1916 Collection (page 100)

Metchnikoff / Nobel 1908
ELIE METCHNIKOFF (ILYA ILICH MECHNIKOV) Russian zoologist and bacteriologist

Levy-Lawson Editor Vf
EDWARD LEVY-LAWSON 1st Baron Burnham Editor of The Daily Telegraph

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

Ireland Killarney Lakes
Irish scenery: Killarney, the lakes

CAMBERLEY - 1916
The London Road Camberley Surrey

BRAMSHOTT - 1916
View of Bramshott Hampshire. Known locally as Tin Town because of the hundreds of tin shacks built for the Canadian army camped threre

Yuan Shikai & his Staff
YUAN SHIKAI or Yuan Chi Kai, first President of the Republic of China and later proclaimed Emperor in 1916, here with his staff in 1912

Men Working on Water
An impressionist-style painting by Max Martin showing two river, canal or boat men at work

Timber roads on the battlefields near Verdun
Two French soldiers making their way along the log-tracks crossing the scarred landscape left by German shelling near Verdun

A view of Anzac Cove, west coast of Gallipoli
This view shows Anzac Cove which was the base for the Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli. Some of the fiercest fighting took place in this area. The soldiers are wearing slouch hats

Lord Kitchener embarking for Athens aboard the Destroyer H. M
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) boarding the Destroyer H.M.S. Laforey bound for Athens following his tour of the eastern Mediterranean in November 1915

Field-Marshal Lord French inspecting soldiers in Hyde Park
Field-Marshal Lord French (1852-1925) inspecting some 10, 000 volunteers of numerous London regiments in Hyde Park in 1916

Saying what they think of treason at home
Irish soldiers are depicted fighting on the Western front during the First World War, leaving their trenches and charging the enemy

Big guns mounted on board a Monitor naval ship
The big guns mounted on board a British navy Monitor ship

Conscientious objectors parade for a photograph
Many men refused to bear arms, for a variety of reasons. These men are Quakers and opposed to fighting on religious grounds

British troops sheltering under umbrellas
Illustration of British soldiers sheltering from the rain beneath their umbrellas in the trenches

New Zealand troops marching to a memorial service in Westmin
A column of New Zealand troops marching to commemorate those who fell attempting to seize the Gallipoli peninsular during the First World War

Women at work in a munitions factory
Women working at a munitions factory during the First World War. During the war women workers were employed extensively throughout British industry and agriculture

British army officers travelling to the French battlefront
A French artists impression of a group of British army officers travelling by rail to the Western front during the First World War

Lord Kitchener inspecting Allied positions at Sedd el-Bahr
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) inspecting Allied positions at Sedd el-Bahr on the southern tip of the Gallipoli peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean sea

King Nicholas I of Montenegro, and Queen Milena, and other n
This photograph includes King Nicholas I, and Queen Milena of Montenegro, the King of Italy, Princess Helen, the Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia

The British Prime Minister arrives in Ireland
The British Prime Mininster Herbert Asquith (1852-1928) arriving in Kingstown, Ireland accompanied by his private secretary

A photograph of the writer Henry James
Portrait of the US author and novelist Henry James (1843-1916)

Tsarist Poster
Tsarist government poster for the " 5 1/2% military loan"

Cricketer, Cunliffe
F. H. E. Cunliffe Cricketer - Oxford University

HMS Furious, 1918
Photograph of HMS Furious, aircraft carrier, wearing its World War One camouflage in 1918. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

The Italian Wolf
France and Britain hope, like Romulus and Remus, to be suckled by the Italian wolf, but she is too busy running away from the Germans

Lion Licks Wounds
The British lion licks its wounds

Germans at Verdun
BATTLE OF VERDUN - general von Falkenhayn urges his men to a renewed attack but despite repeated assaults, the French hold out and the Germans will have to abandon the siege

Paris Bombarded
CARNIVAL IN PARIS - At this years Carnival, the illuminations will be provided by the German Zeppelin fleet

Churchill Cartoon
Churchill, First Sea Lord, depicted as a circus impresario explaining to the audience that Britannia has been taken ill and will not be able to perform

Russian and Virgin
An unhappy Russian soldier asks an ikon of the Virgin Mary to help a stranger

Hypocrite English
When the British sink a German U-boat, they are always concerned for the lives of its crew, offering prayers to the Almighty to look after them

HMS Royal Oak viewed from HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1935
Photograph of a huge wave breaking over the bows of HMS Royal Oak, launched 1916, as seen from the stern of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean Sea, 1935

Taking the veil in the Red Cross Service
A French nurse entering her novitiate, preparing for her probationary training. Nurses went through initial training examinations to qualify as a infirmiere

A British doctor attending to a Macedonian villager
A British Army Doctor assisting a woman with minor injuries. The photograph shows British troops on friendly terms with the Macedonian villagers

Lady Parson Postcard
When we have Lady Parsons we shall have more Hims at church than we ve ever had before !

Mobile army cinema
The Austrians provided their troops with a mobile cinema during World War I. One wagon carried an orchestra and one carried a light projector

During the British Advance in the West: Australian Officers
Official photograph from August 1916 showing a group of Australian soldiers stopping for lunch during the British advance at the Western Front

Toys on Xmas Card 1916
Various toys ride together in a carriage at Christmas; its cheaper that way

Adopted Daughters
EMMELINE PANKHURST with the four daughters war babies she patriotically adopted

Robes de Soiree 1916
Two models, deep in conversation, show off the latest evening gowns from Paris during the World War One period

Jeune Maman
A fashionable young mother poses with her two well-dressed little girls during a walk in the park

Tres chic
Autumn fashions featuring a pink and black dress, and a wide-brimmed hat which the wearer admires in a mirror

Fashions for 1916
Three women wearing the latest elegant Parisian fashions enjoy a girls night in admiring their friends porcelain figurine collection!

In Artistic Mood / Summer Series
A pair of models wearing the latest " artistic" Parisian gowns during the World War I period

Summer fashions 1916
Two elegant ladies enjoy posing in their new outfits while out for a walk in the park during the summer of 1916

Toilettes d ete
Two women enjoying a summers day in the garden wearing the latest fashionable dresses from Paris

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