Volunteer Collection (#3)

American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. American recruits holding an American flag during World War I

Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Dr. Mary Crawford of Brooklyn, New York who was part of a group of doctors who went to help at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris during World War I

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A group of American doctors including Dr

At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. Creator: Bain News Service
At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. German Americans at the German Consulate in New York City as part of German mobilization before World War I

Fire brigade of the Krasnoyarsk Volunteer Fire Society, 1910. Creator: I. Upatkin
Fire brigade of the Krasnoyarsk Volunteer Fire Society, 1910. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Review of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers at Chatsworth Park - from a drawing by T. Walton, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Review of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers at Chatsworth Park - from a drawing by T. Walton, 1860....about 25, 000 persons assembled to witness the review...Upwards of 12, 000 volunteers were reviewed

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires a Petrograd, en juillet et aout 1917: tandis que l'armee reguliere se desagregeait

Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; Volunteers in the army of King Hussein, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; Volunteers in the army of King Hussein, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

How to make a surprise attack; Departure: in the foreground, seen from behind... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Departure: in the foreground, seen from behind, a stretcher-bearer accompanies troops, as a volunteer, to help any wounded, without belonging to the fighting group

L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution...1917
L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution d'objets d'equipement aux volontaires arrivant au camp de Plattsburg, 1917

Night march at Christmastide of the Rifle Volunteers - drawn by Harrison Weir, 1st Surrey... 1860. Creator: J Greenaway
Night march at Christmastide of the Rifle Volunteers - drawn by Harrison Weir, 1st Surrey Rifles, 1860. Music by W. M. Balfe, words by Mark Lemon

Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. Creator: Unknown. Gun practice on board H.M.S
Gun practice on board H.M.S. "Brilliant", 1860. British seamen in the Naval Reserve: scene showing...a gun's crew at lever target-practice - in the act of laying the gun for

Presentation of a silver trumpet to the Artillery Corps and a silver bugle to the Rifle... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of a silver trumpet to the Artillery Corps and a silver bugle to the Rifle Corps, at Boston, 1860. Event held in the park of Major Hopkins. Mrs

The Volunteer Guards (32nd Middlesex), generally known as the Six-Foot Corps. 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Guards (32nd Middlesex), generally known as the Six-Foot Corps. 1860. Undress, Private; Undress, Officer; Full Dress, Officer; Full Dress, Private; Undress

Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts, at Holly Lodge, Highgate, 1860. The company having taken their seats, the battalion marched up in column,

Banquet at the Crossbowmen's Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster, 1648
Banquet at the Crossbowmen's Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Munster, 1648. Other Title(s): The Celebration of the Peace of Munster, 18 June 1648

Cartoon on the voluntary sacrifice for the Fatherland, 1774-1833. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the voluntary sacrifice for the Fatherland, 1774-1833. A sleeping man by an offering box covered with a large spider web. a minister with an orange cockade flees

The Volunteer, Goelet Cup Race, August 7, 1891, 1891 Aug 7. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer, Goelet Cup Race, August 7, 1891, 1891 Aug 7

The Volunteer, trial trip, under way, (1887?). Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer, trial trip, under way, (1887?)

Portrait of Harmen van de Poll, Son of Jan van de Poll, 1650-1700. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Harmen van de Poll, Son of Jan van de Poll, 1650-1700. Copy after Johannes Spilberg II

Portrait of Jan van de Poll, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, 1650-1700. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Jan van de Poll, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, 1650-1700. Copy after Johannes Spilberg II

Volunteer, between 1888 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Volunteer, between 1888 and 1899

L'entrée de l'Italie dans la Guere, le 24 mai 1915; Trois petits-fils de Garibaldi, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'entree de l'Italie dans la Guere, le 24 mai 1915; Trois petits-fils de Garibaldi venus combattre en France'

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
L'effort de l'Angleterre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Mrs. Van H. Manning, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Left, Mine Rescue Methods, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Van H
Mrs. Van H. Manning, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Left, Mine Rescue Methods, 1917. Mary Z. Manning, widow of Vannoy Hartrog Manning, demonstrates treatment of injured miner

