August Collection (#74)

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

German troops rest
German troops pause for rest during their advance through Poland Date: 28 August 1915

German field guns
German troops and field guns advance on the Eastern Front

Tarnopol, August 1917
A German artillery unit firing on retreating Russian forces at Tarnopol in Galicia on the Eastern Front (now Ternopil in modern day Ukraine)

Couple posing in Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia
A couple pose for their photograph in the spa town of Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia. Behind them is the famous colonnade with its corinthian columns

Railway Cart Overturned - London Strike
A Railway Cart, overturned outside Paddington Station whilst conveying goods of the Keevil Ham Company to their warehouse, during a Strike in London, August 10th, 1911

Cover design for The Poster, August 1899, Number XIII, Volume III, price sixpence. A young woman sits at a cafe table watching a couple walk by

Evelyn Brent, American actress
Evelyn Brent (1899-1975) American actress of stage and screen

Horse and cart during transport strike, Liverpool
A driver who did not need police protection -- a man with his horse and cart, and a dog for good measure. The Liverpool transport strike began with two of the seamens unions

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

Policemen and cart, Canning Town, East London
Policemen accompany a cart carrying goods across the bridge at Canning Town, near the London Docks in East London, during the national transport strike

Soldiers guarding Willesden tunnel during rail strike
Two soldiers guarding Willesden railway tunnel in north west London during the first national railway strike, which took place in August 1911 over the issue of union recognition

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Agave Panyi or Parryi (Parrys Agave)
Agave Panyi or Parryi (Parrys Agave or Mescal Agave), a succulent plant of the Agavaceae family with grey-green leaves, resembling a giant artichoke

Thiepval Wood 1916
Men of the Border Regiment resting in a front line trench at Thiepval Wood Date: August 1916

Thiepval 1916
Men of the Wiltshire Regiment advance through barbed wire to attack at Thiepval

Franco-Prussian War / French military train
French military train of boats for pontoon bridges

Franco-Prussian War / Soldiers mess
Soldiers mess, in the French camp on the Moselle

The Battle of Langemarck on Pilkem Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in August 1917

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory against Italy, August 1931
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here easily winning the quarter mile flat race in 48.8 seconds at an international athletics

Royal Air Force scouting planes
Eleven single seater scouting planes - S.E.5s and S.E.6As - of the Royal Air Force No. 29 Squadron are prepared in readiness to set out for enemy lines, Oudezeele, northern France

Queen Victoria in Ireland 1861
During a visit to Ireland Queen Victoria embarks the Royal barge provided by Viscount Castlerosse at Ross Castle, in order to tour the Lakes of Killarney

Delineator cover August 1929
Front cover illustration featuring a fashionable art deco woman wearing a large brimmed yellow hat trimmed with a polka dot ribbon and matching scarf

Cowes Week opening day
View from the shore of racing boats on the first day of the Cowes Week sailing regatta, held during the first week of August each year

Official Programme for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
The Official Programme for the Games of the Xth Olympiad, held in Los Angeles, USA

Chartist Unrest / 1842
Albion House, Shelton, home of William Parker, the county magistrate of Staffordshire, is left in ruins, burnt down by rioters

Fidel Castro Speech 1993
FIDEL CASTRO - The President of Cuba gives a speech in Havana in August 1993. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the Blitz
Miles of hose pipes were used to fight the big fire at St. Katherines Docks which blazed for over 12 hours on 9th August 1940. The London Food Depot was heavily damaged

Serbian Infantry in Budapest
Serbian Infantry Regiment at the Station in Budapest, Hungary in August 1914

Afghan Delegation at Murree
The Afghan delegation, two days after the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi, signed at Murree on 8th August 1919 - between Afghanistan and Britain during the Third Anglo-Afghan War

Results of Fire at Brussels Exhibition
The devastation caused by a fire at the Brussels Exhibition of 14-15 August 1910. This was the entry to the Palace of Belgium on the Avenue of Nations

Ypres in ruins, 1915
An aerial view of Ypres in August 1915. In the centre is all that remains of the Cloth Hall. Beyond are the ruins of the Cathedral of St. Martin

Repeal Meeting at Tara, Ireland
Repeal Meeting at Tara Hill. Crowds gather to hear Mr O Connell make a speech. Tara Hill marks the spot where Irish royalty had traditionally been elected

Floods in Norwich 1912
Series of photographs showing the flooded area in Norfolk following excessive rain fall in August 1912. Houses are damaged, train tracks & bridges impassable

Mrs Thomas Hardy
Emma Gifford, first wife of Thomas Hardy. She died in 1912, inspiring Hardy to write some of his most moving love poems

The Crevasse by Alfred Bestall
Illustration by Alfred Bestall showing mountain climbers at the edge of a steep crevasse

Over the Garden Wall by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by the artist H.M. Bateman showing neighbours in adjacent gardens simultaneously rolling their lawns

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