Policeman Collection (#14)

Suffragettes Punch Policeman. A policeman is subjected to a fierce attack by suffragettes throwing punches and gripping him with an umbrella handle

Suffragette Carried off by Policeman. A Suffragette who is not the usual stereotype old maid, is held in the arms of a burly policeman

Suffragette in Dock Battered Policeman. A large defiant suffragette is charged with breaking a window, not with a hammer, but with a policeman. Date: 1914

Suffragette Hammer Policeman Broken Window. Suffragette with hammer confronts alarmed policeman. Oh give us votes, the maiden said, For if you don t I ll punch your head. Date: circa 1912

Suffragette Hammer in Pocket Policeman. Wily suffragette with half concealed hammer sees her chance as policeman sleeps whilst on duty. Although the suffragettes have nt votes

Suffragette Policeman Hammer Oats. Suffragette waving a hammer shouts, We will have Votes but the policeman offers a bag marked OATS Take these instead Date: circa 1912

Suffragette, Safe in the Arms of a Policeman. At a Suffragette demonstration, a policeman snatches a troublemaker who grabs his nose. Umbrellas and placards abound. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette, Votes for Women WOW!!. Suffragette with placard reading, Votes for Women Wow, watches as another is carried off, kicking and screaming by a policeman. Two urchins laugh heartily

Suffragette Defies the Tyrant Man. Depicts a very small suffragette carrying a VFW flag while a very tall policeman, hands behind his back, looks down at her from the pavement

Suffragette Holding Railings. Little girl clings to the railings, while policeman guards door of house. Captioned, I will see the Government. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Little Girl and Policeman. Little Girl is told to move on by policeman as she tries to meet a government Minister. She appeals, somebody please move this horrid man! Date: circa 1908

Suffragettes in Black Maria. A group of suffragettes arrested at a demonstration are carted off in a police van. Acts of defiance continue as a policeman is pushed

Suffragette, Policeman Come over Here. Tiny suffragette waving flag and hammer, held up by policeman while colleague holds arms outstretched saying, Come over Here. Date: circa 1911

Policeman Carries off Suffragette. Very vocal suffragette hauled off her feet by a policeman. Caption, with reference to parliamentary proadires reads, Carried! on a show of hands (8-feet)

Suffragette Policeman Beggar. Suffragette is escorted away by three policemen. A beggar or mendicant, cap outstretched, asks, Can you spare a copper, lady? Date: circa 1910

Suffragette in Cell. Suffragette in prison cell looks out as policeman winks broadly. What a sell, I ll never be a Fool again he vows. Date: circa 1908

I Married a Suffragette - Oh My!. Policeman grabbed by the arm is marched off by a suffragette brandishing a whip or scourge. Date: circa 1908

Suffragettes and a Policeman. Willing suffragettes Who would not be on duty? thinks the policeman who sweeps the suffragette off her feet

Suffragettes and a Policeman, I Like em Both. A Policeman unusually finds two suffragettes most appealing. Date: circa 1908

Bobbys Pet. Edwardian humour. The policeman with the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

Firefighters in action in Commercial Road, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at business premises, 81/85 Commercial Road, East London, 18 June 1957. The first floor, a large tailors workshop

Vesta Tilley as a policeman
Miss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles and later Lady de Frece, music hall entertainer best known for her male impersonations, pictured dressed up as a police officer. Date: 1890

A soldier asks for directions, London, WW1
A British Tommy, returned on leave from the trenches, asks a police officer for directions in London. Another soldier, on crutches, stands nearby. Date: 1914

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

Engraving of a steamer in action during a fire, with panic on the street

Embroidered badge of the Coldstream Guards, worked by Corporal Tom Hughes, 17321, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, The Park, Hurley Common, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. Dated March 1917

Gas powered car by Annie Fish, WW1
A car powered by coal gas which was contained in a rubber bag similar to a pneumatic tyre and placed on the top of the car

An Extra-Special Romance by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a police officer initially snobbish about the special constable who is accompanying him on his beat

Flag Day, WW1, little boy in miniature uniform
A small boy dressed up in a miniature British officers uniform sells a flag to an obliging police officer with the help of a lady, presumably his mother

When May is Out by William Heath Robinson
The residents of a town take the old proverb, Cast ne er a clout, til May is out rather literally now that June has arrived. Even the local policeman has felt the urge to disrobe. Date: 1915

Bombardment of Lowestoft, WW1
German bombardment of the East Coast during the First World War. A police officer investigates in a room in a convalescent home in which the matron, who escaped unhurt

American soldiers and Chinese policeman
American soldiers watch a Chinese policeman directing traffic somewhere in China in a town near a U.S. Army base Date: 1943

Bradford Mechanics Institute, West Yorkshire
A view of the Mechanics Institute and surround streets at Bradford, West Yorkshire. Tram tracks and overhead wires are visible. A policeman surveys the scene. Date: Date unknown

1937 Coronation - spectators climbing on Victoria memorial
In order to gain a better vantage point from which to see King George VI and Queen Elizabeth appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their Coronation on 12 May 1937

The spread of the tango: the arrest of a militant suffragette
Comment on the tango craze: a militant, flag-waving suffragette is surprised to find herself apprehended and in the embrace of a tango-ing policeman. Date: 1913

Wuhan policeman
A policeman in the slum district of one of the three Wuhan cities in China - Hankou (Hankow), Hanyang and Wuchang. Japanese bombing left the homes of many of the poorest Chinese residents destroyed

Scene in Ludgate Hill, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

A captured German aircraft in London
A captured German aircraft being paraded through the streets of London as a crowd watches. the plane was captured by the Royal Flying Corp in France. First World War

Police eating lunch at the Epsom Coronation Derby, 1911. 1911

Accustoming a horse to traffic before the Coronation
A mounted policeman accustoming an inexperienced horse to London traffic conditions rior to the Coronation procession of 12 May 1937. Date: 1937

Peking city gates
A foreign correspondent speaks to the policeman guarding the Peking City gates. Peking (Beijing) had fallen to the Japanese in 1937 Date: 1940

Exeter Hall, London, 1901
Exeter Hall on the Strand, London, in 1901. Exeter Hall was the London headquarters of the Young Mens Christian Association. Date: 1901

Cartoon, German arrested in the street, WW1
Cartoon showing a German arrested in the street by a policeman and a soldier, at the start of the First World War. He is protesting: But how much more times must I tell you I vas an Englishman

Crowds in Whitehall, London, waiting for news, WW1
Crowds in Whitehall, London, on Bank Holiday Monday, waiting for news of the declaration of war. 3 August 1914

A traffic policeman holding up the traffic in London. Date: C. 1912

SAVA armoured car, WW1
A SAVA armoured car, used by the Belgian army during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

London bus during the General Strike, Route 1, destined for Kensington Church, the Aldwych and Notting Hill Gate. Alongside the driver, on the outside of the vehicle

Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, Hyde Park
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing police officers in their uniforms marching past the Wellington Arch into Hyde Park, Central London

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