Vote Collection (#6)

Suffragettes Coronation Procession, London
A large suffragette procession passing along the Embankment in Central London. The Coronation of George V in 1911 inspired the WSPU (Womens Social and Political Union)

Collecting charitable donations and votes
A biddable dog collects money for charity surrounding by a group of little boys in Croydon during the elections of 1909. He is a supporter of Robert Hermon Hodge, MP for Parliament

Glass-Smashing for Votes! by Wilmot Lunt
This illustration shows suffragettes breaking windows in protest for the right to vote

Pauls Cross
The preaching place at Pauls Cross : it will be demolished by a vote of Parliament in 1643

Petrograd Workers Vote
Workers at the Putilov factory, who played a crucial role in the Bolsheviks seizure of power, at an election meeting for the Petrograd Soviet

Deputy and Voter
A French deputy looks coldly at an elector who has the effrontery to seek a favour in return for his vote

Nice and Savoie
In return for French help in freeing Italy of the Austrians, Savoie and Nice are passed to French hands : the citizens of Nice, now French, proceed to the vote (scrutin). Date: summer 1860

Thiers Votes
Thiers casts his vote in the election, at the polling station in the rue Saint- Georges

Consul for Life
Napoleon is elected consul for life by a popular vote

Jewish Voter at the Polling Station, London, 1910
Illustration showing an elderly orthodox Jew, at a polling station, London, 1910. This gentleman is shown indicating, to the presiding officer

Women railway porters
Photograph showing two women railway porters in 1915. As World War I progressed, women began to work in traditionally male jobs as part of the war effort

China / Peoples Vote
The peoples vote

The Wave Hairstyle, 1926
A permanently waved hairstyle by Feminix salon, Piccadilly, London, 1926. Shingled or bobbed hair became universally popular during the 1920 s, a reflection of womens new-found freedom

The General Election: On the way to the Poll
Engraving by R.Caton Woodville showing people occupying horse-drawn carriages making their way to the poll to vote. 1886 saw Salisbury

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women Recording their Vote for the First Time
Women voting for the first time at the 1918 general election following two decades of campaigning by suffragettes

Romans Vote for Italy
The Romans, by plebiscite, vote to become part of united Italy : the result is announced from the Capitol

Plebiscite in Venicee
Austria permits a plebiscite in Venice : the Venetians vote in favour of union with Italy by 674, 426 votes to 69

Naples Annexation - 2
The people of Naples vote to join a Italy united under Vittore Emanuele

Vittorio Em. at Florence
Vittorio Emanuele enters firenze (Florence) : soon the people will vote to join the united Italy

Naples Annexation
The people of Naples vote to join a united Italy

Voting at Bologna
The people of Bologna vote to join the united Italy

Tuscans Vote for Unity
In the piazza del Popolo, Firenze, the people of Tuscany vote to become part of the newly united Italy : while the pope controls Rome, Florence will be the new capital

Women / Mockery / Voting
And if you vote for me you get six pairs of stockings and a lipstick

Lincoln Inaugurated / 1861
US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his inaugural address in front of the Capitol in Washington. Lincoln defeated two Democrat challengers, with 40% of the popular vote

Electoral Bribery
ELECTORAL PURITY the British voter refuses to accept 5 pounds for his vote - his starting price is 15 pounds

Vote for Land Transfer
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - At a meeting in Dubrovitsky Village, peasants vote to transfer land from the gentry to their own hands

Miners Vote to Strike
Miners queue to vote yes to strike action

Cimon Ostracised
Cimon is ostracised by democratic vote

Kpd Poster 1924
Poster inviting you to vote Communist (KPD = Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) in the German elections

Asquith Ambushed / 1908
Jessie Kenney & Vera Wentworth Ambush & Capture Asquith and ask him if he intends to give the vote to women

Voting for Pope 1903
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius X

Voting for New Pope
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius XII

Lincoln Nominated / 1860
The Wigwam at Chicago in which Abraham Lincoln was nominated to run for President. Lincoln won the election with 180 of 303 electoral votes and 40% of the popular vote

1845 NY Election Vote
Tough men with big sticks ensure a fair and honest election as New Yorkers go to the polls. They will elect James Polk as president, and they will be proved right

Pyne - Speaker Commons
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Chosen by his fellows, he has no vote except a casting vote should the House be exactly divided. Date: 1808

Napoleon at the Elysee
Elected President by a landslide vote, Napoleon arrives in state at the Elysee palace, Paris

Force Feeding Poster
Force-feeding women in prison. Treatment of Political Prisoners Under a Liberal Government

Women Voting / 1918
British women vote for the first time

Commons Division / 1881
Taking a Division in the House. The Tellers at the table as the members wait for the result of the vote

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election

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