Beginning Collection (page 6)

Star Line to Canada Poster
Red Star Line and White Star Line shipping from Southampton to Canada Poster showing a man farming in Canada

Lord Chief Justice approaching Westminster Abbey
The Lord Chief Justice approaches Westminster Abbey as part of the judges procession from the Royal Courts of Justice, for the annual religious service to mark the beginning of the legal year

Judges procession to Westminster Abbey
Part of the judges procession from the Royal Courts of Justice to Westminster Abbey, for the annual religious service to mark the beginning of the legal year. The custom dates back to the Middle Ages

Home Guard Call up, World War I
Home Guard Call up, London, at the beginning of World War I in 1914

Outbreak of First World War 1914
Crowds outside Buckingham Palace at the outbreak of World War I in 1914

Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Photographic portrait of Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), the American actress, pictured at the beginning of the 20th century

Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926)
Photographic portrait of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), the English actor-manager, pictured at the beginning of the 20th century

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

The beginning of the Somme offensive
British troops are shown marching across German trenches at the beginning of the Somme offensive of July 1916. Some soldiers are shown consolidating the captured positions

Solferino / Beauce
BATTLE OF SOLFERINO Napoleon III on the field of battle, which resulted in a defeat for the Austrians, marking the beginning of Italian independence

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

Polar Research Ship Discovery, 1901
Photograph of the PRS Discovery leaving Lyttleton, New Zealand, at the beginning of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04, 21st December 1901

HMS Alert and HMS Discovery seen from the deck of HMS V
Engraving showing HMS Alert and HMS Discovery (both in the background) parting company with HMS Valorous (foreground) at the beginning of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Mexicans Celebrate Age
The Aztecs celebrate the beginning of a new age with tribal dancing and drums, before the Conquest by the Spanish

G. H. S. Trott and W. G. Grace tossing a coin, Oval Cricket Gro
Illustration of the Australian captain, G.H.S. Trott (1866-1917), and the England captain, Dr. W.G. Grace (1848-1915), looking at the coin they have just tossed at the beginning of the match at

The Civil War in America, advanced post of General Blenker s
At the beginning of 1862, Lincoln issued General War Order 1, calling on all US forces to begin a general advance on the South

American Civil War. Review of the Federal troops
Review of the Federal troops by President Lincoln and General Scott showing the Garibaldi Guard filing past. From a sketch by special artist Frank Vizetelly

Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Interior of the old
British soldiers surveying the damage to the old fort at Rorkes Drift, where 137 British soldiers held out against 3, 000 zulus at the beginning of the Zulu wars

Zulu war sketches by our special artist. Scene in the New Fo
The new Fort at Rorkes Drift, a scene of British bravery at the beginning of the Zulu wars

Black Beauty & Mother
Bucolic countryside scene from the beginning of Black Beauty showing Beauty as a foal peacefully grazing in a meadow

Post Chaise
French post chaise at the beginning of the 18th century

National Insurance
The beginning of the Welfare State : a booklet issued by the Ministry of National Insurance, explaining the benefits of the scheme which gives us all sickness benefits

Caedmon, Poet & Herdsman
CAEDMON A herdsman who, according to Bede, received a divine call in a dream to sing of " the beginning of things"

Boys at Start of Fight
Two boys with their fists up at the beginning of a (mock) fight outside in the garden

TOLL GATE
A young couple in an open-top sports car pay their dues at the Woody Bay toll gate at the beginning of the private road from the Valley of the Rocks to Martinhoe Church, Devon

The Queens Year, 1897
The Queens Year! Mr Punch celebrates the beginning of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Year by presenting Her Majesty with the New Year, in the form of a small boy

Servants Hall / Phiz
A Servants Hall at the beginning of the Victorian era

Monte Carlo Ca 1900
The SALLE DE JEU at the beginning of the twentieth century

New Age Dance, Mexico
Mexicans dance in celebration of the commencement of a new era of the cosmic cycle

Edinburgh Miners Gala
The Annual Miners Gala in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. At the beginning of May each year, 100, 000 coal miners take a well-earned holiday

Horse-Drawn German Rail
Horse-drawn wagons along a railway track : as in Britain, the idea of tracks preceded that of using steam to power the vehicles that would run on them

Shops at Mont St Michel
Tourist shops are already well established on Mont Saint Michel at the beginning of the 20th century - postcards and souvenirs proliferate, then as now

Moscow Boys School
Beginning of the term at School no 170, Sverdlov district, Moscow. The teacher looks at the work of one of her boy pupils

Factories / Germany
A munitions factory at night, at the beginning of World War One

Page from an Irish psalter, Beatus Vir
Page from an Irish psalter, with Psalm 112, beginning Beatus vir ( Blessed is the man who fears the Lord )

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