Maxim Collection (#3)

Children of the Sun
A Scene from Children of the Sun by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). Performance at Moscows Chamber Opera Theater, 1937, directed by Alexander Tairov (1885-1950). Date: 1937

Russian writers Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev and Maxim Gorky. Photography

Maxim Gorky
Russian writer, Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov known as Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), with a group of children

Maxim Gorky / Domenica
MAXIM GORKY (1868 - 1936) Russian writer (Born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) attending London revolutionary meeting. Date: 1907

Book cover design, Aerial Warfare by RP Hearne, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, with an introduction by Sir Hirams Maxim. 1908

Maxim Gorky - Russian writer
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov - Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist. Date: 1906

Joy Wheels, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
Joy Wheels and Maxim Flying Machine at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Maxim Flying Machine, Festival of Empire Exhibition
The Maxim Flying Machine in operation at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun
Gauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

Maxim and his machine gun
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) and his machine gun, as featured in an interview with him in The Sketch

First Vickers Maxim gun, 1915
The first Vickers-Maxim machine gun, being fired from the breastwork at Rue de Bois by a soldier of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 19th Brigade on the Western Front in France during

Indian machine gunners mobilize
Indian troops taking their maxim machine guns to the firing line in world war one

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

RUSSIA / 1907 / GORKY
Russian writer Maxim Gorky attends a meeting of revolutionaries held in London

Boer War / Maxim Gun
British troops manoeuvring a Maxim gun in rough terrain

Maxim Gorky / Petrusov
MAXIM GORKY Russian writer (born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) with a friend in 1934

Zodiac Aquarius
Illustrated as a sick man being nursed in a goldfish bowl (!)

Mrs Tomson Tested
Alleged medium Mrs Tomsons claim that she could lose weight paranormally is tested by sir Hiram Maxim at his factory in Norwood, south London

Maxim Gun - Stanley
THE MAXIM GUN The explorer H M Stanley finds it useful during the Emin Pasha relief expedition in central Africa

Soviet with Maxim Gun
Soviet machine gun crew with a 7-62 Maxim machine gun

SIMMS WAR MOTOR 1902
Simms War Motor, manufactured by Vickers and Maxim

Maxim Project 1890
Hiram Maxims improved multiplane flying machine - less cumbersome than its predecessors, but still a monstrous concoction of wings, wires and huge propellers

Maxim Project 1889
Hiram Maxims first flying machine - a monster which became less ungainly in subsequent models

GORKY, LOWER DEPTHS
A scene from the 1902 production of Maxim Gorkys classic play of working class life, THE LOWER DEPTHS, performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre

Maxim Gun - Royal Navy
THE MAXIM GUN used by Petty Officers of the Royal Navys HMS Excellent

Maxim Gorky And Chaliapin
Russian writer Maxim Gorky, (Born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov), photographed with Russian singer Chaliapin

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