Banner Collection

Bolsover Miners
Miners from the Bolsover branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, Derbyshire, collect money for the strike fund Date: May 1984

Hannibal crossing the Alps with his army and elephants
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, descending into Italy after crossing the Alps with his army, including war elephants

The Suffragette that knew Jiu-Jitsu - The Arrest. A crowd of terrified Policemen look on in trepidation at a lone suffragette, her sleeves rolled up, ready to take on all-comers

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Womens Suffrage Millicent Fawcett
Photograph shows Millicent Garrett Fawcett ahead of a banner proclaiming Woman Citizens Mrs. Fawcett, President of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies

Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199). King of England (1189-1199). Crusader forces praying before going into battle. Gustave Dore engraving

GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman

Suffragette, The House That Man Built Banner. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint, showing suffragettes carrying a banner. Based on an actual banner

Jewish New Year Card
A Zionist New Year card - a Jewish woman waves a Zionist banner

Crescent Gardens Ballroom and Theatre, Revere Beach, Massachusetts Date: circa 1909

Silence sign outside Charing Cross Hospital
A Quiet for the Wounded sign for traffic hanging outside Charing Cross Hospital in London during World War I

Suffragettes WSPU Wimbledon Banner
Members of the Wimbledon branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, with their banner displayed. Probably taken at an at home meeting in the garden of Rose Lamartine-Yates house - Dorset Hall

Missionary Society Seal
Seal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; the banner above the ship is a plea for a safe passage

The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex
The Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex. The pre-war era witnessed massive industrial unrest as dockers, transport workers

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Miss Columbia - Personification of the USA
Columbia - a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification (Miss Columbia)

Fight for a Turkish Standard, c. 1905, by Jozef Brandt (1841
Jozef Brandt (1841-1915). Polish painter. Fight for a Turkish Standard, c.1905. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian patrician and humanist, ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Lorenzo de Medici receiving gifts from his ambassadors. VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Paris Masons, 1740
Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth

Day before of the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) with
History of Spain. Day before of the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) in which Alfonso VIII of Castile defeated the Almohad army of Caliph al-Nasir Muhammed. Colored engraving

Start of Lewes motorcycle speed trial
Crowds gather around a racetrack in Lewes, Sussex as man on a motorcycle prepares to be pushed off to begin the race, under a start banner indicating the sponsor, Dunlop

Spain (20th c. ). Catalonia
Spain. Catalonia. Estatut dAutonomia de Catalunya (Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia). Cover. Basic rule of the Catalan autonomous regime adopted in 1979

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

Chief Seattles Grave
The grave of Chief Seattle (Si ahl), (circa 1780-1866) - a DkhwDuwAbsh (Duwamish) chief, also known as Sealth, Seathle, Seathl, or See-ahth. He followed a course of accommodation to white settlers

Joan of Arc at Orleans
Waving a white banner, Joan of Arc encourages her soldiers to attack the fortress at Orleans

Crusader Praying
A French Chevalier banneret (horseman carrying a banner) prays before leaving for the Second Crusade

Recruitment / Callot
Potential raw recruits are given the once over before they take the Kings shilling. Experienced troops on parade look dashing to encourage & lure those in two-minds

Equal Rights Campaign
Campaign for equal rights for women. The woman speaking is unidentified, but may be Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Bengals Joan of Arc. Freedom movement in India

The Scott Key Mansion, Washington DC, USA. Home of Francis Scott Key, author of Star Spangled Banner - located at 3518 M Street, N. W. The one-storey annex at the right was his law ofice

Tupiza, Bolivia - The 27th October 1810 Society, pictured in 1897. The Society commemorated the Battle of Cotagaita, fought during the Bolivan War of Independence

Womans Relief Corps
A beautiful gilded and embossed postacrd promoting the viryue and history of the Womans Relief Corps - a charitable society to provide local relief work among the needy and to aid military veterans

Demonstration to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey
A group of people on a demonstration in the middle of a road, holding banners and placards, determined to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Mary / Banner / Ste Vierge
The image of The Virgin on a banner : miniature from the Chants royaux d Amiens composed for Louise de Savoie by Jan Van Brickenbork

Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d Arc) (1412-1431) - on a divine quest to aid France against the English. She bore a white banner bearing the image of God and two Angels

Crossbow-man (right), pavisier (man firing from behind an oblong shield or pavise, bottom), archer with bow and arrow (left), and the standard of Richard, Earl of Warwick (top)

Costumes of the Kings of the Hebrews. King Saul of Israel and Judah in purple cape over white robes kneels before Hebrew rabbi and menorah candlelanbrum. Abiti de Re, &c

Selection of suffragette banners 1908
Some of the 770 banners carried by suffragettes and suffragists as they marched from the embankment to the Royal Albert Hall

Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902
Once every twenty years on Whit-Monday the people of Corby in Northamptonshire celebrate by holding a unique fair in commemoration of a charter granted to them by Queen Elizabeth in 1585

American patriotic postcard, commemorating the civil war. Honour the Brave! 1861- 1865 Date: 1908

USA, The Confederate Battle Flag and the Virginia State Flag
USA - The Confederate Battle Flag and the Virginia State Flag (a deep blue field contains the seal of Virginia with the Latin motto " Sic Semper Tyrannis" - " Thus Always to)

San Francisco, California, USA - Chinatown, Fortune Teller. Date: 1904

Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward
Soviet poster showing Lenin behind a red banner, pointing the way forward for the October Revolution. Date: circa 1917

Pageant at Banbury Cross, Oxfordshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Interior of St George's Church, looking east, in the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s

Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania, tin printed sign (back)
TRAVEL AGENT?S PRESSED TIN PRINTED SIGN (back), THE CUNARD LINE, depicting Aquitania under way, signed Burns lower left, within simulated wooden frame with Cunard banner title

WW2, Ensign Flag And Wartime Fisherman
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a naval ensign banner flown in the Navy manner, while the right picture portrays a war time fisherman

Pether's Sign Makers, 58-60 Banner Street, London EC - entrance to premises Date: 1903

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