Celebrating Collection

Harley-Davidson Advert
Leslie Parkhurst sits astride the Harley-Davidson that took him to a new motor-cycle world land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida

Anti home Rule Postcard
KING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as " of glorious, pious and immortal memory" and victory at the Battle of the Boyne

Eric Liddell celebrating his Olympic win at Edinburgh Univer
Eric Liddell, the 400m gold medallist at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, crowned and chaired at Edinburgh University where he had studied science

ILN Royal Wedding Number November 1947 by Terence Cuneo

Roman orgy to celebrate the Saturnalia
Roman men and women having an orgy to celebrate the Saturnalia, held in honour of the god Saturn. Date: circa 1st century

British Empire Plate
Commemorative plate celebrating Victorias Golden Jubilee and the British Empire

Empire Day - May 24th, 1909
One King. One Fleet. One Flag. One Empire. Celebration postcard to commemorate Empire Day - May 24th, 1909. Members of the British Empire celebrate beneath a statue of Queen Victoria above a

Two women in fancy dress with tankards
Two women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928

Turkish poster celebrating defence of Gallipoli, WW1
Turkish poster celebrating the defence of Gallipoli against the Allies during the First World War. Date: 1915

Wedding of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook
Scene at the wedding reception of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook, performers in the Pelissier Follies. The wedding took place at Finchley Parish Church, north London

Coronation of King Charles III - May, 2023
Royal family supporters camping on the Mall ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III, in London, wearing red, white and blue patriotic clothing Date: 2023

WILLIAM III / POSTCARD
KING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as of glorious, pious and immortal memory and victory at the Battle of the Boyne. Date: 1650 - 1702

County Cricket Match in 1939 - a wicket for Gover of Surrey
County Cricket Match at the Oval in 1939 - a wicket has just fallen, caught behind. The bowler appears to be the Surrey player Alf Gover. Date: 1939

Toasting the royal wedding at the Riviera Club, 1923
Revellers at the fashionable Riviera Club by the Thames on Grosvenor Road, London, raise a glass to toast the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923. Date: 1923

Coronation bonfire at Whitehaven, 1902
A superbly constructed bonfire at Whitehaven, 120 feet in height and 155 feet in circumference, containing 600 tons of timber and brushwood

Coronation design, Maison Prunier
Coronation cover from Maison Prunier (a special menu perhaps?) celebrating the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)

Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline Baynes
A Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen

Rosh Hashanah, Paris
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year (first new moon after the autumn equinox) in a Paris synagogue

Opening day of Tower Bridge, London 1894
Tower Bridge was designed by Sir Horace Jones and Mr. Wolfe Barry, comprises a permanent footway 142ft above high-water level and a drawbridge for passing ships

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always First
Britain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

King Oscar II of Sweden - Jubilee Postcard
A delightful card (mixture of white embossing and a pale yellow background) depicting King Oscar of Sweden (1829-1907) - Jubilee Postcard celebrating the Kings 75th Birthday

WW1 - Celebrating Victory Night 1919
WW1 - Celebrating Victory Night, men and women in blact-tie and ball-gown dress, dancing to the music from a live band at a high-society ball. Date: 1919

Fancy dress party
Front cover of Pan magazine, featuring three adults in fancy dress, enjoying a glass of Vermouth. Date: 1920

Military parade Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire celebrating the coronation of George V in 1911. Date: 1911

Poster celebrating Leon Vanderstuyft
Poster celebrating the achievements of Leon Vanderstuyft, the Belgian racing cyclist who amazingly covered over 125 kilometers in one hour. The poster lists various speeds and victories

Wedding number of The Sketch
Special wedding number front cover celebrating the marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, later Duchess of Kent in November 1934. Date: 5th December 1934

Turkey Istanbul
Celebrating the restoration of the mosque of Santa Sophia by the Fossatis

Celebrating Bacchus
Country folk celebrate a festival in honour of the God of wine: Bacchus. (Greek: Dionysus)

The Star Inn, Great Dunmow, Essex, celebrating the Coronation of King Edward VII Date: 1902

A large crowd gathering - north of England (possibly Leeds or Sheffield?). Date: 1908

Triumph of Scipio Africanus after defeating Hannibal
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the triumph of the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus after defeating the Carthaginian leader Hannibal at the Battle of Zama

Grand procession at Plymouth on first dispatch of Cape mails
Grand procession to celebrate the port of Plymouth opening up as a Government Mail-packet Station. The Corporations of Plymouth

Celebrating the New Turkish Constiution - French postcard. The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908) of the Ottoman Empire was when the Young Turks movement restored the Ottoman constitution of 1876

King George V and Queen Mary with thier adult children
King George V and Queen Mary consort of Britain in centre celebrating the Silver Jubilee, with their five adult children, top left Princess Mary

Wedding Breakfast
Illustration of a wedding breakfast in which the guests are celebrating with the bride and groom. Artist: Anon. Date: 1926

WW2 American postal cover envelope celebrating victory over the Japanese on the Marshall Islands Date: 1944

Celebrating Chrismas
A group of happy children celebrating Christmas. Artist: Evelyn Stuart Hardy Date: circa 1910

WW2 Yeoman Signaller And Celebrating Sailor
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a Royal Navy petty officer yeoman signaller, looking through his telescope

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

Guy Fawkes Night, Tricentenary, 1905 Date: 1905

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - 3500 USAF aircraft shot down
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Celebrating 3500 American aircraft shot down and destroyed. Date: 1972

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

A Map of New Zealand
A truly outstanding, and large scale, Empire Marketing Board poster map designed by Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

A Map Of Irish Free State And Northern Ireland
a, map, of, irish, free, state, and, northern, ireland, 1929, truly, outstanding, large, scale, empire, marketing, board, poster, designed, by, leslie, macdonald, max, gill, this, design, for,

A Map of Scotland
A truly outstanding, and rare, original Empire Marketing Board poster by the master of decorative map making, Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

Parade for Harold Gatty and Wiley Post
A parade along Broadway for navigator Harold Gatty 1903-1957) and pilot Wiley Post (1898-1935), celebrating their record-breaking achievement of flying around the world in under nine days. Date: 1931

Music cover, Joyeuse Entree, march for piano by Alidor Thiry, celebrating the triumphant entry of King Albert of Belgium into Brussels, 23 December 1909 Date: 1909

The Nativity
A woodcut showing a nativity scene, with the Virgin Mary looking down at her miracle child, overlooked by a cluster of angelic figures

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