Historical Events and Gatherings

Black and white photos capturing significant moments and crowds during various historical events, representing community and social movements from the past.

Vintage Photograph. The Easter parade crowd on Fifth Ave. Frame 8.

Anefo photo collection. Van Houten Expeditie Return in Amsterdam. April 12, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Aage Thaarup - Hat Designer London. March 1, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration in The Hague against Israeli terrorist campaigns against Palestinians. April 14, 1973. The Hague, South Holland

Back To Work On Monday -- The show of hands for "back to work" at the meeting today.By an overwhelming majority on a show of hands, London dockworkers, meeting this morning in Victoria Park, Bethnal Green, decided to return to work on Monday. July 22, 1949. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Asians expressed by Uganda at Schiphol, Group of Asians after arrival. November 24, 1972. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Vintage Photograph. The Easter parade crowd on Fifth Ave. Frame 8.

Anefo photo collection. Presentation by Alderman van der Velde van Gifts to the students of the Frederikschool (Amsterdam Oud-Zuid) i.v.m. The celebration of 700 years Amsterdam. Performance outside of the Amsterdam police chapel. 9 June 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Crowd reviving police officer (EV003996_H)

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration for the US embassy in The Hague in connection with the production of the neutron bomb. Protesters for the embassy. August 11, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Feijenoord players overtaken in Rotterdam on the town hall: in the town hall Rinus Israels and mayor Thomassen with the cup surrounded by supporters. May 7, 1970. Rotterdam, South Holland

V-J Day Celebration August 15, 1945 USA

Anefo photo collection. Kabouters held meeting in Vondelpark; Overview. June 4, 1970

Anefo photo collection. Striking women from Herstal to Liège to demonstrate, the protesters on the way. April 25, 1966. Liège

Robert F Kennedy (1925-1968) Democratic Senator for New York, right centre, and Donald F Benjamin. center, of the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council, join children at playground children outside a building, 5 February 1966. World Telegram & Sun photograph by Dick DeMarsico.

Anefo photo collection. Refugee children from Hungary arrive by train to lead and stay there until April. February 5, 1957. Hungary, Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Arrival USC reunists Utrecht. July 2, 1956. Utrecht

About 100, 000 demonstrators, peaceful and violent, came to Brokdorf in the district of Steinburg to protest against a nuclear power plant, protected by a large police force 28.02.1981, Germany, Europe

Demonstrators in Berlin protest murder of Peter Fechter who was killed trying to escape East Germany at the Berlin wall, 8/14/69

The End of Their War. A woman is hailed aboard a lorry to join her returned husband for the ride home through Berlin. Picture received in London today. There were joyous scenes at Grunewald Station, in the British sector of Berlin, when the first batch of about 600 prisoners-of-war returned home from English prison camps. Women who had waited hours to welcome their menfolk were hysteric with joy at the reunion, and the scene was a mixture of hugs, tears and laughter as the men were dispersed to their homes. October 17, 1946. (Photo by Fox).

Anefo photo collection. Evening party 75 years of cheese market Bodegraven. September 10, 1957. Bodegraven

"Derby Day" In The Mall Wan -- It was like Derby Day in the Mall today, with crowds establishing early positions for the coronation procession. The rain came and they erected tarpaulin tents. Prince Monolulu, the famous racetrack tipster appeared in the crowd in full regalia, as seen here, to complete the festive scene. June 01, 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Protesters for the peace hand in hand during the annual flight demonstration at Soesterberg airbase. Projections, peace movement, military airports, Utrecht. June 18, 1983. Soesterberg, Utrecht

Vintage photograph. Pedestrians crossing 5th avenue at 42nd street, New York City

***** gathered outside the Grenfell courthouse during the hearing. McDermott's appeal but fellow-prisoners at Goulburn Gaol stoutly maintain that he is no murderer. November 10, 1946.

