American Collection (#88)

American recruitment poster, Columbia Calls, WW1
American recruitment poster, poem by Frances Adams Halsted, design by Vincent Aderente, Columbia Calls, Enlist Now for US Army, First World War. circa 1916

Lecture tour leaflet, Richard Cotton Carline
Leaflet for USA lecture tour, Richard Cotton Carline, official aerial war artist, adventurer, artist, lecturer. circa 1928

American poster, Join the land army, WW1
American poster, design by Lambert Guenther, Get behind the Girl he left behind him, Join the land army, First World War. circa 1918

YWCA Poster, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care for Her through the YWCA, United War Work Campaign, First World War. circa 1918

American poster, Shoot Ships to Germany, WW1
American poster, design by Adolph Treidler, Shoot Ships to Germany and help America Win, First World War. 1917

American National Anthem, WW1
American National Anthem as the USA joins the Allies on the Western Front during the First World War. Designed by Hermann Paul. 1917

My Mothers Bible -- man kneeling in prayer, And I seek to do His will. (4 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

My Mothers Bible -- open book in window, Blessed book, precious book. (2 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

My Mothers Bible -- mother and son, When I stood at mothers knee. (1 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- rainy city street scene, An exile from home, splendour dazzles in vain. (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- city street scene, Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam. (4 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- farmyard scene. (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- a tumble on the ice. (2 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- happy domestic scene, How sweet it is to sit beneath a fond fathers smile. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival
Page of adverts in the Illustrated London News, 1949, including for British Rail - travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival - for Rolls-Royce and Prices Energol

Lewis and Clark Memorial, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, commemorating the expedition of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark (1804-1806)

Union Street, Rockport, Knox County, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1910

General view of Cutler, Washington County, Maine, USA
General view of the village of Cutler, Washington County, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Hallowell House Hotel, Hallowell, Maine, USA
Hallowell House Hotel, Second Street, Hallowell, Maine, USA, visited in the 19th century by many famous guests, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Daniel Webster and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Date: circa 1910

Schenley Park panorama, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, with an aerial view of Schenley Hotel, the Baseball Stadium (Forbes Field), University buildings, Soldiers Monument, Cathedral and Technical Schools

Sports ground, Rock Island area, Illinois, USA
Sports ground in the Rock Island area, Illinois, USA, with a large crowd and a military parade in progress. In the background on the railway line is a boxcar labelled Rock Island Furniture

Waukegan Station, Lake County, Illinois, USA
View of Waukegan Station, Lake County, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Locomotive engine, Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA
Locomotive engine, Express & Baggage car, on the Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA, with driver and drivers mate. Date: circa 1910

Emerson Primary School, Maywood, Illinois, USA, with children posing for their photo. Date: circa 1910

Skyline by night, Chicago, Illinois, USA -- a view across the lake. Date: circa 1930s

The Springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- location for the first settlers. Date: circa 1908

Desert Chums, boy and donkey, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Oasis Confectionery photo, Fremont Street, Las Vegas). Date: 1910

Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 1943

Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, USA
Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- the early west in modern splendour. Date: circa 1943

Pioneer Lobby, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, USA
Pioneer Lobby, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- the pioneer west in modern splendour. Date: circa 1940s

Old train, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Old pioneer train, Western Village, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, gateway to Boulder Dam. 1940

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Fremont Street (looking east), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, with the Sal Sagev Hotel on the right. Date: 1940

Sal Sagev Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and El Trovatore Arizona Autel Court. Date: 1938

Group photo, the American Athletic Team, 1891
Group photo of the American Athletic Team (Manhattan Athletic Club), during their 1891 tour of England. Date: 1891

Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry, British army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry (1778-1829), a French-speaking Canadian who served as an officer in the British Army at the time of the American advance on Montreal during the 1812 War

Hotel bill, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, USA
Hotel bill, Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Square, New York, USA, dated 3 August 1886, for two days board in Room 45, totalling $38.85. Date: 1886

Thomas Edison, American inventor. late 19th century

North American Indians
North American Native Indians. early 19th century

Araucanians of Chile
Araucanians of Araucania, central Chile. 1837

Peasant Woman and Lady of Canada
A Peasant Woman of Canada and A Lady of Canada. 1832

Sheshonee Man and Woman
Sheshonee (Shoshone or Shoshoni) Man and Woman, Native American Indians. 1832

French Canadian and Inhabitant of Quebec
A French Canadian man and an Inhabitant of Quebec. 1832

Many Folk Misfitz - North America - Native American boy. early 20th century

J Pierpont Morgan, American financier

Interior, house on the NW coast of America
Interior, house on the north-west coast of America, showing parents and children

Advert, Clicquot Club Ginger Ale
American advert, Clicquot Club Ginger Ale -- Can we all have Clicquot, Mother? 1942

Charles M Schwab, Great American Steel Trust
Charles M Schwab, Manager of the Great American Steel Trust

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