August Collection (#73)

Family of Oryx, Namanga. Inscription reads: Pa, Ma and Young Oryx at home. 1 August 1939

Proms concert programme, 1895
Programme from the first promenade concert at the Queens Hall, 10th August 1895. Date: 1895

Gladstone after the Great Division
William Ewart Gladstone entering the House of Commons after the Great Division, which involved a vote of no confidence against the government of the Conservative Marquess of Salisbury

Germany - Karlsruhe - Prince Max Palace
Germany - Karlsruhe - Prince-Max-Palace. This villa was built in 1881 to 1884 for a banker named August Schmieder. In 1894 it was bought by Prinz Max von Baden

Eglinton Tournament 7
The Melee : the knights divide into two teams and indulge in a free-for-all. No blood is shed, but the spectators enjoy such beautiful sights as one can never expect to see again Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 6
The Queen of Beauty (Lady Seymour) presents the prize to the champion, who is none other than the Lord of the Tournament, the Earl of Eglinton himself. Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 2
General view of the tilt- ground : no expense has been spared to re-create the ambiance of a medieval tournament, while catering for some 100, 000 spectators ! Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 9
The ball : after the fighting, the flirting - the Earls 2000 guests feast and dance in the ballroom constructed specially for the occasion. Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 8
Among the 100, 000 spectators are 2000 personal guests of the Earl, all in medieval dress, who enjoy the lavish arrangements : this staircase leads to the ballroom. Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 1
Title page of the commemorat- -ive album of the Tournament, staged at Eglinton Castle by Archibald William, 13th earl of Eglinton, an excellent and justly popular nobleman. Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 5
The joust between the Lord of the Tournament (the Earl in person) and the Knight of the Red Rose (R Lechmere Esquire). Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 3
The Lord of the Tournament - the Earl - rides to the tilt- ground with his Esquires and Retainers; the event will almost cripple him financial- -ly, but bring lasting fame. Date: 30 August 1839

Eglinton Tournament 4
The Queen of Beauty - Lady Seymour - rides to the lists with her attendant ladies. Not only participants but many spectators wear medieval costume for the occasion. Date: 30 August 1839

Webb Near Calais (Iln)
Captain Webb just before reaching Calais, where he becomes the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 24 August 1875

Buckingham Palace / 1841
A view of the front of Buckingham Palace, with a large crowd watching the departure of the Royal coach. Date: August 11th 1841

Siege of Lille 1667
SIEGE OF LILLE The French army approaches the town across terrain which is more like a Rubens landscape than a battlefield Date: August 1667

Scene at Crecy 1346
Edward III refuses succour to his son, Edward the Black Prince of Wales Date: 26 August 1346

Scots Lake Monster
The reverends Twopeny and Macrae, and their two daughters, saw this creature in Loch Hourn, Scotland, for two days in succession Date: 20-21 August 1872

St Bartholomew Massacre
Protestants are stabbed, shot, trampled and thrown from windows in a Paris street - just some of the 3000 murdered in Paris, and many more in other parts of the country Date: 24 August 1572

Battle of Smolensk between Napoleon and Bagration; the Russians ultimately evacuate the town after firing it Date: 17 August 1812

Napoleonic Wars, 1813
At the battle of KULM, Prinz August leads his men into action Date: 30 August 1813

Cavorting Hippies 1967
HIPPIES - FREE LOVE A young hippy couple happily cavorting together during the Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England. Date: August 1967

Battle of Dresden
BATTLE OF DRESDEN Napoleon defeats a combined Russian, Prussian and Austrian army more than double the size of his : picture shows charge of the French Cuirassiers Date: 26-7 August 1813

Battle of Dresden 1813
BATTLE OF DRESDEN Napoleon defeats a combined Russian, Austrian and Prussian army, despite the presence of the Russian and Austrian Emperors and the Prussian king Date: 26-27 August 1813

1916 / SOMME VIEW
A view over the blighted battlefield. Date: August 1916

Male Hippy on Stage
HIPPIES A male hippy, wearing little more than a full length floral coat, beads and facial paint, sings on stage at the Love-In at Woburn Park, England. Date: August 1967

Italians in Kenya
East Africa : the Italians continue their successful advance through East Africa and attack the British base at Mojale, Kenya Date: August 1940

CONSTITUTION VICTORY
The American warship Constitution - known as Old Ironsides - dismasts the British Guerriere, damaging her so severely that she is not worth towing back to port. Date: 19 August 1812

Seated Hippies 1967
HIPPIES Seated hippies chilling out together at a Love-In concert at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England. Date: August 1967

F a Braunschweig-Oels
FRIEDRICH AUGUST, herzog von BRAUNSCHWEIG-OELS Prussian military, prominent in the wars against Napoleon, including Waterloo. Date: 1792 - 1884

Bleriot / Sitting / Bust / 09
LOUIS BLERIOT being measured for a bust by the Russian sculptor Bernstamm of the Musee Grevin Date: August 1909

Bleriot Monoplane
Simon, with his Bleriot at the Nantes Aviation meeting, 14-21 August 1910 Date: August 1910

Farman Biplane Record
Henry Farman, an Englishman working in France, wins the Grand Prix for distance, at Reims, with a flight of 180 km in just over three hours Date: 27 August 1909

Foreign Office War Declaration
A letter to Prince Lichnowsky, German ambassador, from Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey at the British Foreign Office informing him of the outbreak of World War One

King George Vs message to troops of the Expeditionary Force from Buckingham Palace after Belgium had been attacked by Germany

Federals at Manassas, US Civil War
The Civil War in America : the last stand made by the Federals at Manassas. The Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of Second Manassas, as it was called by the Confederates

Cover of The Signal, August 1943, the station magazine of 47 Air Navigation School in Queenstown, South Africa, where many RAF airmen from Bomber Command trained prior to operational tours

Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School
Cover of a menu card for a Flight Dinner held at the Windsor Hotel on Thursday 19th August 1943 for air navigators at 47 Air School, Queenstown, South Africa

Grand canoe reception on the St Lawrence River
Grand canoe reception given to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) on the St Lawrence river during his visit to Canada in 1860

British infantrymen guard Bulgarian prisoners
British infantrymen escort Bulgarian prisoners captured during the Anglo-French attack at Lake Doiran in August 1916. The British troops are wearing the summer uniform issued to them in the Balkans

Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 August
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Reception for colonial coronation visitors
Lord and Lady Warwicks reception to Indian and colonial coronation visitors at Warwick Castle. A large and distinguished company travelled down to Warwick Castle by special train from Paddington;

View of Reginald Malbys garden in summer
A view of Reginald Malbys garden in summer (August), with various flowers, shrubs and trees

Stranded steamship, Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a stranded steamship, the Princess Irene, on the coast at Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Shortly after leaving Aberdeen the ship met foggy weather and steered to Linney Head

Lady Mary Pakenham (1907-2010), later Lady Mary Clive

Hydropathy at Yarmouth / Ally Sloper
Ally Slopper tries his hand at a spot of Hydrotherapy at Yarmouth where he soaks two poor family members - Aunt Geeser and Uncle Boffin - who had been feeling a little off colour recently

Two policewomen registering for war work
Two Met Police women registering for war work at a labour exchange in London

German troops asleep
During a pause in the advance through Poland, German troops take the opportunity to get some sleep, by the side of a road

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