Military & Sports Uniforms
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Read more ☞
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisoners, school bands, some workplaces . . . even some schoolchildren are required to wear uniforms. In businesses, identical dress is often about branding. In first responders, a uniform is about identifying who is there to provide assistance and often to protect the responder him or herself. For medical personnel, a uniform is protection and guarantees cleanliness. Soldiers' uniforms allow them to easily identify a member of their own and often provide camouflage. A sports team is much like a group of soldiers - a uniform quickly allows them to see a teammate and of course, especially in contact sports like football, provides protection. Prisoners and guards wear different uniforms for obvious reasons - prisoners can't "blend" with guards when they are wearing a colored jumpsuit! And even for schoolchildren, a uniform can be a boon - for parents and children. A uniform is cheaper for a parent than fad clothing and eliminates arguments about what to wear every day. For children, a uniform levels the playing field - "popular kids" aren't those who can afford better clothing.
Almost everyone wears a uniform at some time in their lives - either as a child (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, school) or an adult (sports, job, or military service). No matter what your opinion about uniforms, these vintage photos of other people wearing a uniform are fun to see.
☜ Read less
A photo of Colonel William Crooks
People in this photo:
Jun 20, 1832 - Dec 17, 1907
Added
Apr 21, 2016 by: Kristi Beal
Kristi Beal
6.40k+ favorites
Topics:
A photo of Edwin Francis & Dawn Leone on Veteran's Day
Added
Feb 15, 2016 by: Dawn Leone-Parker
Dawn Leone-Parker
197 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Charles Parsley in the military during WWI. He was the son of Pleasant "Lee" and Margaret (Ray) Parsley. He was born on November 15, 1894 and died in 1963 in Laurel County, Kentucky. He married Ruth Bowling. His family lived in Harlan County, Ky and Laurel County, Ky.
People in this photo:
Nov 15, 1894 - 1963
Added
Jan 24, 2016 by: Family Parsley
Family Parsley
122 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Horace Lucas and his high school football team in John Day, Grant, Oregon in the 1920s.
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
Added
Jan 19, 2016 by: Kirsten Bullins
Kirsten Bullins
50 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Pierre-Paul Guieysse, (May 11, 1841 – May 19, 1914) who was a French Socialist politician. He was Minister of the Colonies in the French Cabinet headed by Léon Bourgeois between 1895 and 1896. Polytechnician costume.
He was born in Lorient, Brittany, of a Protestant family. He trained as a hydrographic engineer, working for the navy, but developed scholarly and political interests, becoming a specialist in Egyptology (he worked on the book of the Egyptian dead) and being active in leftist politics. In May 1900 he co-founded the newspaper "La Dépêche de Lorient".
He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a Radical and Republican Deputy for Morbihan (Brittany, France) between 1890 and 1910. He was active in the debate over the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, to which he proposed an amendment.[1] He was also active in the promotion of legislation to make pension contributions compulsory.
From November 1895 to April 1896 he was Minister of Colonies, in the Bourgeois government.
People in this photo:
May 11, 1841 - May 19, 1914
Added
Jan 7, 2016 by: Nathalie Blot Froment
Nathalie Blot Froment
11 favorites
Topics:
Added
Dec 27, 2015 by: Drenda Medina
Drenda Medina
341 favorites
Topics:
This is a photo of a group of the female guards at Oak Ridge, TN during WWII, part of the Manhattan Project. My grandmother Frances McClain is 2nd from the left in the center row.
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
Added
Dec 12, 2015 by: Angela May
Angela May
13 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Ned Nussrallah (2nd from right).
People in this photo:
Feb 13, 1896 - Jul 13, 1959
Unknown family photo - no date, place or names. This one is a tintype photo.
One of these men might be the name of Bettis.
Added
Nov 9, 2015 by: Michael McGaughey
Michael McGaughey
10 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Edward Peter Aune
People in this photo:
May 11, 1914 - Oct 26, 2004
Added
Sep 9, 2015 by: Becky Ewens
Becky Ewens
84 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Seymour B. Pierce (1901-1983), taken about 1915 from a post card. Born 25 Mar 1901 son of Mial David Pierce and Katherine B Town(e) in Rutland, VT, and died Aug 1983 in Syracuse, NY. On the back is written:
Cadet S. Pierce
Porter Military Episcopal Academy
Charleston S. C.
Seymour Pierce
Kate's son
He served in the US Navy.
People in this photo:
Mar 25, 1901 - August 1983
Added
Aug 6, 2015 by: Nathan Towne
Nathan Towne
349 favorites
Topics:
Added
Jan 11, 2012 by: Ancient Faces
Ancient Faces
446 favorites
Topics:
Casey "Audress" Dunn was an active boy scout while growing up in the Pasadena, LA county, CA area.
Audress as he was called by his parents, b. Mar 25, 1920 in Mounds, IL and d. May 7, 1942 in the Coral Sea. He was serving his country on the USS Neosho during the Pearl Harbor attacks.
