America Collection (#92)

White Star Line, Sailings Liverpool & New York
White Star Line - promotional pamphlet for sailings Liverpool and New York via Queenstown showing the sailing schedule for steamers from Liverpool to New York, with image of the Teutonic on the back

Postcard, Governor's Island, New York, USA. From Jack Phillips, future Marconi wireless operator on RMS Titanic in 1912, handwritten postcard, signed Jack, addressed to Miss E

President Woodrow Wilson's head against the Stars & Stripes
Wilson strove to keep America neutral but the German U-boat campaign, and the sinking of the Lusitania, forced his hand. WW1 Date: circa 1917

Uncle Sam figure promises help to Lafayette
In 1778 at Yorktown, the French forces, with whom Lafayette served as a Major-General, helped in the defeat of the British in the War of Independence. Now it was time for America to repay the debt

Flags of the Allies run up a flagstaff
Top to bottom the flags are - Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Japan and Italy. America was not yet in the war. WW1 Date: circa 1915

British propaganda for America
A young woman in the form of the Statue of Liberty is wearing part of the American flag. The Caption is My Country tis of thee, the name of the current National Anthem. WW1 Date: 1918

Telephone kiosk New York

Florence Mills. Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America and Britain. Date: 1927

Florence Mills signed photograph. Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America and Britain. Date: 1920s

Entrance to Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, USA
Entrance to Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The equestrian statue, of General Albert Sidney Johnston on his horse Fire-Eater

Rabbit postman delivering chicks on an Easter postcard
Rabbit postman delivering chicks on an American Easter postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Rabbit with basket of eggs on an Easter postcard
Rabbit with basket of eggs on an American Easter postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Greetings postcard, Santa Cruz, California, USA. Date: circa 1906

Washington DC, USA - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington. Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - George Washington Masonic Memorial
Washington DC, USA - George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia. Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Washingtons Home at Mount Vernon, Virginia. Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Memorial Continental Hall
Washington DC, USA - The Memorial Continental Hall, the national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Pennsylvania Avenue Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Arlington Memorial Bridge, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument - the worse piece of photographic re-touching I think I have ever seen - worthy of inclusion for this fact

Washington DC, USA - US Treasury Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Bureau of Printing and Engraving Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Union Station Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - Grand Staircase - Library of Congress
Washington DC, USA - Grand Staircase (made out of polished marble) - Library of Congress. Date: circa 1910s

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