Anefo photo collection. Anti-atood march to Russian embassy. Speech from balcony of the circle. October 25, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Hall 1st Paal Institute Kunststop (Amstelveenseweg). March 9, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Students demonstrate for American consulate against raid in Cambodia in Amsterdam; Sit demonstrators; Police watch. 13 May 1970. Amsterdam, Cambodia

RUS, Soviet Union, Moscow: Impressions from the USSR 1972. 1. May-Demonstzration

Image of a crowd of travelers on a platform of the N.S. station Amsterdam et al. in Amsterdam.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Amsterdam-Rhine Canal by Queen Juliana and the Princesses Irene and Marijke. 21 May 1952. Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal

Mountain trip, school youth

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty Queen Juliana visits Texel. Queen Juliana gets a show. June 18, 1969. Noord-Holland, Texel

Anefo photo collection. Riots in Amsterdam in connection with the occupation by students from the Maagdenhuis police on engines. May 20, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Matches for street musicians. October 8, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene and Prince Don Carlos on Palace Soestdijk on the stairs of the Princess Irene Palace and Don Carlos. February 7, 1964

Wharf labourer leaving Union House, George St after this morning demonstration in which labourer 1000men took part about 400 men got into the building and ***** then can with shipping officials. August 6, 1955. (Photo by Ross/Fairfax Media).

Anefo photo collection. NCRV quiz "One against all" Between Bolsward and Zierikzee overview on the square, left the knitting women and the skaters /. October 21, 1964. Bolsward, Zierikzee

The 2nd meeting of Chancellor Willy Brandt with GDR MP Willi Stoph on 21 May 1971 in Kassel was accompanied by a large number of statements for and against the Brandt government's policy of detente

Anefo photo collection. South Moluccans demonstrate Indonesian embassy Hague violation human rights; Angry demonstrators. July 24, 1986. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Birthday Princess Irene. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. 1945

Anefo photo collection. Easter printed at the Keukenhof in Lisse. April 23, 1962. Lisse

Anefo photo collection. VVD election meeting in Krasnapolsky, mirror Juiche in the middle of party owners. November 29, 1972

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Anefo photo collection. PvdA congress in Krasnapolski in Amsterdam, assignment. May 17, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The general meeting of shop stewards of Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette in IG Metall discussed problems of their organisation on 25.07.1980 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Telegraaf, Sale People Waiting at Fotowinkel Bokma. January 14, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Easter: Besse at the VVV in Amsterdam. tourist information. April 9, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina visits the Veluwezoom. Queen Wilhelmina in conversation with a few people. June 1945

Anefo photo collection. Demonstrating South Moluccans are sent away by police on Buitenhof, The Hague. September 3, 1970. The Hague, South Holland

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View of the audience at the memorial service at JSC for the Crew of STS 51-L. Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is seen in the center of the view.

Anefo photo collection. Bazar UVV Amsterdam with the mayor's wife. November 12, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Hands Stretch out to greet Eamon De Valera (Eire's Former Prime Minister) leader of Eire's Fianna Fail party, as he steps from a lorry after an election address at Shamrock Square, Carlow, Eire, Feb. 8. Voting for the five Carlow-Kilkenny seats takes place Feb. 10.The Eire general election is now drawing to its close and polling for the five seats in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency takes place Feb. 10. Eamon De Valera's Fianna fail party has so far won 66 seats and the other parties 75. February 20, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Visit of participants in the White House Seminar, 9:55AM. President John F. Kennedy (in crowd at left, back to camera) greets students participating in the White House Summer Seminar. Also pictured: Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman Smitty Smith; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Stu Stout, Don Lawton, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, Floyd Boring, Bill Payne, and Win Lawson. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Image of spectators at the puppet show of J. Hofman on the Vredenburg in Utrecht, near the Stadsschouwburg (Vredenburg 70).

Anefo photo collection. Trade on Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. October 9, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. KVP Brabant Day in Tilburg. January 28, 1967. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Anefo photo collection. Herring race. Public between the boxes with frozen herring. May 31, 1983. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Extra trains to Dortmund with supporters here in Rotterdam. March 2, 1964. Dortmund, Rotterdam

Anefo photo collection. evacuation caravan camp Stone Head Amsterdam continued; police talk residents. Carrier camps, police, evacuation. June 14, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assistance women deposit 120 kilos of ice in the hall of the Geboff in Amsterdam to "freeze" the gas price. Women are busy dumping the ice. January 19, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth, 2:10PM. An audience assembled on the South Lawn of the White House watches a performance of the Berea (Kentucky) College Country Dancers during the sixth installment of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Tree planting day in Amsterdam Slotermeer; Children's plants. March 19, 1975

Congressional campaign trip: Cincinnati, Ohio, address at Fountain Square. View of a crowd gathered at Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio, during a congressional campaign trip by President John F. Kennedy; President Kennedy and others sit on platform in foreground.

