April Collection (page 55)

Albert at Antwerp
ALBERT I with queen Elisabeth inaugurate the Exposition at Antwerp, 27 April 1930. Date: 1875 - 1934

Public Gymnasium on Primrose Hill, London, 1848
Engraving showing a government-funded public gymnasium on Primrose Hill, London, 1848. Date: 29 April 1848

Aerial view of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Sailor ringing new bell of HMS Broke, WW1
A sailor rings the new bell of HMS Broke during the First World War. The ship was badly damaged during the Second Battle of Dover Strait, 21 April 1917. Date: circa 1917

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, post-WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken after the end of the First World War. Showing three old British cruisers, HMS Thetis, Intrepid and Iphigenia

Two prisoners of war captured by Canadians, WW1
Two young prisoners of war with tins hanging round their necks, captured by the Canadians during the First World War. Date: 23 April 1918

Sunken cruiser, Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
An American photo of a sunken British cruiser in the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, soon after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Aerial view of Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph the day after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), showing the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium

German prisoners captured by Canadians at Vimy, WW1
Two German prisoners of war captured by the Canadians during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

Attacking the Commune
Forces of the Versailles government attack the Commune : artillery at Fort Valerien firing at the city. Date: April 1871

Constantinople Fall - 2
The defenders try to protect the city by placing a chain across the Golden Horn. Date: April 1453

The Titanics first contact with the iceberg
An illustration depicting the moment that the Titanic first came into contact with the iceberg. Date: 27th April 1912

Advertisement for railway tickets to Ghent Exhibition
An advertisement for affordable railway tickets to Ghent, Belgium, via Dover and Ostend, for the Universal and International Exhibition, taking place from April until November 1913. Date: 1913

Driving from the eighth tee at the Royal Malta Golf Club
The Malta links have nine holes and surround the fortifications. Date: 11th April 1903

Anabaptists Attacked
The Spanish governor orders an attack on a body of Anabaptists who have occupied the cloister of Bolswear, in the Netherlands. Date: 9 April 1535

Commune Womens Club
The women of Paris participate as enthusiastically in the Commune as the men : an impassioned orator addresses a womens club at the Boule Noire, boulevard Rochechouart. Date: March-April 1871

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Looking at the book of the lost and at news of the Titanic
In the anxious hours which followed the greatest of Maritime disasters: At Lloyd s, the famous association of Marine Underwriters. After the sinking of the Titanic. Date: 27th April 1912

Constantinople Fall - 4
Mehmets stratagem - to attack the city in the rear - proves very successful. Date: 22 April 1453

Burning Guillotine
The Paris Communards burn the guillotine - symbol of the despised government - in the place Voltaire. Date: March-April 1871

Street Barricades
The Communards erect barricades throughout Paris to hamper the assaults of government forces : they are scenes of bitter fighting. Date: April 1871

Tatler cover, Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth of York
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Queen Mary (consort of King George V) holding her grand-daughter, Princess Elizabeth of York (later Queen Elizabeth II)

Lowering the life boats
A diagram showing life boats from the Titanic being lowered to the water. The distance is compared to the height of a city office block

Giant Tortoise
A giant spurred tortoise. Date: April 1977

Turks Enter Larissa 1897
Turkish troops enter Larissa after the Greeks had abondoned it on the 23rd April 1897. Date: 1897

Young Peoples Society
A happy group of young people, members of the Young Peoples Society, High Barnet, north London, England. Date: 22 April 1935

Garage with a Past
This unassuming garage of James Sawyer, near Buckingham Palace, London, has a secret past - it was once Queen Victorias cow shed! Date: 9 April 1930

England / Dorset 1940
A woman sitting at the side of the road at Parkstone, Dorset, England. Date: April 1940

Princess Elizabeth distributes Maundy money, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II being greeted on arrival at Westminster Abbey, when she distributed the Royal Maundy money. In the year of this picture, 1952

German troops in Armentieres, France, WW1
German troops in Armentieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

Loss of the Titanic
A page from the supplement that appeared in the first issue of The Sphere to be published following the loss of the Titanic, describing it as The Greatest Wreck in the Worlds History

Singing Mothers Choir - Salt Lake Tabernacle, Utah, USA
The 900 Singing Mothers of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) Relief Society performing in front of the organ inside the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Temporary bridge at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
The temporary bridge across the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Titanic scraping iceberg
A diagram illustrates how the Titanic scraped past the fateful iceberg. Passengers on deck presumed that the iceberg had just been grazed with a glancing blow

Royal family at Maritime History Museum, Greenwich
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Queen Mary arriving at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, south east London

German prisoners near Wanquetin, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Seen here held in the cage or detention centre. Date: April 1917

Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth
Queen Mary and her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on the occasion of the latters 18th birthday, 21 April 1944. Date: 1944

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

American Signal Corps at Brest, France, WW1
Men of the US Signal Corps, 4th Infantry, arriving at Brest, north western France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

Turkish prisoners captured, Tuz Khurmati, WW1
Turkish prisoners captured during action in Tuz Khurmati on the Tigris (now in Iraq) during the First World War. They were captured by the 38th Lancashire Brigade, 13th Division. Date: 29 April 1918

Tornado in Kirksville, Missouri, 1889
A tornado in Kirksville, Missouri, tears off the rooves of buildings, snatching up debris into the air. Date: 27th April 1899

Tornado approaches Kirksville, Missouri, 1889
The view of East McPherson Street, Kirksville Missouri, looking south as a tornado approaches. A bungalow in its path looks set to be destroyed. Date: 27th April 1899

Turkish cavalry outside Gaza, Palestine, WW1
Turkish cavalry bivouacking outside Gaza, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

British Bristol fighter plane in flight, WW1
A British Bristol fighter plane of No. 22 Squadron RAF flying over Vert Galant aerodrome, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918

HMS Achates, British destroyer, pre-WW1
HMS Achates, British Acasta-class torpedo boat destroyer, launched 1912, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1921. Date: April 1914

Sinking of the French liner Sontay, Mediterranean, WW1
Scene during the sinking of the French liner Sontay in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats

Young Princess Elizabeth at Bekonscot
A 10-year-old Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at Bekonscot in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - the oldest original model village in the world - April, 1936. Date: 1936

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