L'aide du Canada; Groupe de volontaires canadiens arrivant en Angleterre, 1914. Creator: Unknown
L'aide du Canada; Groupe de volontaires canadiens arrivant en Angleterre, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Bureau Of Mines, Mine Rescue Methods, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Bureau Of Mines, Mine Rescue Methods, 1917
Bureau Of Mines, Mine Rescue Methods, 1917

Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
Les ravitailleuses, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge au passage des trains emmenant les Parisiens a la campagne ou a la mer, 1916

The Marquess de la Vieuville; Obit 1643, 1812. Creator: Richard Earlom
The Marquess de la Vieuville; Obit 1643, 1812. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of

The Royal Navy Artillery Volunteers - An Entertainment on Board HMS "Frolic", 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Navy Artillery Volunteers - An Entertainment on Board HMS "Frolic", 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. USA. First World War: women using circular knitting machines to produce socks for sailors

Les enrôlements volontaires en 1792, between 1901 and 1902. Creator: Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
Les enrolements volontaires en 1792, (between 1901 and 1902). Recruits volunteering. Recruits gathered on the Pont-Neuf in Paris preparing to leave for the border

Mrs. Mendum Bloomburg, Red Cross Motor Corps, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Mendum Bloomburg, Red Cross Motor Corps, 1917. First World War: women in uniform, note leather leggings

Bashi Bozouks, Volunteers to the Turkish Forces, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Bashi Bozouks, Volunteers to the Turkish Forces, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Arrival of the Coast-Guard Volunteers at Portsmouth; reported Saturday April 8, 1854, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Coast-Guard Volunteers at Portsmouth; reported Saturday April 8, 1854, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917
Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Old soldiers and Red Cross volunteers in Washington, DC

The Late Isaac Jarman, Coxwain of the Ramsgate Life-Boat, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Late Isaac Jarman, Coxwain of the Ramsgate Life-Boat, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Departure of the volunteer, around 1793. Creator: Unknown
Departure of the volunteer, around 1793

Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. American philanthropist Mabel Thorp Boardman was the only woman to ever serve on the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners

Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. American philanthropist Mabel Thorp Boardman was the only woman to ever serve on the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners

Mrs. Mendum Bloomburg, Red Cross Motor Corps, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Mendum Bloomburg, Red Cross Motor Corps, 1917. First World War

Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. USA, First World War: Lelia Montague Gordon volunteering at a mobile kitchen

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"Volunteer: A Legacy of Courage and Service" In the tumultuous history of our world, the spirit of volunteerism has shone brightly through various chapters. From the UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster to Gun Running by Ulster Volunteer Force, individuals have stepped forward selflessly to protect their communities and fight for what they believe in. During WW2, brave souls like the AFS despatch rider and messenger risked their lives on the frontlines, ensuring vital messages reached those who needed them most. The Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances battled against raging flames during the Blitz in London, embodying resilience amidst chaos. Even in times of civil unrest such as the CIVIL WAR: UNION SOLDIER era, volunteers like Union soldiers armed themselves with rifles and bayonets to defend their nation's unity. Their unwavering dedication captured in a photograph from c1862 serves as a testament to their sacrifice. Women too played an integral role during wartime; Women of Britain - World War Two poster stands as a reminder that female volunteers contributed significantly towards victory. Similarly, World War I recruitment posters called upon men from all walks of life to join forces for a common cause. The Royal Proclamation 1914 echoed throughout nations, inspiring countless individuals to become part of something greater than themselves. Organizations like First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) provided essential medical aid on battlefields where every second counted. Through powerful recruitment posters urging citizens into action, societies rallied together under one banner – volunteerism. These images served not only as calls for help but also symbols representing unity and strength during challenging times. From UVF gun runners protecting their community's interests to courageous firefighters battling infernos or soldiers defending freedom – these diverse examples remind us that volunteering is more than just lending a hand; it is an embodiment of bravery and selflessness etched into our collective memory forever.