Belgian Collection (page 39)

Astrid Amid People
Astrid, wife of prince Leopold of Belgium (later king) is a popular princess

Queen Astrid
Astrid, queen of the Belgians

Jules Malou
JULES MALOU Belgian statesman

Hubert Frere-Orban
HUBERT JOSEPH WALTHER FRERE- ORBAN Belgian statesman

Boys on Church Parade
A group of boys are dressed up on church parade in Bruege Belgium

ALBERT I (1875 - 1934)
ALBERT I With wife Elisabeth, opening the Antwerp Exhibition (probably of 1930)

Albert I / Belgium / Pj 1914
King Albert of Belgium, along with senior army officers, dig trenches, keen to play their part in defending their country against the German forces

Louise-Marie / Belgium Qn
LOUISE-MARIE-THERESE D ORLEANS Wife of Leopold I, King of Belgium

Belgian Franc-Tireurs
Belgian franc-tireurs - civilians who attack the invading Germans : in fact, none exist : they are a figment of the German imagination !

Gramme Dynamo / 1870
A dynamo (electricity generator) developed by Belgian engineer Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) in 1870

Husband, Son Shot
Clutching her baby, a Belgian wife is forced to watch as her husband and her son are shot by a German firing squad

Belgian Prince and Army
King Albert I of Belgium presents his son, the duke of Brabant, to the army, who are very pleased

J B Van Helmont
JEAN BAPTISTE van HELMONT Belgian medical, chemist who innovated the word gas for something which is like air but is more ghostlike (gas and ghost are much the same word)

Belgian Dogs Resting
Five exhausted dogs resting in Brussels, Belgium, still harnessed to their cart

Belgian Aircraft 1916
Farman biplanes of a Belgian squadron, used for reconnaisance

Belgian Coat of Arms
The arms of Belgium with a lion to the left, a lion to the right, and a third in the middle

BEGUINE
A BEGUINE from the Dutch/Belgian Netherlands : they were not a formal order, but communities of pious women, who kept their property and sometimes lived at home

Pilgrims, Beauraing
Pilgrims at the Grotto du Pensionnat, where the Virgin Mary came down from Heaven to speak with some Belgian children

Peter Benoit - Composer
PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD BENOIT Flemish composer, born at Harelbeke in Flanders. Studied at the Brussels Conservatoire under F J Fetis between 1851-5

HUBERT LEONARD 1819-1890
HUBERT LEONARD Belgian violinist. A great virtuoso, Leonard held the position of principal professor of violin-playing at the Brussels Conservatoire

Pay Noir Worker / 1919
A woman working in the Belgian Pays Noir (Black Country)

Lambert Quetelet
LAMBERT ADOLPHE QUETELET Belgian astronomer and statistician

Belgian Express
The Ostend to Brussels express of the Belgian State Railways

Belgian Cabaret 15C
The interior of a cabaret - the local clergy seem to disapprove

Oostacker-Lourdes
The virgin depicted on a card from Oostacker-Lourdes, a Belgian pilgrimage site created in emulation of Lourdes

Wwi / 1915 / Antwerp Burns
The Belgian city of Antwerp is bombarded by the Germans

Wwi / 1914 / Louvain Sacked
A French view of the German capture and sacking of the Belgian town of Louvain

Wwi / Uhlan Patrol / 1914
A Belgian armoured car routs an Uhlan patrol

Maeterlinck / Postcard
MAURICE MAETERLINCK Belgian poet, dramatist and essayist

J J a M Baron De Witte
Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie, baron de WITTE Belgian/French scholar

Albert Grisar / Postcard
ALBERT GRISAR Belgian composer

Britannia / Belgians / 1869
Britannia is urged to help the Belgians. Date: 1869

Jules Bordet / Nobel 1916
JULES BORDET Belgian medical

German Aviatik 1916
A German Aviatik plane, photographed in mid-air by a Belgian reconnaisance aircraft over Holland

Cemetery Looting 1917
Desperate for metal to make shells, the Germans loot Belgian cemeteries, taking anything that can be melted down for arms

Leopold I / Belgium / Brown
LEOPOLD I King of Belgium (1831-65)

Leopold Iii / Belgium
LEOPOLD III King of Belgium (1934-51) as a little boy (left), with his sister Marie Jose and his brother Charles

Leopold I / Belgium / Jour
LEOPOLD I King of Belgium (1831-65)

Albert I / Belgium / Postcd
ALBERT I King of Belgium (1909-34) with his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria, and their children Leopold (b 1901), Charles (b 1903) and Marie-Jose (b 1906)

Charles of Belgium
CHARLES, COUNT OF FLANDERS Son of Albert I, King of Belgium

Elisabeth / Belgian Queen
ELISABETH OF BAVARIA Wife of Albert I, King of Belgium

E-A Ysaye / Elliott & Fry
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor and composer

E-A Ysaye / Simplicissimus
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor and composer: a satirical view

E-A Ysaye / Cig Card
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor and composer

Father Deken, Explorer
Pere de DEKEN Belgian traveller in Siberia, Tibet and other parts of central Asia, with Bonvalot and Henri d Orleans

Adrien De Gerlache
ADRIEN DE GERLACHE Belgian sailor and explorer, sailed the Belgica into the Antarctic, made several subsequent expeditions

Beating Rubber / Congo
The rubber industry in the Belgian Congo - thumping rubber to remove particles of wood and fibre

Wwi / British Enter Lille
The arrival of British troops in a suburb of Lille is greeted by jubilation from the crowd

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