Commission Collection (page 3)

General Stores Building, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
The General Stores Building, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, where the Russian and Japanese Peace Commission met before the signing of the peace treaty in September 1905

Old Bill Presides at the International Preserves Commission
As Amsterdam cable states that " Old Bill" is Acting President of the International Commission which is sitting at the " Hotel Terrific" Paris

HMS Kent, British heavy cruiser, itinerary
HMS Kent (54), British County class heavy cruiser, Far East Commission itinerary, including activities of interest. Date: 1928-1931

HMS Suffolk, British heavy cruiser, itinerary, China
HMS Suffolk (55), British County class heavy cruiser, at Wei-Hai-Wei, China Station. Giving details of her itinerary. Date: 1928-1930

Lieutenant Syed Abdul Alajeed during World War I
Indian sportsman, Syed Abdul Alajeed, who held a commission on the Egyptian Front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Cambridge boat-race members during World War I
Many members of the Cambridge University boat-race team applied for commission within days of the outbreak of war, some for the Special Reserve and some for the Territorials. 1914

The Prince of Wales at the outbreak of World War I
Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII), in the uniform of a non-commissioned officer of the Oxford University Officer Training Corps

Offenbach, Cartoon
JACQUES OFFENBACH French musician, at the height of his popularity, 1864 - besieged by impresarios hoping to commission another hit. Date: 1819 - 1880

Georgia - Batumi - Demolished Artillery Battery Date: circa 1920

Battery of wind turbines in an electric power system, Federal Power Commission, designed by P H Thomas

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. EU Council President Herman
" PORTUGAL. Lisbon. EU Council President Herman Von Rompuy (L) listens to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso prior to a 2010 EU-US Summit held on November 20

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. US President Barack Obama (2ndL) waves as he poses with (FromL) EU Council President Herman Von Rompuy, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama during a Meeting on Afghanistan on November 20, 2010 in Lisbon

Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U. S. Sani
Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864

Can vegetables, fruit, and the kaiser too - Write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C. Poster (reproduction) showing jars of canned goods, including Tomatoes, Peas

Group of Native Americans, three standing, one seated on the ground, possibly Colville or Kutenai, at the winter quarters of the British Northwest Boundary Commission Survey in Colville, Washington

The sanitary commission. Dr. John Sutherland, full-length portrait, sitting on table, facing right, and Robert Rawlinson, full-length portrait sitting on chair, facing left. Date 1855

Dr. Sutherland, Sanitary Commission. Dr. Sutherland, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, seated at table. Date 1855

La chose impossible, ou la commission des finances telle qui

Coronation Commissions First Meeting
Earl Jowitt, the former Lord Chancellor attending the first meeting of the Coronation Commission. 1952

Coronation Commissions First Meeting: Mr Attlee
Mr Attlee, at the time, leader of the opposition and a member of the Coronation Committee. 1952

Coronation Commissions First Meeting: Churchill
The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill entering his car outside St. Jamess Palace after attending the first meeting of the Coronation Commission. Date: 1952

Coronation Commissions 1st Meeting: Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr. Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, arriving for the first meeting of the Coronation Commission Date: 1952

Government House, Perth
The Government House at Perth, capital of Western Australia, pictured shortly after its completion. The building was designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson of the Royal Engineers

Sulina - Palace of the Danube Commission
Sulina, Romania - a town and free port in Tulcea County, Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube. It is the easternmost point of Romania and European Union

Lighthouse - Sulina, Romania
The Observatory Tower and Lighthouse of the River Danube Commission at Sulina, Romania. Date: circa 1903

Australia House Statue
The fine statuatory group at the entrance to Australia House, Strand, London. Officially opened in 1918, home of the Australian High Commission. Date: 1918

Charles Brown, Naval
CHARLES BROWN Naval officer, commander under Admiral Vernon at Porto Bello, subsequently Commission at Chatham dockyard. Date: ? - 1753

Australia House, on the Strand, London. Officially opened in 1918, home of the Australian High Commission and Australias oldest diplomatic mission abroad. Date: 1950s

Artist in his studio, painting a female model

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Dr Chaim Weizmann speaking at Rishon LeZion, WW1
Dr Chaim Azriel Weizmann (1874-1952), member of the Zionist Commission in Palestine, who later became the first President of the State of Israel

Chief Scout of Aden arriving
Yemeni Scouts line the street as a large black car carrying the Chief Scout of Aden, His Excellency the High Commission, Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

British Ballad, Sir Patrick Spens
SIR PATRICK SPENS. Popular British Ballad of Scottish origin. Sailor, Sir Patrick receives a Royal commission from the King of Scotland to bring home the Scottish queen Margaret

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

Palestine Mandate 1922
Proclamation of the Palestine mandate at Jerusalem: reading the kings commission before Sir Herbert Samuel, Lord Allenby, and the Emir Abdullah

Royal Commission in the House of Lords, 1846
Engraving showing the seating of the Commission which gave Royal Assent to the Corn Bill, in the House of Lords, June 1846

U. N Conference, London
A general view of the delegates of the preparatory commission of the United Nations at the inaugural meeting at Church House, Westminister

HMS Gadfly, 1906
Photograph of the coastal destroyer, HMS Gadfly, built by Thorneycroft and Co. at Chiswick in 1906. Equipped with Parsons type turbine machinery and Thorneycroft water-tube boilers

Workers Commission
Session of the Commission des travailleurs, at the palais de Luxembourg, Paris. Workers rights and working conditions are two of the principal issues of the Revolution

Royal Commission Sport
A Royal Commission on Sport, headed by viscount Richard Cross, made important recommendations for the proper management of British sport. Note prince of Wales low R. Date: 1888

Papal Jubilee / Milcha
He grants to the Milcha the commission of guards to the Santa Porta of St Peters Rome, while it is opened during the papal Jubilee

Buying Commissions
A satire on the youthfulness of some British Army officers whose fathers buy them a commission. Here a boy- officer is watched over by a nurse who holds his reins

Allied Commission / 1919
Allied Control Commission in Berlin

SALAMANCA
Columbus states his proposals to the Royal Commission at Salamanca

Lorgues / Salamanca
Columbus states his proposals to the Royal Commission at Salamanca

Harry Smith Parkes
HARRY SMITH PARKES British Commissioner of the allied commission at Canton

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