28th Collection (page 7)

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

Russian observation-officers
Observation officers at work in a Russian trench on the Eastern Front in August 1915

Camoflagued ambulance
A British soldier poses by his Red Cross ambulance in the Vosges. The ambulance is in camaflague with a landscape of trees painted across its side

Aerial Photograph of Ur
Air photography revealing the city of Ur. The capital city of Mesopotamia, established around 2100 B.C was most famously excavated by Mr Leonard Wooley

German regiments in Warsaw
German regiments being played into Warsaw following their capture of the city during the Russian retreat of 1915. The band is preceded by a soldier carrying a jingling johnny

First dispatch of mail-bags by pneumatic tube
First dispatch of mail-bags in 1863 through the pneumatic tube from the district office in Eversholt Street, London to Euston Station

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Selby Abbey, after the fire of October 1906
Photograph of the Nave of Selby Abbey taken after the fire of 20th October 1906. This 11th century Abbey, an extremely fine example of Norman architecture, was very badly damaged by the fire

New docks at Millwall
View of the new docks at Millwall, constructed by the Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company in 1868

Electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica

Sketches at the Central Telegraph Establishment
Sketches showing scenes and different types of apparatus used at the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office, including the type printing telegraph

The streamlined rail car for Great Western suburban traffic
Britains first streamlined rail car. The rail cars were introduced for services between Reading and Slough. The shape came about from extensive wind resistance experimentation

The most powerful French locomotive that was running in 1914
The most powerful French locomotive running in 1914. The Mikado began service in 1914 and was used by the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Railway Company for goods transportation

The evolution of the type writer
Photograph of a type writer from 1830, worked by an unusual vertical ratchet arrangement

Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus

Preserving life in mines, the aerophore apparatus. Invented by Mr B. Rouquayrol and Mr. Denayrouze, the Aerophone, which supplied compressed air through a hose

Railway carriage built for the Prince and Princess of Wales
Saloon carriage for the Prince and Princess of Wales on the Great Eastern Railway. The carriage was built for the sole use of the Prince and Princess for their journeys to Sandringham

Underground works at junction of Hampstead Road and Euston
Section of the underground works at the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Hampstead Road with Euston Road. The diagram shows the extent of the subterranean works in London by this period

Artists Rifles Wwi
A group of happy looking soldiers at a training camp for the Artists Rifles (28th Btn London Regiment) during World War I

The Riley Amphibian Floatercar
Two photographs showing the Riley amphibian floatercar, designed to cross rivers and swamps in Africa, bearing British samples and salesmen

First Anglo-French telephone
Illustration showing the completion of the first Anglo-French telephone with callers in London speaking to Paris. Insert picture no

Dionne Quintuplets / Brick
Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, Emilie & Marie Dionne; Canadian quintuplets b. May 28th 1934

Battle of New Orleans
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS The city surrendered on the 25th following an attack by the Federals, the forts held out until the 28th after a mutiny in Fort Jackson

Woodrow Wilson / Stereosco
WOODROW WILSON 28th President of of U.S seated at his desk and holding a document

Woodrow Wilson President
WOODROW WILSON 28th US President (1913-21)

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