14th Collection (#32)

Church League for Womens Suffrage March. The Church League for Womens Suffrage marched to Westminster Abbey on 14th November 1910. Note the CLWS banners

Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, part of the premises of the livery company, dating back to the 14th century, hit by a number of incendiary bombs, 18 September 1940

Hinged brass tobacco tin - East Yorkshire Regiment
A small hinged brass tobacco tin engraved on reverse - (2856 Private) Arthur C. Stephenson and dated 1918. Together with an engraved badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment with the place names of

Hand carved oak plaque entitled Unconquerable showing portraits of King Albert and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Kaiser - So you ve lost all. King Albert - Not my Soul. Carved by Sergeant G

14th Brigade HQ & horse lines - Guemappe and Vis en Artois
14th Brigade H.Q. and horse lines between Guemappe and Vis en Artois, 9th September 18. Near Monchy. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division

La Targette - Howie next our dugout, dated September 14th 17. Pencil sketch for Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos. - No. 4698

La Targette - Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos (see drawing dated September 14th 1917). 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Britain poster, Leicester, 14th century Guildhall
Britain poster, Leicester, the 14th century Guildhall, by J Dixon-Scott for The Travel Association. Date: 1948

Coronation of King Henry IV
An impression of part of the Coronation procession at the time of King Henry IV (1366 - 1413), showing knightly attendants in procession up the nave bearing the mace, the helmet

Louis XIV - King of France
Louis XIV (16381715) - King of France (and of Navarre) from 1638 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is one of the longest in French and European history. Date: circa 1680

Baroness Furnivall by Madame Yevonde. Mary Frances Katherine Petre, 19th Baroness Furnivall (1900-1968) married William Herbert Shelley Dent in 1932. She was the only child of the 14th Baron Petre

Charles IV - Holy Roman Emperor
A statue in Prague depicting Charles IV (Karel IV, Karl IV, Carolus IV) (13161378), born Wenceslaus (Vaclav) - the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg

Brigadier General L P Evans, VC DSO, WW1
Brigadier General Lewis Pugh Evans, VC DSO, commander of the 14th Brigade. Date: 1910s

Queen Victoria departs Waddesdon Manor, 1890
The departure of Queen Victoria from Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, on 14th May 1890. Date: 14th May 1890

Colonel Albert Brassey, Vanity Fair, Spy
COLONEL ALBERT BRASSEY (1844-1918) British rower, soldier and Conservative politician. Was a Lieutenant in the 14th Hussars and a Colonel in the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British gas-attack
First photograph showing the British use of gas in battle on October 14th, 1915. After the Germans used poison gas at Ypres in April 1915, it became a common feature of World War I battles

Doulting Abbey
The Abbey, or Tithe Barn, Doulting, Somerset, England, built at the end of the 14th century. Date: 1930s

Bury St. Edmunds Abbey
The Abbey Gate, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, is all that remans of the once great 11th - 12th century abbey. The gate was destroyed in 1327 and later rebuilt. Date: 14th century

Rameses II Statue
Giant head (probably depicting RAMESES II )beside the Obelisk in front of the Pylon of the AMUN-RE TEMPLE (Temple of Luxor), Thebes (modern Luxor ) Egypt. Date: 14th century BC

Advertisment for Castrol oil
Advertisement for Castrol oil, boasting 250mph as achieved by Captain Malcolm Campbell in his Castrol lubricated Napier engine of his Bluebird

14th Earl Huntingdon
WARNER FRANCIS JOHN PLANTAGANET HASTINGS, fourteenth earl of HUNTINGDON succeeded to the title in 1885 Date: 1868 - ?

