Beginning Collection (page 3)

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

River boat, Rangoon (Yangon)
Illustration of a river boat plying the Rangoon River at the beginning of the 20th century. Artist: Anon. Date: 1905

Outrigger, Colombo
Outrigger boat, as used in Colombo at the beginning of the 20th century.Date: 1905

Kayak, Greenland
Illustration of a Greenland style kayak as used at the beginning of the 20th century.Date: 1905

Indian catamaran
Illustration of natives of Madras, India, paddling their catamarans as used at the beginning of the 20th century.Date: 1905

Opening from the Book of Exodus - Bedell Bible
Opening from the Book of Exodus - right hand page with text from the end of chapter 5 and the start of chapter 6 from the book of Exodus - Leabhuir na Seintiomna - Creator

USS Tennessee, American cruiser, Falmouth, WW1
The American cruiser USS Tennessee at Falmouth in August 1914. She was en route to Europe and the Middle East, laden with gold

Sikorsky H-5 -both the US Army Air Force and US Navy were beginning to employ helicopters on rescue duties by wars end

Sir Edward Grey in parliament on the eve of WWI
The Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey (1862 - 1933), making his momentous statement on the eve of World War I at the House of Commons. Date: 3rd August 1914

Mexican natives celebrating the beginning of the century.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, guard duty
WW2 Christmas card, soldier on guard duty with factories in the distance. Date: 1939

WWI Poster, Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm at the Court at Buckingham Palace, 12th August 1914. A poster in the form of an announcement, confirming the new powers put in place on the outbreak of war. Date: 1914

illustration alluding to the conflicts for the colonial division of Africa between the European powers from the 1880s to the beginning of the First World War

GESSNER, Conrad (1516-1565). Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology

Rejouissances des mexicains, au commencement du siecle (The rejoicing of Mexicans at the start of the Century). Celebration of the beginning of Aztec century, consisting of a 52-year cycle

Metal box for storing Styli. It bears the emblem of the Englisch record label and music brand HMV His Masters Voice (La voz de su amo). Beginning of 20th c

Steam train arriving at a station at the beginning of 19th c. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Switzerland - Rosenlaui, The Wellhorn and the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Rosenlaui alpine valley with the mountains Wellhorn and Wetterhorn in the background. The Wetterhorn (3, 692 m), was first climbed in 1844, by Stanhope T

Frost - ice crystals formed on dry reeds and branches of trees - severe frost in early morning - reeds along a light wood on a snow covered bank of a frozen lake - late winter - beginning of March

Frost - ice crystals formed on dry reeds - early morning frost - snow covered bank of a frozen lake - late winter - beginning of March. near Ekaterinburg - Ural Mountains - Russia

Omani Fortress - built at the beginning of the 16th century. Kilwa Kisiwani - Tanzania - Afrca. Kilwa Kisiwani is an ancient port city on th east african coast - since then it was destroyed

Suffragette W. S. P. U Demonstration Programme
A W.S.P.U programme for a Womens Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, 28th March 1912. Printed in purple with green pencil attached with green ribbon

King Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham, signalling the start of the English Civil War. Date: 22nd August 1642

German postcard, athletes carrying flags
German postcard showing athletes carrying flags at the start of a sports tournament. Date: 1920s

President Wilson announcing birth of League of Nations
The American President Wilson announces the birth of the League of Nations, designed to avoid future wars. Date: 1919

WW1, Graphic front cover, the spectre of war 1 August 1914
The Fear that is in all mens minds. Front cover of The Graphic from 1 August 1914 showing Prime Minister Asquith addressing the House of Commons as Britain teetered on the brink of war with Germany

German prisoners of war in Great Britain at the start of war
Immediately after the declaration of war, most of the German and Austrian residents of military age in Britain were made prisoners and confined within barbed wire compounds under military guard

The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI
A sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London

Boys scouts at the outbreak of World War I
A London troop of Boy Scouts assist in the transport of baggage from barracks to railway station, at the beginning of World War I. Date: 1914

Lord Kitchener and Lord Haldane arriving at the War Office
Mr Asquiths departure from precedent in calling Lord Kitchener, a soldier and member of the opposite party, to the office of Secretary for War met with enthusiastic approval

Westminster Fusiliers mobilised at the start of WWI
Westminster Fusiliers, at the outbreak of World War I, waiting for their troop train in Waterloo Station, London. Date: 1914

King and Queen outside Buckingham Palace, WWI
On the afternoon of 3rd August 1914, the King and Queen drove from Buckingham Palace along the Mall, and were greeted by their subjects with cheers, especially when they passed the German Embassy

Crowds assembled in London on the outbreak of WWI
Crowds assemble close to the House of Commons in London, during the afternoon of the August Bank Holiday (3rd August 1914) when war was practically inevitable. Date: 1914

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Mobilisation in France at the start of World War I
Crowds line the streets to wave goodbye to their countrymen as they set off to war. General mobilisation in France began once Germany had declared war on Russia, on the 1st August 1914. Date: 1914

Provisions dispatched to Austrian recruits, WWI
When Germany declared war on Russia, Austria had to prepare to cope with the millions of Russian recruits they d be fighting against, increasing its army significantly

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