolitics Collection: Grants Tomb

Grants Tomb
View looking north along Riverside Drive of General Grant National Memorial (commonly known as Grants Tomb), near 122nd Street. New York, New York, 1930s. The mausoleum, designed by architect John H

Background imagePolitics Collection: Grants Tomb

Grants Tomb
View looking west of General Grant National Memorial (commonly known as Grants Tomb) in Riverside Park, near the intersection of Riverside Drive and 122nd Street

Background imagePolitics Collection: Black Watch Sniper

Black Watch Sniper
20th August 1955: A lone soldier of the Black Watch Depot, Queens Barracks, Perth, during target practice. The Black Watch, Am Freiceadan Dubh in Gaelic

Background imagePolitics Collection: Parliament Fog

Parliament Fog
21st January 1939: The Houses of Parliament, London, engulfed in fog. Original Publication: Picture Post - 68 - Foggy Morning - pub. 1939 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Fighter Pilot

Fighter Pilot
28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain standing in a doorway with a sign above him reading Through These Portals Pass The Best Damn Fighter Pilots In The World

Background imagePolitics Collection: Hiking Onwards

Hiking Onwards
18th June 1949: Boys hiking along a village lane, during an expedition which will be the climax of one months stay for boys at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey

Background imagePolitics Collection: Army Exercises

Army Exercises
20th August 1955: Soldiers of the Black Watch going through their exercises at the Black Watch Depot, Queens Barracks, Perth

Background imagePolitics Collection: Tammany Hall And Academy Of Music, NYC

Tammany Hall And Academy Of Music, NYC
Exterior of Tammany Hall (R) and the Academy of Music on East 14th Street, New York City, circa 1889. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: People Outside US Capitol Building

People Outside US Capitol Building
Exterior of the Capitol building with women and children gathered outdoors, Washington D.C. 1910s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Berlin Barricade

Berlin Barricade
Fighting at a barricade in a Berlin street during the revolution of 1848. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: March For Home Rule

March For Home Rule
National volunteers, supporters of Mahatma Gandhi march through the streets of Madras carrying the banner of home rule, 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Dublin Riot

Dublin Riot
Rioting outside the Liberty Hall headquarters of the Transport Workers Union in Dublin, 31st August 1913. Trouble flared after a meeting by striking tramway workers when crowds gathered

Background imagePolitics Collection: Palace Of Westminster

Palace Of Westminster
Tugs and barges on the Thames by the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, London, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Holwood House

Holwood House in Kent, home of British prime minister William Pitt the Younger (1759 - 1806), circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Siege Of Paris

Siege Of Paris
A French soldier from the siege of Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Balloon At Montmartre

Balloon At Montmartre
A captive balloon at Montmartre, Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, circa 1871. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: French Declare War

French Declare War
The Senate of France declares war on Russia at the start of the conflict in the Crimean Peninsula, Paris, 28th March 1854. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Prussian Artillery

Prussian Artillery
Prussian artillery at the Fort d Aubervilliers, France, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Alphonse Liebert/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Prussians Parade

Prussians Parade
A Prussian horse artillery and infantry parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris during the Prussian occupation. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Prussian Occupation

Prussian Occupation
Fort Issy, one of the strategic defence posts of Paris is occupied by Prussian troops during the Franco-Prussian war. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePolitics Collection: Paris Commune

Paris Commune
An artillery piece on the Rue Des Rosiers, Montmartre, overlooking Paris, during the civil war between the Versailles government and the Paris Commune, following the Franco-Prussian war



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