Bonus Collection

Mosaic from the workshop of ANNIUS PONUS or BONUS

Dyonisus. Roman mosaic
Roman mosaic depicting god Dionysus. Detail of the mosaic Meeting between Ariadne and Dionysus. 4th century. Anniboni. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Satyr. Roman mosaic
Roman mosaic depicting a Satyr. Detail of the mosaic Meeting between Ariadne and Dionysus. 4th century. Anniboni. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Ariadne sleeping. Roman mosaic
Roman mosaic depicting Ariadne sleeping. Detail of the mosaic Meeting between Ariadne and Dionysus. 4th century. Anniboni. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

The Bonus Army Camp Destroyed: Use of Tear Gas
Use of tear gas bombs by United States troops against war veterans in the clearnance of the Bonus Army encampment at Washington

Bonus Army fought with tear-gas
During the Great Depression US World War One veterans, popularly called the Bonus Army, marched on Washington in the summer of 1932 demanding immediate payment of their Service Certificates which

Man reading the rules of the board game Frogger
A man reading the rules of the board game Frogger, which was based on the popular arcade and video game of the same name and was brought out by Milton Bradley in 1981

The Bonus Army: a leader arrested
A leader of the veterans arrested by the United States government

The Bonus Army: the camp ablaze
The camp of the Bonus Army on fire at Washington

The Bonus Army: the aftermath of the fire
The camp of the Bonus Army at Washington after the fire: the burnt out area as seen from the air

The Bonus Army: arrests made
An arrest in a tree, near the White House, Washington: detectives bringing to ground a leader of the veterans(centre), who has been giving orders from amongst the branches

The Bonus Army camp defended: fighting for the flag
Fighting for the Bonus Army flag:a war veteran armed with a length of lead piping, about to strike a policeman

Veterans Riot at Washington
The Bonus Amy besieging the Capitol: an all night wait by Californian veterans to impress upon Congress the urgency of their demands

The Bonus Army Camp before it was Destroyed
The eviction of the Bonus Army from Washington: part of the camp of ramshackle huts before it was cleared and burnt. The veterans demands for payment of a war bonus were rejected by Congress

The Bonus Army H. Q taken by police
At the war veterans general headquarters:a stars and stripes flag of the Bonus Army flown as the police evicted demonstraters from a ruined building. Date: July 1932

Veterans Riot at Washington: on the Steps of Congress
A demonstration which nearly became a riot: bonus marchers mounting the steps of the Capitol to appeal to congressmen for bonus payments

The Bonus Army Camp Defended
Fighting between war veterans and United States troops where at its height on 28th July, 1932. Men of the Bonus Army flinging stones and bricks at police who advance upon them

The Bonus Army camp defended: veterans forcibly removed
During the bitter struggle in Pennslysvania Avenue, Washington, on July 28th 1932: police carrying a bonus Army veteran away from the occupied area

Chenopodium Bonus-Henri
GOOD KING HENRY

Spanish Night Watchman
A card given out by a Spanish night watchman, which shows how he helps to keep the public safe. He hopes that this piece of publicity with earn him a Christmas box

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