Belgian Collection (page 40)

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

Wwi / Belgian Refugee
A Belgian refugee is assisted by a German soldier

Wwi / Belgian Refugees
Belgian refugees queue for food hand-outs

Wwi / Armoured Car / Galicia
A raid by Belgian armoured vehicles causes havoc amongst Austrian troops in Galicia (Austria-Hungary)

Gluck / Orphee, Brussels
Madame Dratz-Barrat as Eurydice : since this is a Belgian card, she presumably took part in a production at Brussels

Belgian Postman
A Belgian postman hands a sealed letter to a surprised fisherman

British War Bonds Poster
British war loan poster with an illustration of an destroyed Belgian village and the slogan Buy National War Bonds and protect YOUR HOME

Belgians Leave Antwerp
The Belgian Army is forced to evacuate Antwerp, overwhelmed by the German advance : at Maldeghem, near Bruges, a train carrying infantry crosses a column of cavalry

Refugees into Netherland
One quarter of a million Belgian refugees pour into neutral Holland in the face of the German invasion; others flood southwards into France, some escape to England

Germans in Belgium
German infantry leave Brussels to attack Antwerp, which is at present the centre of Belgian resistance; it will shortly fall, with heavy losses and terrible destruction

Wwi Belgian Soldiers
Two Belgians from the Wallon section of the country, invaded by the Germans at the outbreak of World War One

Ww1 Belgian Soldiers
Two Belgian soldiers whose neutral country was invaded by the Germans at the outbreak of World War One

Belgian Gymnasium C1900
Equipment for gymnastics at a Belgian girls school

Actor in Role of Hamlet
Albers, a Belgian actor, in the role of Hamlet

World War I / 1914 / Liege
Belgian infantry fight off an attack by German forces at Liege

Belgian Locomotive
Locomotive of the Belgian State Railways

Expedition Aircraft
A self sufficient arial colony. Idea of Belgian scientist and balloonist Etienne Gaspard Robertson, first published in 1804

Camargo Dancing
Marianne de Camargo, Belgian ballerina, is not only a remarkably talented dancer but also a notable innovator in style, techniques, costume and coiffure

Leopold III of Belgians
LEOPOLD III son of Albert I and Elisabeth, shown here as Kronprinz during World War One

Elisabeth Q of Belgians
ELISABETH OF BAVARIA wife of Albert I, queen of the Belgians during World War One, she was popular for her resistance to the German invasion

Albert K of Belgians
ALBERT I King of the Belgians during World War One, he was popular for his resistance to the German invasion

Market Stall 1950S
A married couple on a market stall, selling bedspreads, towels, throws, etc

Belgian Dogs with Guns
The Belgian army, during World War One, harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Haul Guns
During World War One, the Belgians harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Pull Guns
Making preparations for war, the Belgian army trains dogs to haul machine guns : well, its a change from dragging milk churns round the streets of Antwerp

Nuns Tied to Bridge
To discourage the French from blowing up a Belgian bridge ahead of the advancing invaders, the Germans have the bright idea of tying a group of nuns to it

Belgian Shrine - 3
A Chapelle de mai hangs on a tree in the Belgian countryside near Campine, a temporary shrine to celebrate Marys month - May

Congo Administrator
M. Franck, Belgian Minister for the Colonies, crosses a rudimentary bridge in the Belgian Congo, arguably the worst-administered of any colonies anywhere, ever

Belgian Peasant Woman
A Belgian country woman in a floral dess, with a wicker shopping basket over her arm

Belgian Nuns Gardening
The Beguins, Belgian nuns, of the Beguinage convent of Ghent, Belgium, digging and hoeing their garden vegetable patch

Belgian Nuns
The Beguins, Belgian nuns, of the Beguinage convent of Ghent, Belgium, with hoes and spades and other gardening tools over their shoulders

Allies in Flanders Wwi
Entente Cordiale: British and either French or Belgian soldiers fraternising and relaxing on a canal boat in Flanders during the First World War

Ieper / Ypres from Air
The much-bombarded Belgian city seen from the air, a few years after World War One

Belgian Nixies
Belgian NIXIES dance in the air over their river

Flemish tooth-drawer with patient and audience
A Flemish tooth-drawer has an audience gathered round him while he operates on a patient

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