11th Collection (page 21)

Algerian light cavalry escorting captured Germans
WWI, 1st World War, World War One, World War 1, The Great War

Wrecked in the battle of the dunes: The ruins of a fifteenth
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A German saw-edge bayonet in actual use in the war: The Germ
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A waist deep shell hole in a Belgian Street: In a war wrecke
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Young Belgians marching to dig shelter-trenches for the sold
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Arras ruined by German shells: Damage done to the sixteenth
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

A hot shower establishment installed by a ingenious French E
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

Great Sheffield Flood
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield. Scene showing the wrecking of Coronation Bridge

Flooding Sheffield 1864
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield and surrounding areas and wrecking nearly all

Queen Mary inspecting troops
Queen Mary, accompanied by Prince Albert (later George VI) and Princess Mary, at an inspection of troops near Aldershot, Hants

Germans & Turks at a new munitions factory
Turkish and German soldiers at the entrance of a Krupps munitions factory near Constantinople. Turkey entered the war as an ally of Germany in October 1914

Portable Gas Lamp
A portable gas lamp for general railway use, patented by Mr Johnstone. It was first used on the Eastern Counties Railway, as a head light to the engine

A British firing-line trench
British soldiers in a firing-line trench with rifles leaning against sandbags and duckboard pathways

Austrian device for rolling rocks
Austrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I

Allcocks plasters advert
An advertisement for Allcocks plaster, for use on rheumatism, weak chests and wek backs. Made in Birkenhead, England

Linenized Music Rolls advert
An advertisement for linenized music rolls from the perforated music company, 94 Regent Street

Lowest level of Mesopotamias oldest city
Discoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia

Various Anchors, December 1948
Illustrations of a variety of anchors, from The Sphere, 11th December 1948. Anchors shown include the Admiralty stockless type, U.S. Navy pattern, C.Q.R and Danforth types. Date: 1948

Joffre and King Albert of Belgium
General Joffre in conversation with King Albert of Belgium (1875-1934), Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian army. Albert was credited with leading a gallant Belgian resistance against the German army

First day at the General Post Office
Sketches showing scenes from the first day at the General Post Office in 1883

The Hesperian
The liner, Hesperian sunk by a German submarine off the Irish south coast on September 4th 1915 on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal

Assassination in Sarajevo
Photograph showing the arrest of Gavrilo Princips, leader of the group of Serbian nationalists, who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28th 1914

Notre Dame bombed
A front page Illustrated London News photograph showing the hole blown in the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on October 11th, 1914 by a German aeroplanes bomb

British soldier in a new gas-mask
A British soldier wearing a new gas mask. Following the German use of poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd, 1915, it became a common feature of World War I warfare

Benjamin Stone & his wife
Photographs accompanying the obituaries of of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914) and Lady Stone who died on July 2nd and 6th respectively. Stone was a businessman and Conservative M.P

1798 / CARTOON / WHIG CLUB
CHARLES JAMES FOX Members of the Whig Club Charles James Fox and Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

The Mayor of Vancouver visiting the grave of George Vancouve
Photograph showing the Mayor of Vancouver, Mr. G. McGreer, laying a wreath on the grave of Captain George Vancouver in the graveyard of the Parish Church of Petersham, London, 11th October 1936

The Lady of the Gondola by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Illustration depicting a woman in Venetian costume sitting in a gondola

Roger I and Weavers
Roger I of Sicily, conquers Corinth, Thebes and Athens, seizes quantities of fabrics and also compels weavers to come and work in Sicily

Venice Fabric Trade
Venice becomes Europes leading trading centre for fabrics

Greenstead Church, near Ongar, Essex, England, which was probably built to mark the place where St. Edmunds body rested on its way from London to Bury St. Edmunds in 1013

Ruined Norman Church
Fine Norman arches on a hilltop in Shobdon Park, Leominster, Hertfordshire, ruins of a church built in the 11th century, but demolished in the 18th century

Selby Abbey, after the fire of October 1906
Photograph of the Nave of Selby Abbey taken after the fire of 20th October 1906. This 11th century Abbey, an extremely fine example of Norman architecture, was very badly damaged by the fire

Polonnaruwa / Buddhism
A guardian at the steps of the VATA DAGA in the quadrangle of Polonnaruwa, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century

Louis Philippe landing at Newhaven
Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France, arriving at Newhaven after the French revolution of 1848 forced him to abdicate. He escaped to England as Mr Smith and died at Claremont in Surrey

Divorce Court 1910
Divorce court scene from 1910, showing the plaintiff in the dock

Danish Soldier 11C
Habit of a Dane in 1017

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemys works was required

Manorbier Castle
The ruins of Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The original edifice was founded by the De Barri family in the 11th century, but most of the present castle is 15th century

Madame Marie Roze
MARY ROZE Madame Marie Roze, French actress and singer pictured in theatrical costume

England / Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, showing the Tower (the largest surviving Norman central tower in the world) of the Abbey, founded in the 11th century as a Benedictine monastery

Telephone exchange at Kensington
Drawing by Percy Spence of telephone girls answering calls at the new national telephone exchange at Kensington, London in 1902

Kensington telephone exchange
The main wire distribution frame at Kensington telephone exchange shortly after it opened in 1902

Knight & Squire / 11th C
A knight & his squire from the period of the first crusade

Summer & Travel Dress
Anglo-Saxon Summer dress of super-tunic or roc & draped mantle & a travelling habit of super-tunic with extra long sleeves with an ornate border. Both wear head-rails or veils

Praying, Medieval
A medieval knight and his lady say their morning prayers, in the bedchamber of their chateau

Ms - 11th Century Gospel
Saint Luke, depicted in an 11th century English gospel

Costume / Men / Frenchbishop
A French Roman Catholic bishop in full ceremonial dress, giving the sign of peace

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