Challenge Collection (page 5)

Caricatures, Bradlaugh and Labouchere, fellow-MPs
Caricatures, Charles Bradlaugh and Henry Labouchere, Northampton MPs. Labouchere supported his atheist colleague in parliament. 1880

Caricature of Charles Reade, novelist and dramatist
Caricature of Charles Reade (1814-1884), novelist and dramatist. Multum-in-Parvo Champion. An author of few words, but many grievances. 1882

Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. Look out for Mr Bradlaugh on the Third of August. 1881

Cartoon, Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Labouchere
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist, republican and Liberal MP for Northampton, supported by his fellow-MP Henry Labouchere but a worrying presence for the Liberal leader W E Gladstone. 1881

University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various Sports at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, such as long jump, mile race, shot put, quarter mile and three miles race

Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard
Black athlete running the 75 yards faster than forward-running sprinters could run 100 yards at Harvard Stadium in 1927. Date: 1927

People in a street with banners, Petrograd, Russia
Crowds of people in a street with banners, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, during a period of transition when much parading and speech-making took place. Date: circa 1917

People near Winter Palace Square, Petrograd, Russia
People near Winter Palace Square, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, anticipating a counter-revolutionary challenge from General Kornilov and his Cossack soldiers

Cartoon, Round figures, WW1
Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1
Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)

Regatta - Sexton Challenge Cup, Folkestone, Kent
Regatta - Sexton Challenge Cup, Folkestone, near Hythe, Kent, England. Date: 1920s

WW2 Poster -- What are you doing about Education?
What are YOU doing about EDUCATION Army Education Poster, by Sgt H F (Fred) Darking (1911-1999), Royal Engineers. Date: 1945

Anthony Wilding at Wimbledon in 1913
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand born tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 pictured playing on court and defeating M. E

British Vickers Viking airliner by G. H. Davis
Another British air challenge: the Vickers Viking 27-seater airliner. Details of a medium transport aircraft designed to give Britain a lead in the field of civil aviation. Date: 1945

The Kings Champion at the Coronation Banquet
Impression of the Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall during the State Banquet following the Coronation of King George IV in 1821 as observed by Sir Walter Scott

Coronation Banquet of King Henry V
Banquet following the Coronation ceremony for King Henry V in 1413, featuring the Kings Champion, an office instituted by William I

Cinematography trophies on display
Various trophies on display. The notice reads: Modern Bee Breeding, but the large trophy at the centre is for Amateur Cinematography

1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers sports team
Band and drums, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - winners of battalion sports challenge cup. Date: 1911

Agressive local man spots ths chance of a swift buck
Scene - Scarboro. Time - Sunday Morning. Very Muddy. Inhabitant: " Be Thoo a Strong Mon?" Amateur Weightlifter (rather proud that his fame has spread so far): " Well, yes, my friend

Winning Team of the Met. Fire Brigade Football Challenge Cup
Winning Team of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Football Challenge Cup (1903-4) -Central District. The MFB was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904 Date: 1904

The Gondola of Auguste Piccard
The Gondola of Prof. Auguste Piccard and Monsieur Cosyns used for the second ascent into the stratosphere on August 18th, 1932. The maximum height reached was 16, 940 metres (10 1/2 miles)! Date: 1932

A blind man walks across Niagara Date: 1912

An unexpected challenge

Maces challenge to Heenan & Sayers. Date c1882 May 25. Maces challenge to Heenan & Sayers. Date c1882 May 25

Return of the greatest of all magicians, the Houdinis, Harry, Bessie original introducers of metamorphosis, greatest and finest trunk mystery the world has ever seen, challenge hand-cuff act

Challenge to Houdini, Regent Theatre, Salford. Committee letter challenging Houdini to escape from one of their extra strong and large travelling baskets and his reply. Date 1904?

Hardeen challenged!... Hardeen accepts challenge, Friday, Jan. 17, 05. Date 1905

Democracy a challenge
Democracy.. a challenge. Poster for democracy showing the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty. Date between 1936 and 1940

Maserati Racing Car
An archetypal racing car designed to meet the German challenge. Date: 1936

Australian Yacht Race
The yacht Vanessa, the winner the Blue Ribbon of sailing in the Sayonara Cup, Australias premier yachting challenge race. Date: 1930s

The FA challenge cup final, 1883
The Football Association challenge cup-final tie: Old Etonians(Captained by the Hon. A.F Kinnaird)versus Blackburn Olympics(captained by S.A Warburton)

The Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall
Impression of the Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall during the State Banquet following the Coronation of King George IV in 1821 as observed by Sir Walter Scott

The FA Cup Final 1922 held at Chelseas Stamford Bridge Ground in London, contested between Huddersfield and Preston in a Lancashire against Yorshire War of the Roses

Around the world in an iron mask
An extraordinary postcard of a man who for a wager of 21, 000 pounds, walked around the world. Harry Bensley alledged to have pushed his perambulator all around the globe wearing this mask

Henley Regatta Winners from Belgium
The winners of the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, from the Royal Club & Royal Sport Nautique Club of Ghent, Belgium. This is the 8-man crew with cox (seated in cap) and trainer

Henley Regatta 1936
The Zurich eight win the Grand Challenge Cup at the 1936 Henley Regatta, with the Leander crew in second place. Described at the time as probably the fastest crew that ever rowed at Henley

Eyre Hussey, Winner of the Champions Gold Medal, 1899
Photograph of Mr. Eyre Hussey, the winner of the Champions Gold Medal and the Spedding Memorial Challenge Cup at the Grand National Archery Meeting, Preston Park, 1899

Glove as Symbol - 4
Flinging a glove to the ground is a challenge - either to an individual, or as a declaration of war to a foreign embassy

Titans Defy Zeus
The Titans think themselves so invincible, they even challenge Zeus - but he is too much for them and casts them down to Tartarus, the Infernal Regions

START OF 100 YEARS WAR
Edward III sends his challenge to Philip VI de Valois thus starting the 100 Years War; the Bishop of Lincoln & others wear an eyepatch until they have performed a gallant deed

Dancer & Bombay Staff
A dancer performs before a member of the Bombay Staff Corps. It was the disapproval of the British in India which drove Indian dance styles to the brink of extinction

David Approaches Fight
The young David goes out to challenge Goliath in combat

Sveaborg Rebellion, Suomenlinna, Finland
Scene at the Sveaborg Rebellion, which began on 30 June 1906. It took place at the sea fortress Suomenlinna (Sveaborg in Swedish and Russian) as part of the Russian Revolution

Football Match at Oval
Old Etonians defeat Blackburn Rovers in the final tie of the Challenge Cup contests at Kennington Oval, London

Lancelot & Tarquin
Sir Lancelot strikes the copper basin in order to challenge Sir Tarquin - the haughty enemy of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot vanquishes Tarquin

Football / Spanish Card
A group of players challenge for a corner ball in the air (Barcelona strip in foreground)

Titans Versus Gods
The Titans challenge the Gods for supremacy, but are defeated

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