Centenary Collection (page 2)

Harrods centenary celebrations - Tiny Grocery Shop
As part of Harrods centenary celebrations, this replica of the shop as it was in 1849 was constructed. The world-famous Brompton, Knightsbridge department store began life in Cable Street

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, special ILN photo, 1942
King George VI (1895 - 1952) and Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), later the Queen Mother, specially photographed for The Illustrated London News hundredth birthday in May 1942

Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Postcard celebrating the centenary of President Abraham Lincolns Birth in 1809, illustration his Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st 1863. Date: 1909

Queen Elizabeth II meets Maria Callas
Opera singer Maria Meneghini Callas makes her curtsey as she meets Queen Elizabeth II after singing a scene from Bellinis opera, I Puritani

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, ILN centenary sitting
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II (1926 - ) and her younger sister Princess Margaret Rose (1930 - 2002) pictured together

Fortunino Matania at Centenary Dinner
The famous magazine illustrator and artist, Fortunino Matania (1881-1963), special artist for The Sphere, and later illustrator of historical stories in Britannia and Eve

Poster, The Boat Race Centenary, 23 March 1929. Date: 1929

Foreword, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson
Foreword to Railway Ribaldry, with a vignette illustration by W Heath Robinson, showing a Victorian lady in a crinoline waving goodbye to a departing train. Date: 1935

Man under iconic sweep of Centenary House, Eccles
A man walking under the iconic sweep of Centenary House - now demolished, but then a flagship Co-Op department store in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

French bank note, 50 Francs
French bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front

King George V & Prince of Wales at Lords cricket ground
King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), pictured at Lords cricket ground where its centenary was being celebrated in June 1914

Merryweather steam fire engine with crew
A Merryweather steam fire engine with crew at a coastal location. The plaque on the vehicle says: First Grand Prize, London Patent, and the words on the raised ladder: Victorys Anchor Oct 21st 1805

Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Shakespeare Jubilee organised by David Garrick at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 1764

The Zimmer Tower - Lier, Belgium
The Zimmer tower in Lier, Belgium (Cornelius tower) - originally a keep of Liers fourteenth century city fortifications. In 1930

Mariano Moreno
Postcard celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the May Revolution in Argentina, featuring an inset portrait of Mariano Moreno - (1778-1811) - an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician

Spain. Basque Country. Necropolis of Argineta. Formed by sep
Spain. Basque Country. Argineta necropolis. Formed by about 20 sepulchres and five steles. Opossite hermitage of San Adrian, near Elorrio. 7th-9th centuries. Upper Middle Ages

Spain. Aragon. Calatayud. Castle and walls of the complex of Castle of Calatayudm, muslim monument. 9th-10th centuries. Province of Zaragoza

Group photo, male and female police officers, SN Centenary. Date: circa late 1970s

Woman police officer on duty for a parade
Woman police officer on duty with military men on horseback in a parade, and spectators behind a fence. Probably during the 1929 Met Police centenary celebrations in Hyde Park, London

Edward Fordham Flower
EDWARD FORDHAM FLOWER Brewer, writer, mayor of Stratford on Avon and champion of the Shakespeare centenary. Date: 1805 - 1883

Humboldt / Centenary / Berli
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT Centenary celebration in Berlin for the German scientist and traveller: the first stone is laid for a monument in his name Date: 1769 - 1859

Burns Centenary Procn
ROBERT BURNS centenary procession in honour of Scotlands national poet: the Triple Arch in the High Street Date: 1859

Bulldog Clubs Centenary Show - Reserve B. I. S
Bulldog Clubs Centenary Show on 8th March 1975 - The reserve B.I.S. (Best in Show) - Champion Beechlyn Golden Nugget of Denborough with Mrs Dennis Shaw. Date: 1975

Title page, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson, published by the Great Western Railway in the companys centenary year. Date: 1935

Vignette illustrations, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- A busmans holiday and The kind-hearted engine driver. Date: 1935

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