Ceremonies Collection (page 4)

Dedication ceremonies - Ida B. Wells Homes... parade along South Parkway... Chicago Housing Authority. Poster showing a trowel and a wreath. Date 1940

Washington, DC Representatives of 26 United Nations at Flag day ceremonies in the White House to reaffirm their pact. Seated, left to right: Dr

Lewis Morrison in his new play, The master of the ceremonies by Coate & Cotton. Date c1897

Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games 1948

Comte De Brienne 1520
Le COMTE DE BRIENNE, French courtier, Grand Master of Ceremonies for Francois I. Holding a staff and accompanied by his dog. Date: FLOURISHED 1520

Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969
Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle in 1969 with a good view of the perspex canopy specially designed for the event by Lord Snowdon. Date: 1969

The Crowning of a Queen
" The Crowning of a Queen", from an Authority of c. 1373: One of the four Illuminations in " Liber Regalis, " a manuscript of the Coronation Service in Westminster Abby Library

King and Queen going to open Festival of Britain, 1951
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured in an open carriage making their way along Fleet Street to St. Pauls Cathedral to open the Festival of Britain in May 1951

Last lap of the Olympic torch, 1948 London Olympics
John Mark, a British athlete, runs the last lap around Wembley Arena with the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the 1948 London Olympic Games. Date: 29 July 1948

American Boy Scout with Richard Nixon
Cub Scout Joe Berry, 10, of Alexandria, Virginia, presented Vice President Nixon with a Boy Scout plaque during ceremonies in Nixons Office

Deaprture of the Queen, Coronation 1953
The Queen leaves Westminster Abbey, as seen from the Triforium. Date: 1953

Reception of the corps diplomatique at St James
A reception of the corps diplomatique at the royal court of St James Palace. Ambassadors and ministers mingle and chat in their official costumes

Le Five O Clock At Deauville by Edmund Blampied
An impression of the polo ground at Deauville during the tea hour. Since the war, afternoon tea - that formerly despised meal - has become the most fashionable of ceremonies among l haut monde

The wedding ceremony of the Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand
Front cover engraving from The Graphic showing Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh during the marriage ceremony to the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia in the Winter Palace of St

Theophilanthropie
La Reveillere-Lepaux, the pope of this cult, baptises a child in a former church : members celebrate their love for humankind in ceremonies involving fruit and flowers

Native American Masks
Masks are worn by Native American medicine men in their religious and tribal ceremonies, in the belief that this enables them to acquire the forces of nature

Masks of Tribespeople
Masks are worn for religious purposes in the ceremonies of tribespeople in many parts of the world, notably Africa and the Pacific islands. They generally represent deities

Culte Naturel
The Revolution replaces the Christian church with a Cult of Nature : like the former church, it holds ceremonies of baptism (shown here), marriage and so on

Russia / 1921 / Marriage
Even communists need ritual ceremonies ! A pair of Russians are joined in unholy matrimony in a civil marriage by a provincial commissar under a Red Flag

Chinese Eclipse Ceremony
Chinese ceremonies during the eclipse of the sun involving music and reverence

Relics Carried
Relics are believed by the Church to possess the power to do good, so they are periodically carried about in procession, with songs, incense and ceremonies

Mexican Baptism
Baptism ceremonies in pre-conquest Mexico

Kaffir Initiation
Circumcision is a part of the initiation ceremonies of the Kaffir people of South Africa

Hopi Flute Boy
A flute-player of the Hopi flute society, (Arizona) who plays an important role in tribal life as the central figure in the traditional rain-making ceremonies

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

High Priests Sacrifice
Sacrificing to atone for sins - the High Priest can afford to slaughter a whole cow

Poor Mans Sacrifice
Sacrificing to atone for sins - the poor man can afford to slaughter only a single bird

Sin-Of-Ignorance Offered
The National Sin-of-Ignorance offering, where a cow is ritually slaughtered to atone for the ignorance of the Jews

Great Day of Atonement
The Great Day of Atonement - on which Jews make sin- offerings, whereupon their wickednesses are carried away into the desert by a scapegoat

French Fete Des Fous
La Fete des fous et des Diacres - the FEAST OF FOOLS, on December 26-28, when the mass is burlesqued and all indulge in obscene dancing and singing in the churches

Samuel Derrick
SAMUEL DERRICK Poet, and Master of Ceremonies at Bath

Holding up the Law
The Jewish manner of HOLDING UP the LAW in the Sight of the People, before it is read to them

Jewish Ceremonial Lights
In their ceremonies, Jewish priests use the well-known seven-branched candlestick to illumine the Holy of Holies

Akhenaten / Temple Ceremon
The young king Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) leads the temple ceremonies

Mandan initiation ceremony
Initiation ceremony of the Mandan people, native Americans

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