Beginning Collection (page 4)

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

Enthusiastic Russians at the beginning of World War I
When Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia ordered a partial mobilisation of her army. Germany demanded that the Czar countermand this mobilisation within 12 hours, but this was rejected by Russia

War fever in Berlin, Germany
While the issue of peace or war with Russia was hanging in the balance, a frenzy of war fever gripped Berlin. Date: 1914

Serbian reservists at the beginning of World War I
While the bombardment by the Austrians of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, was proceeding, Serbia rapidly called on her reservists

Vienna at the beginning of World War I
Vienna, capital of Austria, described here as the frontier city between the Western and Eastern civilisations. From its Imperial Palace on 23rd July 1914, Count Berchtold

Destruction of the bridge at Li觥, Belgium at the beginning of World War I. So rapidly were the Belgians forced to retreat that they had no time to blow up the twelve Meuse bridges

Naval reserves called up at the outbreak of World War I
Naval reforms inaugurated by Lord Fisher included the establishment of a Naval Reserve which could be added to the strength of the fleet whenever was necessary

Financial situation in Paris at the beginning of World War I
To safeguard the stock of gold at the outbreak of war, payments were limited to 50 francs a fortnight for each depositor. The photograph shows the temporary accommodation provided by the Paris banks

The Bank of England at the beginning of World War I
The prospect of a shortage of gold owing to the threatened rupture of financial relations with the Continent resulted in a highly unusual spectacle at the Bank of England in London

Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire
Flying. Enemy Aviator (beginning to realise) Himmel ! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. Or the English version - Aviator (beginning to realise) Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire

On 6 a m Parade Somewhere in France
On 6 a.m. Parade. Somewhere in France. On verso the best of health. Card entitled 2. See 4511 for card entitled 1 and beginning of text

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

The onset of World War One in England
Events at the beginning of the First World War in England. Clockwise from top left: the Archbishop of Canterburys Faculty for marriage licenses

Allied commemoration, Western Front, France, WW1
An Allied commemoration of the outbreak of World War One, held on the Western Front in France. Present are troops from Britain, America, France, Belgium and Portugal. Date: 4 August circa 1917

Deutschland crew go aboard City of Flint by G. H. Davis
The beginning of the eventful odyssey of the American cargo steamer, the City of Flint: the Deutschlands crew go aboard. Date: 9 October 1939

Tommy Atkins goes off with a smile 1939
" In September 1939, we have once more learnt what it is like to see uniform in the streets, the buses, the restaurants, to see chaps like this going to their depots with their girls

German and Austrian troops setting off for WW1
German and Austrian troops setting off with great optimism and enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 1914

Proclamation of World War One, outside War Office
A scene outside the War Office on Whitehall, London, on the proclamation of war on Germany in 1914. Crowds of men on the street by the equestrian statue of Prince George

Troops protecting Britains gunpowder factories 1914
The War crisis at home: precautionary measures at our military stores. Police protection at the gunpowder factories at Waltham Abbey and Woolwich London. 1914

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Blood and Iron 1914
On 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of the First World War; a few days later this illustration appeared in The Graphic. Date: 1914

Paris Chatelet
La place du Grand Chatelet at the beginning of the 19th century. Date: circa 1830

Little girl surprised by the Easter Bunny on Easter Day
To Greet you on Easter Day ! Little girl surprised by the Easter Bunny on Easter Day - or perhaps it is visa-versa!! Date: circa 1906

A V2 on display in Trafalgar Square
A V-2 on display in Trafalger Square with a crowd listening to a speech by Clement Atlee at the beginning of Thanksgiving Saving Week. 15 September 1945. Date: 1945

From the Beginning
One of the oldest rocks on Earth dating back 3, 850 million years on display in the From the Beginning gallery, the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen from Greenland

MAljP, Vicente (1480-1550). Portrait of Don Luis
MAlj P, Vicente (1480-1550). Portrait of Don Luis de Castella, Senor de Bicorp. 1st half 16th c. On the chest he flaunts the scallop shell of Santiago

Bourdeaux at the beginning of 15th c. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Young Man at the Clavichord. 1767. Portrait identified at the beginning as a portrait of Mozart, work of Duplessis. Anonymous from the French School. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum

Excommunication. Copy from late 13th century
" Excommunication". Copy from late 13th century and beginning 14th century of " Decretales de Gregorio IX", a compilation of canon law from 13th century. Gothic art

ARGENTINA. San Ignacio Mini. Jesuit Mission, founded at the beginning of 17th c. Masonry stone with the Greek initials of the name of Jesus

Factory Benet Campabadal (beginning of 20th c. )
Factory Benet Campabadal (beginning of 20th c.). Manufacture of silk. SPAIN. Barcelona. Sants-Montjuic District Municipal Archive

Percussion cap handgun (beginning 19th c. ). SPAIN
Percussion cap handgun (beginning 19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum

VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). El vaquero
" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). " El vaquero de Morana", comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebastiᮠ de Comellas (1617). Beginning of the first act

Los locos por el cielo, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebastiᮠ de Comellas (1617). Beginning of the first act. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

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