Celebrations Collection

Archangel Gabriel

The London Symphony Orchestra playing at Harrods, London, 19
Illustration showing the London Symphony Orchestra playing in Harrods, during the department stores Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 1909

Christmas Evening

King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, ILN cover, 1935
Soldiers from across the British Empire gather to adore the crown, resplendent on a garlanded pedestal

VE Day - royal family and Churchill on balcony
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) together with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in ATS uniform and Princess Margaret Rose, and Prime Minister

H. M. S. Victory flying the famous signal on 21 October 1905
As part of the Nelson celebrations of the centenary of his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, the H.M.S

VE Day Celebrations
Winston Churchill and members of the Royal family waving to the crowds at Buckingham Palace on Victory in Europe Day

Peace, Perfect Peace by Heath Robinson. Being the Morning after the Night Before

Butterick Jubilee
The Butterick Building in New York, jubilee celebrations - 50 years of fashion supremacy

Cats Balancing on Cat Date: 1905

Illustrated London News Silver Jubilee Number 1935
Front cover of The Illustrated London News conjuring up the pomp and pageantry of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of King George V with a parade of liveried riders

A Suggestion to Wembley: why Not an All-Bonzo Pageant?
This illustration shows an idea for The British Empire Exhibition that was held at Wembley in 1924

World War One Celebrations, Wallsend, Northumberland
World War One Celebrations, Wallsend, North Shields, near Newcastle, Northumberland, England. The end of World War One - on the setts is chalked LANDLORD NO RENT MONDAY Date: 1910s

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

Tatler front cover, Fourth of June at Eton, 1955
Tatler front cover featuring an illustration of the traditional Fourth of June celebrations at Eton College with parents and siblings gathered for the speeches, food

King George V hunting tigers in Nepal
King George V, tiger shooting during his visit to India for the Durbar celebrations, the King went to Nepal for big game shooting

Flowers for Grandmother

Bystander Royal Wedding Number front cover - George VI
Front cover of The Bystander magazines Royal Wedding Number, celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert of York (the future King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 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

Busy Coronation street tea-party
A street tea-party in Dante Road, Kennington, London, celebrating the Coronation of King George VI. Date: 1937

Entente Cordiale celebrations
The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France aimed to resolve colonial disputes over territories such as Egypt and Morocco

Stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt
Decorated stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt

The Victory Ball by Pizer
An impression of the great Victory Ball, held at the Albert Hall to celebrate the end of the First World War in aid of the Nations Fund for Nurses

Queen Victoria at Sheffield
The Queen in Sheffield during Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Here, Dr. Coward, conductor of the childrens choir in Norfolk Park is presented to the Queen. Date: 1897

Celebrations at the Oval
Celebrations after Englands win over the Australians at the Oval

Jubilee in St Jamess Park, London
Jubilee event to celebrate peace, held in St Jamess Park, London, showing the Chinese Bridge, Pagoda and refreshment tents with the flags of various nations

Easter Celebrations in Rural Russia
Easter Celebrations in Russia - The traditional cakes pictures are only baked once a year for the celebration. Date: 1902

Workers - May Day 1936
Workers organisations May Day celebrations in Hyde Park - London

Moscow Celebrates
Victory celebrations in Moscow

A Royal visit to Eton College by The King and Queen, Queen Elizabeth escorted through Weston's Yard by Headmaster Claude A Elliott Date: 1947

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose pictured at Eton College which they attended for the Fourth June celebrations in 1947

Jousting at coronation of Joan of Navarre
Festivities, including jousting, at the coronation of Joan (Joanna) of Navarre as queen in 1403, after her marriage to King Henry IV of England

Illuminations at the Bank of England, Londoners rejoicing and festivity, the night before the coronation of King Edward VII. Date: 1902

Christmas and New Year Festivities. Children's party on the 30th of December and on New Years Eve, special dinner, concert and dance until 2 a.m. Date: 1922

Queen Victoria at St. Paul's Cathedral - Diamond Jubilee
Queen Victoria at St. Paul's Cathedral for the Commemoration Service during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 1897 Date: 1897

Peasant dances of the May Feasts. Facsimile of an engraving from a miniature in a 15th-century book of hours

Free distribution of bread, meat and wine to the people. Roasting an ox. Procession of Charles V and Pope Clement VII after Charles coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Bologna, 1530

King Louis XIV holding the royal lottery in 1660
King Louis XIV holding the royal lottery as part of his wedding celebrations in 1660. Courtiers sit at a square table in a large hall by candlelight. Lotterie royale

Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra. The festivities of the city. Procession of La Peregrina in the afternoon of the 15th August. Drawing by Melendez. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz

Two Teenage Girls

WW2 - At 3pm on the 8th May, 1945 - a bugler sounds the ceasefire at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, surrounded by celebrating Parisians. Date: 1945

Trafalgar Square, London, WW2 victory celebrations
Trafalgar Square, London, victory celebrations at the end of the Second World War. Date: 1945

