1915 Collection (page 20)

WW1 - Vive La Ligne (" Long live the line" ) - patriotic postcard supporting the (thin) line of French troops guarding their country from German attack in the early part of WW1

Doris Keane and Basil Sydney in Romance
Miss Doris Keane (1881-1945) and Mr Basil Sydney (1894-1968) in the stage production Romance. The pair were married between 1918-1925. 1915

Informal group of seven nurses at Bradford War hospital, including Miss Lizzie Baggott. Reverse annotated Nurses at Bradford War hospital. Miss Lizzie Baggott in right foreground

WW1 - Little boy praying for the safety of Lord Kitchener (Secretary of State for War from 1914 to 1916) - For if anything should happen to him, wed have nobody to look after us but the Daily Mail !

Nurses and patients in female ward
Female ward in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Nurses can be seen standing throughout the ward, several patients in beds along the right hand wall

Nurses and convalescing servicemen in ward
Benyon ward in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Four nurses standing, several servicemen in bed or seated. Nurses station and floral display can be seen to the centre of the room. Date: circa 1915

Nurses and convalescing servicemen outside
Group of four nurses and five convalescing soldiers in hospital uniform blues. Another serviceman is peering through a hedge on left and a small boy is sitting on a bench to the right Date: circa 1915

Holding the Line - WW1 knitting postcard
Humorous postcard showing a British soldier in uniform helping a pretty young female companion wind her khaki wool - a comment on the popularity of knitting as part of the war effort on the home

Mills hand grenade made as an ink stand
A Number 23 Mills hand grenade made as an ink stand on a glazed metal base, inscribed Memento of the Great War. Actual hand grenade casting as used by the Allies. Registered Number - 651542. 1915

Patent Applied For, Heath Robinson WW1 cartoon
The Kitchener Boche-Bayoneter - an airy invention by William Heath Robinson. An uncharacteristically brutal invention suggesting that a trench sized board covered with bayonets be lowered

William C. Cartwright MP, Vanity Fair, WH
WILLIAM CORNWALLIS CARTWRIGHT (1825-1915) Art collector, author and a Liberal politician. An authority on ancient and medieval art and literature

Zeppelin raid on London 1915
Drawing appeared in a German paper showing the latest German zeppelin air-raid over Tower Bridge, London, over night. Date: 17 August 1915

WORKING ELEPHANT 1915
An elephant employed by the German army during World War One helps move some tree trunks. Date: 1915

RETURNING TO THE FARM
Returning to the farm by the path through the trees. Date: 1915

Carried Away on Site
A man clings on for dear life as he is carried aloft on a building site, high above the rooftops. Date: 1915

Woman with red parasol 1915
Japanese parasol, broad brimmed hat & a dress by Jessie Porter reminiscent of the 1830s - a gathered skirt with scallop hem, translucent sleeves & a green coatee. Date: 1915

Building Site Trauma
An awkward accident on a skyscraper building site: a man is carried aloft by a crane Date: 1915

Bathing Beauty - Red Cap
Pretty young woman standing up to her calves in the sea, wearing a skimpy white corset- style swimsuit and a red scarf: Miss Red-Cap. Date: circa 1915

ERMINE STOLE, SCARF, HAT
A young woman wears an ermine muff, hat and scarf to keep out the winter chills while out foraging for fir tree branches to decorate her home at Christmas. Date: 1915

SAILING REPAIRS
While out sailing, a rope breaks loose, and one of the crew has to fix it, while held by the legs by his companion.. Date: 1915

NEW MEXICO IN LOCKS
The U.S.S. warship New Mexico in Gatun Locks : both the canal and the ships using it are very vulnerable to attack at this point. Date: circa 1915

WYOMING WARSHIP
The United States Navy warship in a lock during her passage through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific (or vice versa). Date: circa 1915

NORTH CAROLINA SHIP
American warship depicted entering the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal. Date: circa 1915

MISSISSIPPI WARSHIP
One of many ships bearing this name, this is a pre-world-war- one warship, photographed as she passes through the recently completed Panama Canal. Date: circa 1915

CHILD WITH PEKINGESE
A child sits with his pekingese. Date: circa 1915

FOOD RIOT IN BERLIN 1915
A riot over food supplies breaks out in wartime Berlin. Date: 1915

STAGE MAGICIAN
A stage magician about to perform a trick with a top hat and magic wand Date: circa 1915

A. E. STODDART, RUGBY MAN
A.E. Stoddart captained the Middlesex and England cricket teams before embarking on a rugby tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1888, switching sports with great success. Date: 1863-1915

Piccadilly Grill 1915
Elegant diners-out, all but one (a uniformed soldier) in evening dress, patronise the Piccadilly Grill, a noted restaurant in the fashionable heart of London Date: 1915

CIGARETTE COUNTER / 1915
An advertisement for De Reszke cigarettes: a gentleman has his cigarette lit for him at the tobacconists counter Date: 1915

WWI / IRON CROSS HERO
A German soldier, having been awarded the Iron Cross, returns home to his proud and relieved parents. Date: 1915

RECRUITMENT POSTER / WILLS
He did His duty. Date: circa 1915

Submarine Clearing Mines
A submarine clearing a minefield Date: 1915

Diver lays mines 1915
A diver lays mines from a submarine. Date: 1915

GEORGE V / WWI DUG-OUT
GEORGE V Visiting a captured German dug-out during the First World War Date: circa 1915

U-boat Under Net
How the Untersee-Boot passes beneath the defensive nets which are hung at the entrance to harbours... Date: 1915

Spirit of Thunder
LEI-KONG the spirit of Thunder Date: 1915

Chinese Lightning Goddess
Chinese goddess TIEN-MOU the Mother of Lightning Date: 1915

FIRE GOD
TCHE-TSING-TSE the God of Fire Date: 1915

GODDESS OF WATER
CHOEI-MOU-NIANG-NIANG goddess of water Date: 1915

YU-CHE, LORD OF RAIN
YU-CHE the Lord of the Rain Date: 1915

FONG-PE, GOD OF WINDS
FONG-PE the God of the Winds Date: 1915

PHOTOGRAPHING BRIDE
PHOTOGRAPHING THE BRIDE Date: 1915

CHICAGO STOCKYARD
Cattle awaiting slaughter in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago - note the boards for Armour and Swift Date: 1915

WHISTLE AND ILL COME 2
Oh, whistle, and Ill come to you ! The thing in Parkinss hotel room Date: 1915

WHISTLE AND ILL COME
Oh, whistle, and Ill come to you ! Parkinss dream of the thing on the sea-shore Date: 1915

AFTER LUSITANIA SANK
The scene after the Lusitania went down Date: 1915

LUSITANIA SINKS 1915
The Lusitania sinks after being hit by German torpedoes Date: 1915

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