People in this photo:
Mar 20, 1920 - Unknown
Added
Mar 8, 2008 by: Wini Richards Fletcher
Wini Richards Fletcher
76 favorites
Topics:
This is a photo of Wylie Murray Weeks added by Jesse Verkruyssen on August 17, 2020.
People in this photo:
Jun 2, 1914 - Nov 29, 1944
Added
Aug 17, 2020 by: Jesse Verkruyssen
Jesse Verkruyssen
10 favorites
Topics:
This is a photo of James Rollie Rudd added by Jennifer Ridner on August 16, 2020. James was killed in the Palawan Massacre: The Palawan massacre occurred on 14 December 1944, during World War II, near the city of Puerto Princesa in the Philippine province of Palawan. Allied soldiers, imprisoned near the city, were killed by Imperial Japanese soldiers.
In order to prevent the rescue of prisoners of war by the advancing Allies, on 14 December 1944, units of the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army (under the command of General Tomoyuki Yamashita) brought the POWs back to their own camp. An air raid warning was sounded to get the prisoners into the shelter trenches, the 150 prisoners of war at Puerto Princesa entered those trenches, and the Japanese soldiers set them on fire using barrels of gasoline.
Prisoners who tried to escape the flames were shot down by machine gun fire. Others attempted to escape by climbing over a cliff that ran along one side of the trenches, but were later hunted down and killed. Only 11 men escaped the slaughter; 139 were killed. Of the victims, 123 are buried in a mass grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis Missouri.
The incident sparked a series of POW rescue campaigns by the US, such as the raid at Cabanatuan on January 30, 1945, the raid at Santo Tomas Internment Camp on February 3, 1945, the raid of Bilibid Prison on February 4, 1945, and raid at Los Baños on February 23, 1945. It was testimony of survivor Pfc. Eugene Nielsen that convinced the US military to embark on a campaign to save the POWs in Philippines in 1945. In 2006, Nielsen was interviewed again by Geoffrey Panos on the behalf of the University of Utah.
Bones from the victims were discovered in early 1945. 16 Japanese soldiers were tried for the massacre, at Yokohama in August 1948. The Japanese personnel involved in the massacre were initially sentenced to death, but later, they were released in the general amnesty. (Wikipedia)
People in this photo:
Dec 17, 1917 - Dec 14, 1944
Added
Aug 16, 2020 by: Jennifer Ridner
Jennifer Ridner
148 favorites
Topics:
This is a photo of Lawrence Dale Long added by Hugh Long on August 12, 2020.
People in this photo:
Jun 8, 1921 - Aug 1, 2003
This is a photo of Waino Tuominen added by Scott Harris on August 9, 2020.
People in this photo:
Sep 15, 1908 - Dec 19, 1992
Added
Aug 9, 2020 by: Scott Harris
Scott Harris
4 favorites
Topics:
This is a photo of Harold M. "Peanuts" Edwards added by Jennifer Ridner on July 31, 2020.
Added
Jul 31, 2020 by: Jennifer Ridner
Jennifer Ridner
148 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Otto Baumgartner in his train conductor uniform which he wore conducting a Swiss passenger train through the Swiss alps
People in this photo:
Jan 16, 1898 - July 1977
Added
Dec 6, 2019 by: Don Krumlauf
Don Krumlauf
4 favorites
Topics:
Added
Nov 25, 2019 by: Karen Smith
Karen Smith
7 favorites
Topics:
A photo of my father, Brian R Jacobson
People in this photo:
Jun 15, 1938 - Dec 8, 2009
Added
Feb 12, 2019 by: Mindy Jacobson
Mindy Jacobson
3 favorites
Topics:
Photo rescued from Garage Sale Warehouse in Beaverton, Oregon; September 2018. Photo by Atelier Promenade form Copenhagen, Denmark. Taken approximately 1907-1920. More pictures from this photographer at: https://www.fotohistorie.com/atelier-promenade-kbh.html
Added
Jan 6, 2019 by: Patti Hutterli
Patti Hutterli
160 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Albert A. Shaw, my fathe,r in his Boy Scout uniform.
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
Added
Nov 17, 2018 by: Leslie Shaw
Leslie Shaw
12 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Mary E Tomich
People in this photo:
Jun 29, 1916 - Sep 17, 1993
A photo of Eileen E Uminski
People in this photo:
Jul 25, 1924 - Oct 18, 2004
Added
Mar 12, 2018 by: Nancy Duggan
Nancy Duggan
23 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Francis Ernest Nunweek
People in this photo:
1898 - 1973
Added
Feb 9, 2018 by: Roger Cash
Roger Cash
4 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Cornelius Welling
People in this photo:
Jun 29, 1902 - June 1985
Added
Jan 3, 2018 by: Amber Nicolazzo
Amber Nicolazzo
2 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Dane Mileusnich - brother to mother Danilo Miric - left, of Dane Mileusnich
People in this photo:
Aug 18, 1896 - February 1968
Added
Dec 27, 2017 by: Vladimir Prica
Vladimir Prica
3 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Anthony Costanza and his brother Achille (Kelly) Costanza.
