1918 Collection (page 85)

E Rostand / Pjournal 1903
EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright received at the Academie Francaise

1918 / Lenin in Red Square
VLADIMIR LENIN Lenin in Red Square, Moscow

Soldiers Pose / Sphinx
British soldiers on camels pose in front of the Sphinx. Date: circa 1918

Josephin Peladan / Hommes
JOSEPHIN PELADAN French writer, occultist and eccentric

Colour Cure Ward / 1918
H. Kemp-Prossors colour cure ward for shell shock cases, at McCaul hospital, Welbeck Street

Girl in the Rain
On a grey day, a girl in a grey coat and grey hat, with a grey scarf, protects herself from the rain with her grey umbrella

French Dogs and Supplies
During World War One the French army uses dogs to haul supplies to troops in the front line

An Impromptu Display
An impromptu exhibition of underwear

Claude Debussy
CLAUDE DEBUSSY French composer in Rome in 1884

Vivisection Invitation
A friendly nurse seeks to lure a red cross dog into a research laboratory where it will be used for experimental purposes. The dog suspects her intentions

Erecting the Funnels
Erecting the funnels of a steamship in a British shipyard

Troops in Moscow
Red Army forces pass through the streets of Moscow, watched by the populace

Czechs Fight Reds
Czech forces under general Gaida fight the Red Army in the Urals

White Russian Deserter
A deserter from Denikens White Russian army

Land Congress
The first All-Russian Congress of Land is held at the House of the Unions, Moscow

Armoured Train at Samara
CIVIL WAR Heavily armed troops on board a red army armoured train at Samara

Czechs Aid Kerensky
Czech forces under Alexander Kerensky requisition horses in central Russia, planning to continue resistance to the Red Army : but Kerensky will soon flee to Paris

Church Treasures Seized
Since atheism is the official creed of the new regime, the Bolsheviks feel justified in seizing the treasures of the Orthodox Church

Czech Leaflets
Czech forces fighting the Red Army distribute propaganda leaflets from a train. Date: 1918

Moon Studies Earth
Inhabitants of the Moon, studying life on Earth, conclude that our human wars must be some kind of attempt to prevent the planet cooling

Anatomy Lesson / 1918
The Anantomy Lesson : Professor Cupid and his young pupils

D annunzio & Henchmen
Poet and adventurer Gabriele D Annunzio and his entourage celebrate the anniversary of the battle of the Piave river (aka Sernaglia) when Italians defeated the Austrians 1918

Pigeon Used in Crash
During World War One, a British flying-boat is forced to ditch in the sea : a homing pigeon is released to summon help

Nicolas Ii / Parade / Son
NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH attends a parade of the combined Cossack regiments at Tsarskoe Selo with his son, Alexis

Paris fashions for Spring c. 1918
Two artistic gowns for evening wear, one in charcoal grey, the other in rose pink

Ww1 Germans with Mascots
Young German soldiers during the Great War (1914-1918) pose for a photograph with various mascots including garden gnomes and a dog

Fortune Teller & Bird
A fortune-teller on a London street with her fortune- telling little birds

British Wwi Ration Chart
A diagram showing the ample weekly rations for various classes of the population, including civilians, army, navy, hospital patients and prisoners

Young Woman Smoking
A young woman smoking a cigarette and blowing smoke rings

Lenin in Kremlin 1918
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman (left), at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Muriel Spark
MURIEL SPARK Scottish-born writer of Jewish- Italian descent. Her novels are wryly satiric commentaries on modern life

Women Working in Factory
Women at work in an unidentified factory

Karl Franz Joseph
CARL/KARL/CHARLES I OF AUSTRIA Charles Habsburg, last Emperor of Austria (1916-1918)

Wwi / Fig Leaf Fashion
With the shortages in France, this illustration speculates that the summer fashion may have to be fig leaves

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1918
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: the pier

Wwi / Paris Blackout
The blackout in Paris, romantic to some, but also the cause of accidents - as an officer and his lady look on, a man stumbles into a lamppost

Unrest in Hamburg / 1918
Unrest in Hamburg leading to political demonstrations

Mutiny / German Fleet / 1918
The German fleet refuses to put to sea at Kiel. A wave of revolutionary activity followed across Germany, but war weariness was also a factor in the mutiny

Returning Troop / 1918
Friedrich Ebert (far left), president of the new republic, & Philipp Scheidemann (far right) review German troops returning home in 1918

Unrest in Halle / 1918
A burnt out department store in Halle during the post war unrest

Communists / Munich 1919
Munich Soldiers and Workers Republic. Propaganda photograph

Victory Parade 1918
An artillery brigade cross Westminster Bridge on a victory parade, heading towards the Houses of Parliament

Inventions Cartoon 2 / 2
Illustration 2/2 A comical cartoon showing what look like elves or pixies getting into mischief with various inventions

Big Hair of C. 1918
An example of the big hair style fashionable around this date. The hair is curled & piled high up on the head, with large curls at the cheeks & a short fringe

German Revolution
The German Revolution. The Soldiers Council sitting in the Reichstag, Berlin

Karl Ferdinand Braun
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN German physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in 1909

Relatives at Morgue / 1918
Relatives outside a morgue in Munich. The only way to determine the fate of someone missing at this time of civil unrest was to check the morgue

Rheumatic Suffering
Advertisement for Urodonal rheumatism treatment showing a man in excruciating pain as his joints are attacked by three little dwarves or gnomes

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