Claiming Collection (page 2)

Bulgaria claiming independence - manifesto
The Manifesto of 22nd September 1908 in which Prince Alexander of Bulgaria declare himself King; independent of the Turks. Date: 1908

Electric brush
A detailed advertisement from 1883 for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, claiming to cure a variety of ills, from headaches to deafness, baldness to a weary brain

Unsere Helden
A commemorative photograph of the crew of the U9, a German submarine claiming to have sunk three British cruisers in 1914. With the news, the men became heroes of the Fatherland

Passengers claiming luggage at Liverpool Railway Station, 18
Engraving of the crowded Liverpool railway station, with children sitting on baggage in the foreground, and a huge luggage trolley holding hundreds of trunks in the background

The Civil War in America. Claiming exemption from the draugh
During the American Civil War, the rich could pay $300 or find a substitute willing to serve in the army in his place, the so-called rich mans law was used by many notable Americans

Crowds waiting for news outside the Tichborne Trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The crowds gather in the surrounding streets for the verdict

Oyster & its Claimants
THE OYSTER AND ITS CLAIMANTS: An oyster is spied by two men each claiming to have seen it first; the appointed judge swallows the oyster, handing each a shell

Electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica

Dr. Scotts electric corset
Advertisement from 1886 for Dr. Scotts Electric Corset, considered a great boon for the delicate and able to cure all manner of ailments including palpitation, nervousness, hysteria

French at Ravenna
The French, claiming Naples, defeat the Holy League of Spanish and Papal forces at Ravenna

Mr William Whiteley
WILLIAM WHITELEY Mr William Whiteley, owner of Whiteleys department store in Bayswater, West London. Shot by a man claiming to be his illegitmate son

Disraeli and Asia Minor
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli repairs Asia Minor, claiming this improving of the noble Turk is his proudest work in this satire on early British Colonialism

Wilhelm Ii / Schmidt
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY German Emperor at the outbreak of World War One, claiming that he did not want war

Meyerbeer / Prophete / 3
The audience at the Paris Opera watch the dramatic scene in Act Four, where John of Leyden, claiming divine origin, is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother

Mata Hari / Dagger Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) dances the sacred Brahmic Dagger Dance, claiming to have learnt it as a child from the priestesses of Java

Solomon Judgment / Dore
King Solomon has to decide which of two women, claiming a baby, is the rightful mother

Solomon Judgment / Poussin
King Solomon has to decide which of two women, claiming a baby, is the rightful mother

Social / Partner at Dance
Claiming a partner for a dance

Girl with Pets 1886
" Doddy and Her Pets" - a little girl sits in a chair, surrounded by three dogs, and a cat on her lap

The False Dmitri
DMITRI, known as The False Dmitri, claiming to be the son of Ivan IV : he reigned (well) for a year before being assassinated. Possible identity Yuri Otrepyev

Fremont Exploration 2
Americans are so proud of their flag, they plant it wherever they go. Fremont is no exception, claiming the Rocky Mountains in the name of the United States

LA Salle in America
RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE French explorer; claiming the Lower Mississippi valley for Louis XIV as Louisiana, 1682

Norman Conquests
William, duke of Normandy, claiming to have been promised the English crown, sails from France to England to do battle with Harold who has had himself crowned

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