Begins Collection

Removing T Shirt
Smiling brunette, with perfect teeth, begins to remove her t shirt

Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing distressed needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins

The Crowning of Queen Victoria at Her Coronation, Westminster Abbey, London Date: 1838

Queen Victoria's Coronation Fair, with fireworks, Hyde Park, London, on the night of 28 June 1838 Date: 1838

Queen Victoria arrives at Westminster Abbey for Coronation
Queen Victoria arriving at Westminster Abbey, London, for Her Coronation Date: 1838

Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula
Two attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper

Psalter (Fragment)
Fragment of a psalter, parchment double leaf, quarto size. Text on f.1r begins at Psalm 46:7 Psallite deo nostro psallite: psallite regi nostro psallite: Quonia(m) rex omnis terre deus

John Gower, Confessio Amantis (Fragments)
Four leaves (2 bifolia) from an illuminated manuscript copy of Gower's Confessio Amantis, parchment. The text is the B version and is part of Book V

Bargain hunters in Regent Street, London, waiting for Dickins and Jones to open. Date: October 1907

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El dia 26 de gener comenca la batalla de l'ou (On 26th January begins the battle of the egg). Poster of the Generalitat of Catalonia

Postcard design - Wishing you Luck, as the new term begins
Postcard design - Heres Wishing you Luck, as the new term begins. A schoolboy walking off for the first day at school. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Plump couple paddling in the sea. Life only begins when you come down here! Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have
The Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it

The Unknown British Warrior begins his homeward journey from France to be buried in Westminster Abbey. General Foch salutes the coffin in Boulogne. November 1920 Date: 1920

Blast Furnace Breakdown Date: 1948

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

Polling Booth. Woman in mortar board stands beside a convict in his prison uniform. Captioned, Companions in Disgrace with an accompanying rhyme which begins, Convicts and Women kindly note

Medieval illuminated French poem on chivalry
Chandos Herald manuscript: opening of the poem begins with an illuminated initial O containing the Royal Arms with a border of Strapwork and flowers. Date: circa 1385

Frau Holle - 1
The stepdaughter spinning at the well, where her adventure begins

New Jersey Service Stat
Happy motoring begins at Carlsons Esso station intersection of route 130 & 40, two miles from Pennsville Ferry, Deepwater, New Jersey

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

Christmas / Sweden / Lucia
In Sweden, Christmas begins on December 13th, St Lucias Day. The youngest daughter in a family carries a breakfast tray to her parents. Date: 1910s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner work begins
Full Steam Ahead. John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534

Winston Churchills funeral, Royalty and Statesman at St Pau
Royalty and Statesmen from many nations on the steps of St Pauls to watch the departure of the coffin as the last stage of its journey to Bladon begins. Date: 6th February 1965

Joan of Arc, by the most popular magazine writer, begins in April Harper s. Poster showing Joan of Arc holding a flag in one hand and pointing her sword with the other. Date 1895 April

The Perfect Holiday Abroad Begins at Cook s
Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks travel service

Plan of the Metropolitan Railway
The initial plan for the Metropolitan Railway. The railway begins opposite the Great Western Railway Hotel at Paddington, passing through Kings Cross on to Farringdon

Russia / 1906 / Moscow Riots
A workers insurrection in Moscow, which begins on 22 December and lasts until 1 January, 1906, is brutally repressed by the army

Rallying for Peace
Demonstrators rally in support of a negotiated peace with Germany. On December 3 Trotsky begins negotiations which lead to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Rebuilding Stalingrad
The re-building of Stalingrad begins

The Meet (John Leech)
The huntsmen gather to smoke and drink before the days action begins

1819 / Peterloo / Hunt
Radical Henry Orator Hunt, begins his speech to the crowd gathered at St Peters Fields Manchester. He is interrupted by the fatal yeomanry charge, arrested and imprisoned

Haile Selassie in Exile
Haile Selassie, the negus of Ethiopia arrives at Haifa, and begins his exile

Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time... begins the tale of Beauty and the Beast

Spring Time Thaw / 1909
The first thaw. The snow slowly begins to melt on the fields

Titanic Music Sheet
The Wreck of the Titanic, piano composition by Jeanette Forrest - The Voyage Begins - Everybody Happy and Care-free - Whistle sounds the Alarm - Nearer my God - Ship sinks

Oxford V Cambridge 1882
Oxford begins to lead

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