Grandparents Visit at Christmas Date: 1948

Hobos Hop Freight Train Date: 1950

Nativity Scene

Office party, 1930s
Delightful photograph taken at what looks like an office party in the 1930s. Whatever the occasion, everyone looks to be having an extremely jolly time. Date: c.1935

Charing Cross, London, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 1897

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Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebrations, Norwich, Victorian period

Norwich Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebrations Victorian period

QSS Lusitania - souvenir of launch, commemorative 18 carat gold handled scissors, with stainless steel blades, the crossover engraved with John Brown and Co

Silver Jubilee celebrations, Houndsditch, East London
London East End celebrations for King George V's Silver Jubilee, Houndsditch, May 1935 Date: 1935

1933 New Year celebrations, photographs of crowds in London, with illustrations of Old Father Time and the baby 1933, with revellers raising a toast. With a poem honouring 1932 and 1933

Street decorations for a royal wedding Date: 19th century

Commemoration Postcard Penny Postage Jubilee
The Jubilee celebrations were held at the Guildhall. This card was probably bought there as it carries a special cancellation. It is printed in carmine on buff board. Only 10, 000 were printed

Temporary Cenotaph to the Glorious Dead, 1919
Painting of the Cenotaph, a temporary structure of timber and plaster in Whitehall, London

Celebration of Mandela's release
A young black woman raises a bottle of champagne in the air in front of a large image of Nelson Mandela as the whole crowd celebrates his release after twenty-seven years in prison

Theatre-goers elebrating the Relief of Mafeking, London, Date: 1900

A policeman trying to get down some over-enthusiastic people, celebrating the relief of Mafeking, from the fountain in Piccadilly, London. Date: 1900

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

The Nelson centenary celebrations in Dublin 1905
The Nelson pillar at Dublin covered in bunting in honour of Nelson a hundred years after his death on 21 October 1805. Date: 1905

The phrase Vive la France formed by British sailors to welcome their French counterparts at Whale Island in 1905

Symbolising the true spirit of the peace celebrations, the Cenotaph in Whitehall to "The glorious dead" Sir Douglas Haig (left foreground) saluting as he rode by. Date: 19 July 1919

Troops marching in triumph through the dense crowds of people, passing the Admiralty Arch on the way to the saluting-base, to celebrate the end of World War One. Date: 19 July 1919

During a hot day at Embankment, London, young children gathering round a public water fountain during the celebrations of the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Date: July 1897

Victory Parade in London 1940
Victory of the Battle of the River Plate, where HMS Ajex, Exerter Achilles fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939, as the first naval battle of the Second World War

DEATH/MOURNING/PERU
Popular celebrations of the Day of the Dead at Cuzco - women weep, sing, dance and pour spirits over the remains of their dead Date: 1873

Grantham Coronation celebrations 1937
Celebrations in a Grantham back street for the coronation of George VI and his wife Elizabeth as King and Queen of the United Kingdom on 12 May 1937 Date: 1937

Main Street, Labour Day, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Street celebrations, Paris, France
Thronged street in Paris during public celebrations - people sit at cafe tables, and couples dance. Date: circa 1930s

The Bourse (Stock Exchange) at Alexandria, Egypt, illuminated to celebrate the anniversary of Fuad Is ascension as Sultan Of Egypt in 1917. Date: 1918

WW2 - Victory Celebrations in Paris, France - the first night of peace for Paris - L Opera illuminated. Date: 1945

WW2 - An enthusiastic crowd of celebrating Parisians fill the Champs Elysees until dawn. Date: 1945

WW2 - From the Madeleine to Place de la Concorde, Parisians cheer the French and Allied Soldiers. Date: 1945

WW2 - In front of L Opera, decorated with the flags of the Allies, the crowd roars its enthusiasm. Date: 1945

WW2 - The population of Paris invade the Boulevards in frenzy of joyous excitement. Date: 1945

WW2 - After announcing the Victory, General de Gaulle is acclaimed by the crowd and salutes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Date: 1945

WW II - paper covering pavements London VJ Day
Vintage World War II photograph - paper covering the pavements of central London following VJ Day celebrations, Jaapanese surrender

Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin
Mischievous children seated at the front of a stagecoach greeting everyone they pass with a snowball with their mother looking anxious at the back

Celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII - Fulham
Celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII in Fulham, West London - decorations adorning the streetside buildings and crowds gathering beneath and around a temporary arch across the street

VE Day - children celebrating
VE Day. A little girl patriotically dressed in a Union Jack dress, helps a chubby baby wave a flag. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds at Buckingham Palace
VE Day. Huge crowds at Buckingham Palace cheering for the royal familys appearance on the balcony. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds cheer Winston Churchill
VE Day. Aerial view of the huge crowds cheering on VE Day as Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes his progress through London. Date: 1945

VE Day - aerial view of crowds in London - Churchill
VE Day. Incredible aerial view of a multitude of people in London celebrating VE Day with mounted police parting the crowds to make way for Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Date: 1945

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