Chief Collection (#11)

Admiral Sir Harold Burrough, Minden, Germany, WW2
Admiral Sir Harold Burrough (1889-1977), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy -- birthday party, Minden, Germany, July 1945. 1945

Native African Matabele chief warrior standing outside a hut. Date: circa 1930

Tripoli, Lebanon - El-Hamad - a local Bedouin Chieftain
Tripoli, Lebanon - El-Hamad, the Emir Aboud-agha - a local Bedouin Chieftain Date: circa 1908

J. B. M. Hertzog, delegate at the 1926 Imperial Conference
James Barry Munnik Hertzog (1866 - 1942) Prime Minister and chief delegate from South Africa at the Imperial Conference in 1926. Date: 1926

East Africa - Eritrea - Sheikh Mohammed Arei - Local Chief. Date: circa 1930s

Mexico. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by Hernan
Mexico. Evangelization. 16th C. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by Hernan Cortes, May 12, 1524. Engraving. 1850. Color

Statue of Sheikh el-Balad representing Ka-aper. Old Kingdom
Statue of Sheikh el-Balad representing Ka-aper, the chief lector priest. Old Kingdom. 5th dyansty. Saqqara Necropolis. Egyptian Museum. Cairo. Egypt

Ataulf. Germanic king of the Visigoths from 410-415. Portrait by Vicente Carducho (1576-1638). Army Museum. Madrid. Spain

Madame Pompadour (1721-1764). Portrait by Francois Boucher (
Francois Boucher (1703-1770). French painter. Madame Pompadour, 1758. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Mastaba of Kagemni. Saqqara. Egypt
Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Relief at the entrance depicting Kagemni with the baton and scepter. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

American indians. Indian red race. Colored engraving, late 19th century

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Pacific Avenue in Tacoma, Washington State. The tall building on the left is the City Hall, with the citys chief hotel opposite. Date: circa 1895

Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her office
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

ELFI BEY Mameluke chief in Egypt at the time of Napoleons ill-fated Egyptian expedition. Date: circa 1800

Thomas Baron Denman
THOMAS, first baron DENMAN lawyer : solicitor-general to Queen Caroline at her trial, later lord chief justice. Date: 1779 - 1854

Sir Richard Birnie - 2
SIR RICHARD BIRNIE The Chief Magistrate of the Bow Street Magistrates Court, London. Date: 1760 - 1832

Racial / Iroquois 1905
Iroquois chief wearing a feathered headdress, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: 1905

Tattooing Styles from around the world: 1. West African Woman 2. New Zealand Maori Chieftain 3. New Zealand Maori King 4. Caroline Islander 5/6. Hand and foot tattoos of a Dayak of Borneo 7

Dennis Vintage Fire Engine & Brigade, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Showing the first turnout of the new fire engine 9th June 1927

Guillaume de Croy, Lord of Chievres
Guillaume de Croy (William II de Croy, Lord of Chievres (1458 - 1521), 1st count of Beaumont, 1st Marquess of Aarschot, Lord of Temse, chief tutor and First Chamberlain to Charles V

General John J. Pershing by Fortunino Matania
General John Joseph " Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948), Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War

Edward VIII as Colonel-in Chief of the Guards regiments
Edward VIII (1894 1972), shortly after his accession to the Throne, King Edward assumed the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet and Field-Marshal

Welcoming the Chief Scout, British Honduras
Scouts in boats on the sea, welcoming the Chief Scout, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Visit of Queen Mother to Gibraltar
Visit of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Gibraltar, April 1961. Seen here greeting R Norton, the Scout Commissioner. With her in the car is the local Chief Scout

Chief Scout Sir Charles Maclean in Ghana, West Africa, with the Kumasi Welcome Party, and the Asantehene, Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, March 1965. Date: 1965

Brunei scouts at Tutong Camp, Borneo, south-east Asia, during a visit from the Chief Scout (Lord Rowallan). Date: 1954

King of Afghanistan with Lord Baden Powell
The King of Afghanistan with Lord Baden Powell, Chief Scout, and a group of scouts, at a Scout Display in London on 1 April 1928, in the scouting magazine Jamboree. Date: 1928

Chief Scout in Nassau, Bahamas
Chief Scout (Lord Baden Powell) walking in the grounds of Government House on his way to a rally of Bahamas and Miami Girl Guides at Nassau, Bahamas. Date: circa 1930

Chief Scout with 4th Bahamas Cubs, Nassau
Chief Scout (Lord Baden Powell) receiving a gift made for him by the 4th Bahamas Cubs at a rally of Cubs and Brownies at Addington House, Nassau

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

General Tasker Howard Bliss, American military, WW1
General Tasker Howard Bliss (1853-1930), Chief of Staff of the US Army towards the end of the First World War. Seen here in a portrait painted at Versailles, France. Date: April 1918

George McClellan - 3
GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN American military, general-in- chief Union Army but removed for not pressing attack : challenged Lincoln for presidency; governor N.J. Date: 1826 - 1885

Sir John Henslow
SIR JOHN HENSLOW Chief surveyor of His Majestys Navy. Date: 1729 - 1815

Bengt R. Olow, Saab?s Chief Test Pilot, with the Saab 210

Senegal - The rebellion at Thies - Meissa Tabara
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

Senegal - The rebellion at Thies - Canar Fall
Canar Fall, head of Western Baol province in Senegal, considered to be the cause of the Thies rebellion of 7th April 1904, photographed having been taken prisoner

Thessaloniki - Jacob Meir - the Chief Rabbi
Jacob Meir, (1856-1939) - elected chief rabbi of Thessaloniki in 1908, where he remained until 1919. Date: circa 1911

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt
Students at work in the courtyard ( heart ) of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975

Kandian Chief and family, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910

The Kings Palace, Tripoli, Libya
The Kings Palace (Palazzo Reale), Tripoli, Libya. The rather nice stamp features King Idris of Libya (1889-1983), who reigned from 1951 until he was deposed in a 1969 coup d etat by army officers led

Amatola Mountains, by Thomas Baines
The 74th Highlanders with the Beaufort and Port Elizabeth Fingoe Levies, Storming the Stronghold of the Rebel Chief Sandilli, in the Amatola Mountains, 24th June 1851, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875)

Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page
Major James L. Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (under the umbrella) at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex

Arthur A Bage, Chief Engineer, Percival, up to 1948
Arthur A. Bage, Chief Engineer, Percival, up to 1948. Date: 1948

Bill Pegg Bristol test pilot left and Cyril Uwins
Bill Pegg, Bristol test pilot, left, and Cyril Uwins, chief test pilot, Bristol Aeroplane Company, in front of the first production Bristol Blenheim

Vought F7U-3P Cutlass 129748
Vought F7U-3P Cutlass, 129745, being flown by John Konrad, Vought chief test pilot

Moro Indian Chief, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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