Minaret of the Isa Bey Mosque, Selcuk, Izmir, Turkey
Minaret of the Isa Bey Mosque, constructed in 137475, one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks

Hereford Cathedral, Hereford
Hereford Cathedral from the north-west - Hereford, Herefordshire, England. Date: circa 1930s

Victory Celebrations in Paris - End of WW1
Victory celebration in Paris following the end of World War One - 14th July 1919 - The delegation from Alsace-Lorraine arrives at the Cenotaph. Date: 1919

Amsterdamse Poort, Haarlem, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Amsterdamse Poort is an old city gate of Haarlem, Netherlands. Date: 1905

Verona, Italy - The Castel Vecchio Bridge over River Adige
The Castel Vecchio Bridge or Scaliger Bridge is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The bridge was totally destroyed by retreating German troops on April 24, 1945

Thessaloniki, Greece - Church of the Prophet Elijah - in Ottoman times, it was known as the Sarayli Mosque. Now extensively restored. Date: circa 1910

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of Saint Catherine
The Church of Saint Catherine - a late Byzantine church at Thessaloniki, Greece. Converted to a mosque by Yakup Pasha in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II

WW1 - Victory in Paris - Mound of Captured German Guns with a French Cock on top on the Champs Elysees - 14th July 1919. Date: 1919

Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq
The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu at Aqar Quf, Iraq - built in the 14th century BC by the Kassite King Kurigalzu. Date: circa 1910s

Yangon, Myanmar - Shwei Dagon Pagoda - 14th century. Date: 1907

Disastrous Earthquake, Kingston, Jamaica - January 14th 1907 - damage to the Colonial Bank Date: 1907

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Valentines Day postcard - Football Match - To My Love
To My Love. A spectacularly unusual subject for this Valentines Day Card sent from a man to his lady love... a scene of a football match! Sent on 14th February 1914 Date: 1907

Nancy, France - Porte de la Craffe - a 14th century medieval fortification Date: circa 1920s

Barricade - Rue Royale, Nantes - June, 1903
The Events of 14th June 1903 - Barricade at the junction of Rue Royale and Rue Ogee, Nantes, France. This was in response to fears of violence between clerical and anti-clerical groups. Date: 1903

14th July Festival - Thu Dau Mot - Vietnam
Vietnam - Thu Dau Mot, the capital city of Binh Duong Province. Public celebrations of July 14th. Children try and catch treats suspended on the end of fishing rods

Fete de la Victoire - Paris, France - War Memorial
Fete de la Victoire, 14th July 1919 - Paris, France - The President of France, Raymond Poincare (1860-1934), pictured with other officials (and possibly other former French Presidents)

Betsy Ross Home - and note from her Great Grand-daughter
The Betsy Ross Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where Ross sewed the first American Flag of the United States - June 14th 1777 - and note (on left) from her Great Grand-daughter

Boulogne-sur-Mer Horseracing Track - France
The stands packed at the Boulogne-sur-Mer Horseracing Track - 14th July 1904. Officials on horseback and cameramen await the big race... Date: 1904

Rouen - Rue de la la Grosse Horloge
Rouen - Rue de la Grosse Horloge (Street of the Great Astronomical Clock) - In Gothic Style (the movement dates from 1390-1397, the surrounding masonry from 1511 and the Fountain from 1731)

14th Anniversry celebration of the Turkish Republic - Turkey. Date: 1937

Palma de Mallorca - Bellver Castle
Palma de Mallorca - the major city and port on the island of Majorca (Mallorca), Spain. This card shows one of the external towers of Bellver Castle (Castell de Bellver)

Saint Catherines Oratory - Isle of Wight, Hampshire - found on St Catherines Hill, overlooking Chale Bay. Formerly part of a small chapel and also used as a lighthouse. Date: circa 1910s

Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague
14th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promote public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

The evolution of the wheel: 6. Greek wheel (7th century BCE); 7. wheel of Athenian era; 8. German wheel; 9. primitive wheel from heavy cart; 10. Spanish wheel (14th century)

An English fair
People wandering around stalls at a fair in fourteenth-century Britain 14th Century

Treatise on medicine, 14th - 15th centuries. Representation of two doctors (detail).. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

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