Belgian Collection (page 9)

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

Memorial to Belgian pilot Willy Coppens, Klerken, Belgium
The small memorial to Heldhaftig Piloot Willy Coppens is in the Willy Coppens Plein in Klerken. He was Belgians leading fighter ace and, like American Frank Luke

Rubber Rule in Africa - Methods of Barbarism. The atrocities carried out against the native population in Belgina Congo, Africa. An elderly Chief is shot for not meeting his rubber collection target

Ancient Flemish loom

Belgian Piron Brigade Memorial, Opheusden, Holland
Opheusden was the centre of much fighting involving British, American and Belgian forces following the failure of Operation Market Garden to cross the Rhine at Arnhem

Interpretation of the League of Notions, 1921
Jean de Bosscheres interpretation of the opening scene of the " League of Notions", a poppular revue in London. Bosschere was a famous Belgian artist and writer. Date: 1921

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

Teatro Opera - Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: circa 1937

A vision of Salome, 1915
A vision of Salome by the Belgian premiere danseuse Mdlle Felyne Verbist, 1915 Date: 1915

Adolphe Max, Mayor of Brussels, Belgium
Adolphe Max (1869-1939), Liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1913-1914

King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934, reigned 1909-1934). Date: circa 1913-1914

Monumental brass rubbing, Nicholas le Brun, Jeumont, northern France. 1547

Photographers advertisement in Brussels
An advertisement/business card for a working photographer, F. Dricot in Molenbeek, Brussels. Date: 1900

Portrait of Jean Linden, Belgian horticulturalist, nursery owner and publisher. Woodcut from Lucien Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1894

Belgian actress Eugenie Doche as Pierrette in Le Bonhomme Job by Emile Souvestre, Vaudeville, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Eugenie Doche as Mathilde in Le Gant et l Eventail
Belgian actress Eugenie Doche as Mathilde in Le Gant et l Eventail by Bayard and Sauvage, Vaudeville, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets

Eugenie Doche as Fanchon in Les Chansons Populaires
Belgian actress Eugenie Doche as Fanchon in Les Chansons Populaires de la France, Vaudeville, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Belgian gagea, Gagea spathacea. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet
Belgian actress Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet by Merville at the Odeon, Paris, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Retreating Belgian soldier obliterating signpost names to confuse the invading enemy during the early stages of the First World War. 1914

Prince of Wales lights lamp, Talbot House Toc H, Belgium
The Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) lighting the Lamp of Maintenance at Talbot House Toc H, Poperinge, Flanders, Belgium, 15 December 1922. 1922

Town Hall and Church Tower, Dixmude, Belgium
Town Hall and Church Tower, Dixmude (Diksmuide), West Flanders, Belgium. early 20th century

Saint Bavo Cathedral and van Eyck monument
Saint Bavo Cathedral and Hubert and Jan van Eyck Monument, Ghent, Belgium. early 20th century

British waddling ships shelling Belgian coast, WW1
British waddling ships shelling the Belgian coast, First World War. 1914-1918

WW1 - The Exodus from Antwerp, Belgium over bridge of barges
WW1 - The Exodus of the inhabitants of Antwerp, Belgium over a bridge of barges across the River Scheldt. 1914

WW1 - The Exodus from Antwerp, Belgium by boat
WW1 - The Exodus of inhabitants of Antwerp, Belgium by boat down the River Scheldt. 1914

WW1 - British Marines in the Trenches - Defence of Antwerp. 1914

British naval division troops defending Antwerp - 1914
British naval division troops going to take up their positions in the trenches in preparation of attack - Antwerp - September, 1914. 1914

Piet Hobin (Pete Hoban), Belgian boxer
Piet Hobin (Pete Hoban, 1897-1971), Belgian welterweight boxer. circa 1910s

H鬨ne Dutrieu Helene Dutrieu
HÚ¼¿ne Dutrieu (1877- 1961), Belgian cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver

A regiment of Belgian troops en route to Mexico
The Belgian-Mexican regiment on board The Louisiana on their way to Mexico. A group of soldiers sit around a pot of food, eating

The Imperial Mexican Guard
The Imperial Mexican guard in full uniform: the Belgian regiment of Empress Charlotte. Date: 1864

Belgian Telegram Form
Decorative Belgian Telegram Form

Pygmy hunters of the Welle, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Six pygmy hunters of the Welle district, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Shown standing in a row, aiming their poison arrows. Date: 1922

Trumpeter of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Trumpeter of the Mangbettu (Mangbetu) court, holding his carved horn modelled from an ivory tusk, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Tribal chief, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
A tribal chief of the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. His beard is several feet long, but is generally kept plaited and coiled tightly under his chin. Date: 1922

Four Mangbettu people, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Four people of the Mangbettus (Mangbetu) tribe, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Showing decorative body scars, ivory hairpins, a nose plug

King Manziga Avungura, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
King Manziga Avungura of the Zande (Azande) tribe (son of Ugwa), Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. 1922

King Akondo, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
King Akondo of the Mangbettu (Mangbetu) tribe in royal dancing costume, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Sabot maker working at his cottage door, Belgium
Sabot maker working at his cottage door, a traditional home industry in Belgium. Date: 1922

Annual procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium -- supposedly drops of Jesuss blood brought from the Holy Land in 1150 by Theodoric, Count of Flanders, preserved in a chapel in the Grand Place

Milkmaid in special costume and bonnet, Belgium -- she apparently won a beauty competition for milkmaids. Date: 1922

Women drawing flax to turn it into yarn, Belgium
Women drawing flax on combs to turn it into yarn, Belgium, a traditional home industry. Date: 1922

Sheaves of flax drying in a field, Belgium. Date: 1922

La Digue, Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium
La Digue (The Dyke), Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1950s

Vieusart Castle, near Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1950s

Belgian refugees at Ostend, WW1
Belgian refugees at Ostend - families living in beach huts escaping the German invasion, August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

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