Committee Collection

WW2 Poster -- Map of the British Army
A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours, Military Achievements and Regimental Badges, first published in 1944 by HM Forces Savings Committee

WWI Poster, The Empire Needs Men
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, design by Arthur Wardle (1864-1949), The Empire Needs Men! Enlist Now. Depicting a lion and cubs, representing Britain and her Empire. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Recruiting Sergeant, shown beckoning for men to join him. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it
Is your home here? Defend it! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster with a map showing the different regiments and HQs where men can enlist. Date: 1916

National Air Safety Committee Poster
Poster, National Air Safety Committee, providing instructions to new pilots -- please help to keep flying safe. 1933

WWI Poster, Remember Scarborough
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Remember Scarborough! Great Britains resolve to crush the German Barbarians. Enlist Now! Date: 1915

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt
Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound

Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2
Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940

British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Its Our Flag. Fight for it. Work for it, 1914 (c)

Liverpool Slum 1912
Liverpool : a sunless court, finally closed in 1912 by the Health Committee of Liverpool City Council

WWI Poster, If the cap fits you, join the Army today
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, If the Cap fits you, join the Army today. Date: 1915

World War I recruitment poster
Poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee during World War I, depicting a typical British Tommy in uniform with bayonet fixed, calling across from France to England for more volunteers

Recruitment poster for the British Army
Poster for the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, encouraging everyone to Step Into Your Place. A long line of people, soldiers and civilians, combine in their effort to win the war

Great Barr Colony, Staffordshire
Great Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties

Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852
Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852

1888 Matchgirls / Besant
Annie Besant and the committee of the Matchgirls union, formed during the successful strike action against Bryant & May, in response to poor pay and working conditions

Charles Lightoller
Second Officer of the Titanic, who miraculous survived and gave evidence to the Sentorial Committee in New York

Fire Safety Hop Pickers
Notice to Hop-pickers giving advice as to fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire. Issued by Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association

Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?
Whos Absent? - Is It You? Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Printed by Andrew Reid and Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

WWI Poster, Enlist Today (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. (Lord Kitchener) Enlist Today (Welsh version). Date: 1916

Delhi Durbar - The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes
The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes, assembled for the Coronation Durbar held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India, King George V and Queen Mary. Date: 1911

Donald E Keyhoe
Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena [NICAP], and author of three books on flying saucers

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940

Figure 25 from The Horten tailless aircraft Item No25 File
Figure 25 from The Horten tailless aircraft, Item No25, File No XXIII-6, Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, May 1945. Date: 1945

A 1 / 40 scale model of the airship Akron
A 1/40 scale model of the airship Akron in the Full-Scale wind tunnel at the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics Laboratories at Langley Field, Virginia, USA, in January 1935. Date: 1935

Glen of Weeping, Glencoe, Scotland
Glen of Weeping - Glen Coe - a glen in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the southern part of the Lochaber committee area of Highland Council, and was formerly part of the county of Argyll

Mutiny at the Nore
MUTINY AT THE NORE Richard Parker, President of the Committee of Delegates, tenders the sailors grievances to Vice- Admiral Buckner, on the Sandwich

Staff and Committee at Stepping Hill Union Infirmary, Stockp
The staff and management committee (each named at bottom) of the Stockport Union infirmary, now Stepping Hill Hospital. Date: circa 1905

Baron De Coubertin
BARON DE COUBERTIN French educator and sportsman who revived the Olympic games at a 12-nation conference. President of International Olympic Committee

Men at Yarrow Military Hospital. These may be a mixture of staff and patients. None are wearing hospital blues though some have arm slings. Some have the RAMC badge on their arm

Miss Clare Davidson - In Committee with Bruno. Clare Davidson, the second daughter of Mr Robert Davidson, was on the Junior Committee for the St

Anthony Gross India in Action exhibition at National Gallery
India in Action - the one-man exhibition of war pictures at the National Gallery. Pictures show, on the left, the artist Captain Anthony Gross with Mr. Shannon, M.P

West of England Bantams (Bristol) - recruitment poster
West of England Bantams (Bristol) original recruitment poster calling for shorter men, printed for Recruiting Committee Bristol. Date: circa 1917

The Committee Room at RNLI headquarters, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). French politician
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). French scientist and physician who became an important politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin leader, he defended the Terror

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). French politician
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). French scientist and physician who became an important politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin leader, he defended the Terror