Anefo photo collection. Celebration of Liberation Day on and around Leidseplein, major crowds in the performance of the ONK theater on Leidseplein. May 5, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives deals with the occupation of the Tilburg University of Applied Sciences PlusMinus 50 students were waiting in the rain for Binnenhof. May 6, 1969

Poll photo collection. Kibbets Yad Mordecai at Asjkelon in the southwest of Israel. Wedding players together during the wedding party on a square with trees. January 1, 1964. Asjkelon, Israel, Yad Mordecai

Anefo photo collection. Residents of the Amsterdam present are informed of a pedestrian crossing. Zebraaden, traffic, residential areas. October 20, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Victims burn fire in department store in Brussels, at the cemetery. May 30, 1967. Brussels

Anefo photo collection. At the Rijn Schelde / Verolme building, the strikers in Rotterdam held a demonstration. February 10, 1972. Rotterdam, South Holland

Democratic Presidential Nominee Jimmy Carter and Mayor Richard J. Daley ride in Torchlight Parade during Campaign Stop, Chicago, Illinois, USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 9, 1976

Woodchopping competition, Taupo, 1938, Bay of Plenty, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Anefo photo collection. Evacuation squat Wijers Amsterdam; Wounded photographer (John Steenhuis) is on the floor. February 14, 1984. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Warsaw. 1-May procession on ul. Marszowska - representatives of the union of rural clothing; Pra 1.05.1968 (1968-00-00-1968-00-00);

Anefo photo collection. Riots in Amsterdam at Dam Square; Boy arrested and put into car. August 26, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Queen's Day 1964. Queen Juliana runs through the people in the garden of Soestdijk Palace. April 30, 1964. Baarn, Utrecht (province)

Anefo photo collection. Portuguese folk festival in Vondelpark. September 1, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Vondelpark

Warming Up -- Four German women spending the day at the warming centre in the Rathguse (town hall) of Lankwitz in the United State occupation sector of Berlin, Germany, on the afternoon of January 8.During the recent cold spell in Germany (the coldest since 1928) Germans huddled in cellars and ruined houses faced death form the cold. Several persons were frozen to death and forty severe cases of frostbite were reported. Specially heated communal warming centres were opened all over Germany to protect people from the cold. January 29, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Cheap day in Artis, big crowds at the monkey rock. 26 May 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Group of Vietnamese refugees arrived at Schiphol. Refugees, airports. March 22, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Hazing students. September 23, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Paul Rosenmoller strike leader addressed workers Slingeplein Rotterdam announced strike actions suspended 7 /. March 13, 1987. Rotterdam, South Holland

Workers and employees of Chemische Werke Huels (CWH), here in Marl on 30 June 1971, went on a spontaneous strike demanding an 11% wage increase, Germany, Europe

Old man feeding dollar to killer whale at potlatch in Kispiox Skeena Valley British Columbia Canada

Anefo photo collection. Lifting the blockade of the inland skipers i.v.m. The issue around the proportional faith distribution. The Office Manager of Laak (center) with megaphone shares that the blockage is canceled. 26 August 1975

Visit of participants in the Experiment in International Living, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (seen from above, in crowd at center right) visits with participants in the Experiment in International Living program. Also pictured: Asha Mirchandani; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; motion picture photographer for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Tom J. Craven, Jr.; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; intern in the White House Press Office, Mimi Beardsley; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; White House Secret Service agents, Toby Chandler and Jim Johnson. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Oud Vossemeer Mr. J. J. Versluys declared aforementioned aforementioned. April 10, 1959

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Anefo photo collection. "Protest concert" in Vondelpark against police policy youthful street musicians Amsterdam, public. July 16, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Vondelpark

Anefo photo collection. Birthday Princess Irene. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. Birthday Princess Irene. Report by the Children's Garden Party Palace Soestdijk. August 4, 1945

Visit of participants in the White House Seminar, 9:55AM. President John F. Kennedy (center) greets students participating in the White House Summer Seminar. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Walt Coughlin, Win Lawson, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, Don Lawton, and Floyd Boring. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Start Four Days Marches in Nijmegen. July 20, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Buy fur coats on Waterlooplein. December 21, 1972. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Italian actress, Sophia Loren guests in Sweden. She came by train to Stockholm Central and was met by cheered crowd.

Low angle view of tourists on a swing ride, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, USA

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