Added
Dec 6, 2017 by: Laura Scott
Laura Scott
97 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Lyster Melwyn Jackson with his two brothers, Harry and Dave on the occasion of Dave's enlistment in 1919
Added
Aug 18, 2017 by: Jenny Jackson
Jenny Jackson
15 favorites
Topics:
A photo of William Ewing on April 1940, Langley Field VA
A James A Fazzi Sr Picture
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
A photo of Herman Eaton Norfleet
People in this photo:
Feb 28, 1923 - Feb 6, 1997
Added
May 3, 2017 by: Bill Newman
Bill Newman
5 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Richard Salazar Jr.
People in this photo:
Jun 15, 1943 - Unknown
Added
Apr 12, 2017 by: Naomi N Richard Hernandez
Naomi N Richard Hernandez
30 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Evelyn Hayes in the late 1940s. She was a Navy Wave, recruiter, and nurse.Taken prior to her marriage to Doyle Willard Whitehurst.
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
Added
Apr 5, 2017 by: Robert Whitehurst
Robert Whitehurst
10 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Josef Fenrich De Gjurgjenovac
People in this photo:
1891 - 1970
Added
Mar 30, 2017 by: Bertham Fenrich
Bertham Fenrich
21 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Irene M Fuschi-Maki
People in this photo:
Nov 18, 1922 - Mar 29, 1993
Added
Mar 25, 2017 by: Martha Casanova
Martha Casanova
82 favorites
Topics:
A photo of John F. Neusbaum. He was the brother of my grandmother (Nettie Neusbaum Mort). He served in WW1 as chief petty officer on the USS Roanoke. Born 06/14/1890 in Fannettsburg, PA and died 10/16/1954 in Los Angeles, CA,
People in this photo:
Jun 14, 1890 - Oct 16, 1954
Added
Mar 7, 2017 by: Marlene Christopher
Marlene Christopher
239 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Franklyn Leland Bettinger and Mary Lou Bettinger
People in this photo:
Jan 23, 1900 - May 9, 1982
Added
Mar 6, 2017 by: Deborah Bernard
Deborah Bernard
178 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Harold Ramsay Cazneaux
People in this photo:
Mar 13, 1920 - Sep 14, 1941
Added
Feb 9, 2017 by: Patrick Cazneau
Patrick Cazneau
116 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Desmond Doss and his wife, Dorothy, who married in 1942. They had one son, Desmond T. Doss, Jr.
Added
Nov 2, 2016 by: Kathy Pinna
Kathy Pinna
27.2k+ favorites
Topics:
A photo of my uncle, John Lynn Mort, posed with his sister, Helen, right before he left to sail for France, where he died of pneumonia. An American Legion post in Elsinore, CA is named for him. He was working in CA when he was drafted or enlisted.
Added
Oct 24, 2016 by: Marlene Christopher
Marlene Christopher
239 favorites
Topics:
Added
Aug 21, 2016 by: Sean Hedstrom
Sean Hedstrom
5 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Lawrence Mullaney
People in this photo:
c. 1890 - Apr 26, 1917
Added
Aug 7, 2016 by: Michelle Hargreaves
Michelle Hargreaves
11 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Robert O. Black, Sr.
People in this photo:
Aug 30, 1890 - Jan 7, 1970
Added
Jul 25, 2016 by: Diane Black
Diane Black
44 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Carl Berrens and Norma (Davis) Berrens.
Added
Jul 4, 2016 by: Marjorie Ratliff
Marjorie Ratliff
3 favorites
Topics:
Born Sept. 18, 1874
Schömberg, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died Oct. 4, 1908
People in this photo:
Sep 18, 1874 - Oct 4, 1908
Added
Jun 15, 2016 by: Jean Kennerson
Jean Kennerson
16 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Leslie James Scott
People in this photo:
c. 1893 - Oct 3, 1917
Added
Jun 3, 2016 by: Lynnette Adams
Lynnette Adams
2 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Dominic James Carlini
People in this photo:
Aug 29, 1924 - Oct 10, 1997
Added
May 30, 2016 by: Melody Martinson
Melody Martinson
7 favorites
Topics:
This photo was found in my father's old barn, with no identifying information other than that the man pictured was the great-uncle of my grandfather, William Harwood, and that he was the captain of a ship. Family rumor has it that my grandfather's grandmother, Sarah Beason, had a brother, a ship's captain, who was lost at sea. The family reportedly came from Gloucestershire, England. I am hoping someone might recognize this photo and help me with this man's identity.
Added
May 5, 2016 by: Estella Houston
Estella Houston
6 favorites
Topics:
A photo of William G Doser
People in this photo:
Mar 28, 1920 - Mar 1, 1998
Added
Apr 21, 2016 by: Judy Hejka
Judy Hejka
11 favorites
Topics:
A photo of Colonel William Crooks
People in this photo:
Jun 20, 1832 - Dec 17, 1907
Added
Apr 21, 2016 by: Kristi Beal
Kristi Beal
6.40k+ favorites
Topics:
