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HMS Aboukir, British Cressy class armoured cruiser, launched 1900, sunk by German U boat in September 1914
Royal Mail Steamer ChitralAn advertisement illustration for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, showing the luxurious new P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer, ??Chitral
Sir R. Munro FergusonA portrait oil painting of the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1860-1934. Seen here, wearing his uniform sash
The Pocket MarconigraphPredicting the mobile phone - man stranded at sea sends a message on his Pocket Marconigraph Date: 1914
Edward, Prince of Wales, taking an early morning cycleThe Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), taking an early morning cycle ride Date: 1914
E M Mayers, said to have taught The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, and other royals to cycle Date: 1914
Real photo of tobacco drying sheds Church CrookhamPicture shows a long row of tall drying sheds in the tobacco field, with plants and, just visible, figures. Date: 1914
Ticket booth in German underground stationSolitary lady in hat buying a ticket from a uniformed lady in the booth.Caption explains that it is a woman doing a man's job while the men are away at war. Cleared by Censor. Date: circa 1914
Coloured portraits of the Kaiser & Emperor Franz JosephThis is an official card produced to raise funds for the Red Cross. All sides used postcards to raise funds for a variety of Causes. WW1 Date: 1914
Portraits of Poincare, George V, Tsar Nicholas, King AlbertHonour, Fatherland, Strength in Union says the French caption. WW1 Date: 1914
Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos of GreeceVenizelos, seen at his desk, brought Greece into the war on the side of the Allies though King Constantine, whose wife was German, would have preferred to have remained neutral. WW1 Date: 1914
Reverse of George V & Queen Mary Christmas cardThis card was contained in a tin of tobacco and chocolates given to troops at Christmas 1914. Sailors had a card with the King in Naval uniform
George V & Queen Mary Christmas CardThis card was contained in a tin of tobacco and chocolates given to troops at Christmas 1914. Sailors had a card with the King in Naval uniform. WW1 Date: 1914
French and German caricature soldiers face offThe splendidly drawn uniformed figures are divided by the German's boast of the strength of his armed forces and the Frenchman's literally translated reply So what? Clear off'
All the flags of the Allies fanned outThe card carries a verse entitled For a little Scrap of Paper'. This is a play on the German Chancellor's reported exclamation when he learned that Britain would honour her treaty obligations
Swiss political card showing opposition to GermanyA small Swiss soldier confronts a large Kaiser image with the words Be careful. I am armed'. WW1 Date: 1914
Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910s
The Beardsley Hotel, Champagne, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1914
Recruitment poster, Roll of Honour, WW1Recruitment poster, Roll of Honour, Doing Duty From Here for King and Country - Are You Doing Yours? God Save the King. Date: 1914
Poster, Will they never come? WW1Poster, Will they never come ? WW1 Date: 1914
Poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, WW1Original news stand poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, Lord Kitchener. This is the very rare poster that led to what was to become the famous Lord Kitchener Wants You recruiting poster
Public Schools Brigade poster, WW1First World War recruitment poster designed by John Hassall (1868-1948) for the Public School Brigade, Royal Fusiliers, 118th Infantry Brigade
Recruitment poster, London, WW1Recruitment poster, London's Patriotic Recruiting Meetings. Come even if you cannot fight, Follow the Bands Date: 1914
Poster, Chamonix Palace Hotel, Mont Blanc, FrancePoster, Chamonix Palace Hotel, opening May 1914, Mont Blanc, France Date: 1914
Suffragette political cartoon, Louis WainSuffragette political cartoon, Comical Cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914
Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis WainCartoon of upper class Nuts and Nuttesses as comical cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914
Cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the AdmiraltyPolitical cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty - Look what I have done! - with ships and aircraft in the background, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English ParliamentPolitical Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister AsquithPolitical cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, I can't get all this washed in time - cat washerwoman attempting to cope with Parliamentary Bills in the form of laundry
Cartoon, Lloyd George and the Land BillPolitical cartoon, Lloyd George and the Land Bill, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Cartoon, John Redmond, Irish Home RulePolitical cartoon, John Redmond, Irish politician, Home Rule and After, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Queen Alexandra's Bassett hounds, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Advert, Dr Barnardo's Homes, Help Urgently Needed - comical cats, by Louis Wain Date: 1914
New Year Greetings Card - young couple - kiss on the cheekA New Year Greetings Card, featuring a young German couple sharing a bottle of bubbly and a kiss (above a small incidental table!) - The Passing hours of New Year seem - As peaceful as a happy dream
Cat Beauty Reflecting in the Mirror by Louis Wain Date: 1914
White Cat and Roses by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Owls by Louis Wain Date: 1914
Cover design, Louis Wain's Annual 1914, with two cats, one black and one white Date: 1914
The Daughter, Retribution Puppy chasing Chicken by Louis Wain Date: 1914
1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Fruit StallThe thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War
1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Vegetable StallThe thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War
1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Flower StallThe thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War
HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyerRoyal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a
HMS Adventure - a scout cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Adventure, an Adventure-Class scout cruiser, built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century
HMS Usk - a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyerRoyal Navy - HMS Usk, a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer ordered under the 1901 - 1902 Naval Estimates and named after the River Usk in Wales flowing through Newport
HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleshipRoyal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy
Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his loveSmart Gent sits beneath a tree with his lute, dreaming of his sweetheart and composing some lines of romantic poetry and song
Indian, Canadian and South Africa Troops Fighting 1914An Unpleasant Surprise for the Kaiser! Date: September 1914
