28th Collection (page 6)

Battle of Alexandria - Egyptian Campaign
Battle of Alexandria: General Abercrombys men defeat and drive back the French, but he is killed. Alexandria is then returned to Turkish rule. 1801

Blanchard balloon ascent over Nuremberg, Germany

Blanchards balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany

The celebrated trotting Stallions Ethan Allen and George M. Patchen: In the first quarter of their great match to Wagons for $2000-mile heats. Over the Union Course, L.I. October 28th 1858

Burning of the Henry Clay steamship near Yonkers

Mr. Bonners horse Joe Elliott, driven by J. Bowen: trotting in harness at Mystic Park, Medford, Mass. June 28th 1872. Date c1873

The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869. The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869

U. S. S. Constitution towing the H. B. M. ship Cyane captured Fe
U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815. Date c1919

Washington Greys 8th Regt. N. Y. S. T. Colonel George Lyons Com
Washington Greys 8th Regt. N.Y.S.T. Colonel George Lyons Com

Sergeant Jasper, of Charleston. Replacing the Colors which had been shot away from Fort Moultrie, during the combined attack of the British Fleet and Army, upon Charleston

Message from King George V after marriage of Princess Mary
Message from King George V to his people after the marriage of his only daughter Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, on 28th February 1922

Bucharest, Romania - Military parade on 28th November 1900, fronted by a number of senior ranking officers. Date: 1900

Villa Medici at Fiesole, 1922
The 15th century Villa Medici at Fiesole, Italy, built for Cosimo de Medici, where Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles spent part of their honeymoon after their wedding on 28th February 1922

Earthquake damage - Messina, Italy
A crumbling Palace on Via Maddalena the result of the devastating earthquake which hit Messina, Sicily, Italy on 28th December 1908. Date: 1908

Father Gapon, the leader of the Red Sunday strike movement
One of the first authentic photographs of Father Gapon with General Fullon, the Governor of St Petersburg, amid the strikers

The cordon of troops at the Winter Palace on Red Sunday
Troops guarding the Winter Palace before the arrival of Russian workers, marching to hand in a protest to Czar Nicolas II

Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon
A Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon at Palmi (Calabria), Italy - made homeless by the earthquake at Messina, Sicily

Society at Grand National Meeting at Aintree - 28th March, 1930. Mr Bailey, Lady Ursula Filmer and Lady Serena James at the meeting. Date: 1930

Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1
Memorial to Antonio Goncalves Curado (1894-1917) of the 12th Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, who died in Flanders during the First World War

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, American President
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States. Date: circa 1916

President Woodrow Wilson in a rocking chair
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), seen here sitting in a rocking chair in the year he was elected 28th President of the United States (he served officially from 1913 until 1921). Date: 1912

Paulhan to Manchester
Louis Paulhan narrowly beats Grahame-White in a flight from London to Manchester (landing en route) : his plane - a Farman biplane - is virtually identical to Grahame-White s. Date: 28th April 1910

Winston Churchill in Mombasa
As under-secretary for the colonies, Winston Churchill arrives at Mombasa on his tour of Africa. Here, he is welcomed by the Governor of the East African Protectorate(wearing the spiked helmet)

French cavalry 1918
Mounted soldiers of the French 28th Cavalry Regiment with British troops at a barricade in Roye on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

The Bonus Army Camp Defended
Fighting between war veterans and United States troops where at its height on 28th July, 1932. Men of the Bonus Army flinging stones and bricks at police who advance upon them

The Bonus Army camp defended: veterans forcibly removed
During the bitter struggle in Pennslysvania Avenue, Washington, on July 28th 1932: police carrying a bonus Army veteran away from the occupied area

Ypres in ruins, 1915
An aerial view of Ypres in August 1915. In the centre is all that remains of the Cloth Hall. Beyond are the ruins of the Cathedral of St. Martin

The Tatler Christmas Number 1930
A front cover illustration by Lewis Baumer showing an ice skater

Modern Weekly magazine cover by David Wright
A front cover illustration from a womans magazine by artist David Wright. Wright regularly contributed to The Sketch during the 1940 s

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holsteins funeral on 1st November 1917. Prince Christian (1831-1917)was the husband of Princess Helena and died at home in London on the 28th October 1917

Ascot
Photograph of the recently built Royal Enclosure at Ascot in 1902

Ascot
Crowds gathering near the paddock before the Hunt Cup Race

Ascot
The recently built stands at Ascot

Melting Appeal by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a festive, scarlet snowsuit and posing with a snowman. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Queen Victoria at the Windsor Review of Troops, 1837
Engraved portrait showing Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as she appeared at the Review of Troops, Windsor, 28th September 1837. Date: 19 June 1886

Blown-up bridge in Warsaw
A bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, blown up by the Russians in their retreat through Poland. In May 1915, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary

Kitchener visits the French front
Photograph showing the war ministers of Britain and France at an inspection on a visit to the Western front. Lord Kitchener is seen second from left, and General Joffre third from left

The Tsar as a Cossack
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia dressed in the uniform of the Cossacks, mounted on a horse

Franco-Prussian War. The First German in Paris
On January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace

Christmas post
Front cover engraving from the Graphic showing a postman arriving at a house in the country

At work on the line at Saltash
Coversion from broad to narrow gauge on the Great Western Railway. Players and Surfacemen at work in the early morning on the line at Saltash

Koko hair ad
Advertisement for Koko hair tonic entitled, Dont go bald - use Koko for the Hair showing an illustration (taken from a life photograph) of a womans lustrous and abundant head of hair

Cherry Blossom boot polish
Advertisement for Cherry Blossom boot polish from 1913, showing a young man proposing

Wrights Coal Tar soap
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap showing a British soldier (or Tommy ), writing a thank-you letter to his sweetheart

Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, N
Photograph showing the damage to the Empire State Building caused when a Mitchell bomber flew into the 78th and 79th floors on the 28th July 1945. The pilot of the airplane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.F

Assassination in Sarajevo
Photograph showing the arrest of Gavrilo Princips, leader of the group of Serbian nationalists, who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28th 1914

Harold Macmillan in a Gold Mine, 1960
Photograph showing (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1890-1986) (centre, in white helmet), then British Prime Minister, taking a tour of a South African gold mine, 28th January 1960. Date: 1960

Polish refugees
An exodus of Polish peasants from the Warsaw area of Poland. Around 10 million refugees accompanied the Russian army as it retreated through Galicia

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