Action Collection (page 6)

The Cocoa Association Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration for the Cocoa Association, the picture shows a boy watching an action packed game of football through the gateway of the junior sports ground. Date: circa 1939

Glorious Gallantry of the Middlesex Regiment at Albuhera
The Glorious Gallantry of the Middlesex Regiment, the Die Hards, at the Battle of Albuhera, Peninsular War, 16 May 1811 Date: 1811

Cartoon, Strike while the Iron's Hot! Women's Suffrage
Political cartoon, Strike while the Iron's Hot! Women's Suffrage Date: 1891

Sergeant Ewart capturing the French eagle at Waterloo
Sergeant Charles Ewart capturing the French 45th Regiment's eagle standard at the Battle of Waterloo - The Bird Catchers, Royal Scots Greys Date: 1815

A Motor Lifeboat in action on the sea Date: 1920

Bringing the gun into firing action, WW1 Date: circa 1916

Striking Lancashire Workers Date: 1854

War In The Air
A painting which shows the action of a dogfight in the clouds between military planes, which are swirling in all directions. Date: circa 1918

British Dominions General Insurance Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the British Dominions General Insurance Co. Ltd, promoting the All-in household insurance policy

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Trevor Ford, Aston Villa and Wales footballer
Trevor Ford, centre forward footballer for Aston Villa and Wales Date: 1949

Wilf Mannion, Middlesbrough and England footballer
Wilf Mannion, inside left footballer for Middlesbrough and England Date: 1949

Tommy Lawton, Notts County and England footballer
Tommy Lawton, centre forward footballer, Notts County and England Date: 1949

Tom Finney, Preston North End and England footballer
Tom Finney, outside right footballer for Preston North End and England Date: 1949

Ted Ditchburn, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer
Ted Ditchburn, football goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur and England, making a save Date: 1949

Cover design, Stanley Matthews Football Album Date: 1949

Sam Cowan, Greenock Morton and Scotland footballer
Sam Cowan, football goalkeeper for Greenock Morton and Scotland Date: 1949

Peter Doherty, Huddersfield Town and Ireland footballer
Peter Doherty, inside left footballer for Huddersfield Town and Ireland Date: 1949

Neil Franklin, Stoke City and England footballer
Neil Franklin, centre half footballer for Stoke City and England Date: 1949

John Carey, Manchester United and Ireland footballer
John Carey, right back footballer for Manchester United and Ireland, seen here heading the ball Date: 1949

Laurie Scott, Arsenal and England footballer
Laurie Scott, right back footballer for Arsenal and England Date: 1949

John Aston, Manchester United and England footballer
John Aston, left back footballer for Manchester United and England Date: 1949

Footballer silhouettes Date: 1949

Manchester City v Portsmouth, FA Cup Final
FA Cup Final 1934 - Swift, Manchester City goalkeeper, punches clear against Portsmouth Date: 1934

Sowar or trooper of Indian Army on horseback
A sowar (siwar) or trooper of the Indian Army on horseback in a tent pegging competition Date: 1922

Pianola advert
An advert for the pianola. It is a player piano is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded

The British Marines Nordenfelt in action defending the legation from balcony of the British Ministers house, which overlooked the imperial canal during the Siege of Peeking

Edinburgh Fire Brigade - silent hand and arm signals
Edinburgh Fire Brigade, photographs showing silent hand and arm signals, outdoor action photographs Captioned, ??Silent orders for the firemen: signals adopted: by the Edinburgh Fire Brigade??

Dorothea Lambert Choukes (1878-1960), champion womens tennis player, ten sporting action portraits showing shots and moments from tennis match. Date: 1911

Advertisement, Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, captioned horse exercise at home'. Illustration of man and woman, each riding a mechanical horse action saddle on wooden and metal frame. Date: 1895

Richmond Horse Show
Horse jumping at the Richmond Horse Show. Pictured are Lady Wright on Tanapex, Major J. H. Dudgeon on Goblet, Lady Wright again on Brer Rabbit, and Miss J. Marshall Magee on Nancy. Date: 1932

Davis Cup Tennis
Scenes from the Second Round of the Davis Cup tennis contest, played between Great Britain and Rumania in Torquay. This year, Britain ultimately made it through to the semi-finals

Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player Vivian Viv McGrath (1916-1978), here aged sixteen. He was famous for his two-handed backhand. Date: 1932

Racing at Kempton Park
A low-angled shot captures both spectators and competitors at the Easter Saturday horserace at Kempton Park. Date: 1932

Soccer Action
Coventry City's goal-keeper colliding with a Fulham player during a soccer match at Craven Cottage. Date: 1931

Horserace Action
Reproduction of a painting by Louis Malespina (1874-1940) showing the action of a horserace. Date: circa 1920s

Horses Neck-and-Neck
Reproduction of a painting by Louis Malespina (1874-1940) showing vying racehorses. Date: circa 1920s

F. X. Shields, Tennis Player
Frank X. Shields (1909-1975) was an American amateur tennis player, and also an actor who appeared in several films throughout the 1930s. Date: 1931

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

Boxing at Brighton
Scenes from a boxing match held at Brighton between Bombardier Billy Wells (1889-1967) and Soldier Jones (1897-1942), also known as John Beaudin. Date: 1925

The Save!
Cartoon by Alfred Leete showing a close encounter with a determined goalkeeper. Date: 1925

The Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War Date: 1854

Oldham Athletic v Bury football match semi-final
Caunce, Oldham Athletic goalkeeper, clears from Bury forward in Manchester Senior Cup semi-final just before WW2 Date: circa 1939

French army in action, Western Front, WW1
The French force rushed forward and took possession of the crater - Western Front battlefield scene during the First World War Date: 1916

Long range French guns in action on Western Front, WW1
Long range French guns in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Polo players
A polo game being played at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham in 1910. The players shown below are the Duke of Westminster (1879-1953) and Lord Shrewsbury (1860-1921). Date: 1910

Ben Travers farce scene, theatrical action photograph. With description, More Dangerous than Leg Theory; Gussie Pogson (Robertson Hare) and Dandy Stratton (Ralph Lynn), Test Match cricketers

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