Beginning Collection (page 2)

US 507th Parachute Inf Regiment Memorial Amfreville
The figure stands in a Memorial Park unveiled by the Mayor on 23 July 2002. The structure is titled The Beginning and lists the medals

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Lys canal bank, WW1
The beginning of the end of the First World War - an outpost of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the bank of the canalised river Lys, at Saint-Floris, northern France, 9 May 1918. 1918

Troops crossing Westminster Bridge, London, WW1
Troops crossing Westminster Bridge, London, at the beginning of the First World War, 2 August 1914. 1914

Poster, Freedom is in Peril, WW2
Poster, Freedom is in Peril, defend it with all your might, Ministry of Information. 1939

Early Motor Racing - Edge at Brooklands
Early Motor Racing -s F Edge before the start of 24-hour record race at Brooklands, Surrey. 1907

A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918

Line of the Minute Men at Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Commemorative stone, Line of the Minute Men at Concord, Massachusetts, USA -- 19 April 1775. Date: circa 1904

Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navys new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan

German private soldier accepts his situation as a prisoner with calmness and equanimity, but that the officer does not seem able to realise the sitution

Every village in France guarded at night by men asking for identification from strangers. Date: 1914

German troops being transported in short luggage vans from which boards had been broken away in order to allow of ventilation and an outlook

Evil May Day, the protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged. Date: 1517

Easter Greetings - Yellow chicks and colourful eggs
circa 1906

I m Just Beginning to Look Around Here! 1934

Newlyweds Beginning Date: 1947

Christmas Hymn Date: 1375

Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900
Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900

MARI LWYD WELSH CUSTOM
The Mari Lwyd party, a Welsh Christmas custom, the horse representing the Celtic goddess Rhiannon, patron of horses and the end of the old year/beginning of the new one Date: 1960s

BADLY SMOKING CHIMNEY
Beginning fires for the winter - something wrong with the chimney: a blocked chimney pours smoke back into the room causing people to cough and choke Date: circa 1850

Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856
Oh! My Goodness! Its Beginning To Rain! - A sketch on the Yorkshire Coast. People run for shelter or put up their umbrellas as the rain begins to fall. Date: 1856

Oyster Day 1851
Oyster Day, 25th July (also St James Day) children sell oysters in the street to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Fragment from a Gospel of St John, in the Evangelienbuch (Book of the Gospels) of Charlemagne, written in Latin. It opens, In the beginning was the word.... Date: late 8th century

WW2 - Young men joining up - September 1939. Date: 1939

Statement from the Prime Minister on the outbreak of WW2
Statement from the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the outbreak of WW2 " We have taken our stand". Date: 1939

German poster, What England Wants, WW1
German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Times newspaper headlines, Britain at War, WW1
The Times newspaper headlines for 5 August 1914, Britain at War, announcing the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 5 August 1914

British Expeditionary Force landing in France August 1914
British Expeditionary Force landing in France, August 1914. By William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936). Date: 1914

Church of St. Clement of Tahull. Pantocrator by the Master of Taull. Main apse.12th century. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Songbook (Cancionero) by Ibn Quzman (1078-1160)
Ibn Quzman (1078-1160). Hispano-arabic poet and writer. Songbook (Cancionero). Facsimile. The beginning of the manuscript sheet. Library of Catalonia. Spain

Charles I playing golf at Leith receives news of rebellion
King Charles I, playing golf at Leith, Scotland, receives news of the Irish rebellion which marked the beginning of the Irish Confederate Wars in October 1641

Royal barge of Siam (Thailand)
Illustration of a Royal barge of Siam at the beginning of the 20th century. Artist: Anon. Date: 1905

Double outrigger canoe
Illustration of a double outrigger canoe from Timur Laut, Asiatic Archipeligo, as used at the beginning of the 20th century.Date: 1905

Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World War
Lord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War

Address from Kaiser Wilhelm II to the German people, WW1
The address from Kaiser Wilhelm II to the German people at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 6 August 1914

Aerial View of Madrid, 1936
Illustration showing an aerial view of Madrid, pictured at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Madrid, the Spanish capital

The motto of Paris - WWI - Propaganda - Patriotism
Flutuat nec mergitur. This phrase is the motto of Paris, France, and is translated as " Il est agite'ar les vagues

ITALY. Pompeii. Villa of Mysteries. Beginning to the dionysion cult. 1st c. BC. Detail of the ritual of the cleanness. Roman art. Painting; Fresco

Demonstration in Vienna, Austria, beginning of WW1
Street scene showing people (mostly men) at a demonstration in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate the alliance between Austria and Germany on the outbreak of the First World War

Thumbelina is born -- the flower opens and a tiny girl appears. Beginning of a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Wedding Gas Mask
A bridesmaid has a novel wedding gas mask container decorated with silver paper at a wedding in Sidcup in Kent during World War II in 1939

Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis
The opening of the war session of Parliament on the 17th October 1899, as the Second Boer War commences. Mr Balfour exclaimed, " We have with use the conscience of the Empire". Date: 1899

Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War
Colonial troops off to the Cape- departure of the New South Wales Lancers at Fenchurch Street Station, London Date: 1899

Happy Easter - Norwegian card, printed shortly after the German Surrender in WW2. Date: 1946

Tour of the Colonies - Ceylon Arrival - Railway Station decorated for arrival by Royal couple. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Brighton Blue Belle train in Brighton Station, with a platform full of people. Some are wearing Victorian costume, to celebrate the beginning of the railway era. Date: 1960s

Allegory of the beginning of the Seven Years War. 1756-1763. Maria Theresa and Frederick II playing chess with Mars, god of war, in the center. Copperplate engraving of the time

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 3
Moonlight phenomena at the beginning of the Polar Night : vertical axes pass through the Moon and two mock moons, luminous patches show where they intersect the horizon Date: November 1893

Customs / Oyster Day
OYSTER DAY 25th July (also St James Day) children build oyster shell grottoes to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

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