Georges Couthon (1755-1794). French revolutionary. Portrait
Georges Couthon (Georges Auguste Couthon) (1755-1794). French revolutionary. Deputy in the Legislative Assembly in September 1791. Elected to the National Convention in September 1792

Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816). French chemist and politician

French Revolution. Portrait of Robespierre speaking
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French writer, lawyer and politician. One of the leaders of the French Revolution

French Revolution. Portrait of Robespierre speaking
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French writer, lawyer and politician. One of the leaders of the French Revolution

WWI Poster, Be Ready! Join Now
Be Ready! Join Now. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster, with a soldier in silhouette on yellow background. Date: 1915

Duchess of Vendome, Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948), President of the War Refugees Committee. Date: circa 1910s

United States Navy - Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 42874, NACA 158, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Moffett Naval Air Station

King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Astrid
King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983) and Queen Astrid (formerly Princess Astrid of Sweden) (1905-1935) arriving at an official function. Queen Astrid tragically died in 1935 in a car accident

McDonnell XF-88A 46-526 (2nd prototype) on the salvage dump at Langley AFB, VA, stripped for spares to keep XF-88B 46-525 flying with NACA Langley Research Centre. Date: 1955

Salute The Soldier Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Salute The Soldier, by Eric Coates, specially composed for the National Savings Committee for the Salute The Soldier campaign

Mrs T. P. Searight, well known society hostess
A portrait of Mrs T.P. Searight, well known society hostess, December 1922. On the committee of the Three Arts Club ball to take place at the Royal Opera House 6th December 1922 Date: 1923

8x Douglas DB-7A Havoc II aircraft awaiting delivery
Royal Air Force - Douglas DB-7A Havoc II intruder aircraft lined up at the factory before delivery. The nearest aircraft is AH433, the fourth production aircraft

Music cover, Rye House Polka, by Meyer Lutz, dedicated to the committee of the Clapham Institution, with a view of The Rye House by the River Lea, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire Date: 1853

Titanic Hero Memorial notice, Belfast
RMS Titanic - notice relating to the Belfast Titanic Hero Memorial'

RMS Titanic - compensation claim of Mrs Herman
RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Samuel Herman (1862-1912)

Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and author (1872-1970), sitting on the pavement with other protesters as part of a CND demonstration in London, under a large banner: Committee of 100

Official picket line outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable
Official picket line with placards outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable. Date: circa 1970s

Editorial Board, Daily Worker newspaper, London
Editorial Board of the Daily Worker newspaper, London: J R Campbell, William Rust, Professor J Bs Haldane, the Dean of Canterbury (Hewlett Johnson), R Page Arnot, Councillor J Owen, Sean O'Casey

FRANCE. Paris. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Paris International Exposition (1937)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Primer de marc. Diada de Madrid. Ajudem-lo (1st March. Madrid's Day. Let's Help Him). Poster edited in Barcelona by the Committee of Permanent Help to Madrid)

Spain. Civil War. Camp of Union of Girls, sponsored by the National Committee of Physical Education, attached to the Ministery of Education and Health. Poster by Juana Francisca. SPAIN. Salamanca

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, originally a private enterprise with women teachers, closed to men. Date: 1907

Bertrand Russell with others on a CND campaign
Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic

Ian Mikardo, British Labour politician
Ian Mikardo (1908-1993), nicknamed Mik, British Labour and Co-operative politician, a left-wing backbench MP for four decades in the House of Commons, and a Zionist

Fred Storey and Harry Grattan in The Vigilance Committee Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Vicar with group of women Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar with group of women. And now, dear friends, I want a Committee of Ladies to sit on the supply of eggs! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, six children altogether - Public Assistance Committee Date: 20th century

French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability. Date: 1782

Irish gentlemen drinking punch at a committee meeting to discuss a pillar to commemorate King George IVs visit to Ireland. A pillar committee

Irish gentlemen going to see King George IV in Dublin
Three Irish gentlemen on a one-horse carriage to visit King George IV in Dublin

Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles
The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world

Gordon West talks to Miss Helen Villiers, the younger daughter of Lady Kahleen Villers at
Gordon West talks to Miss Helen Villiers

Canadian Maple Leaf sign on Juno Route Route 2
The Souvenir Juno Committee consists of some 60 Communes that have pledged to Remember the Canadians who fell during the Liberation.Tours using three separate Routes are featured with a Maple Leaf

Canadian Liberators Memorial, Lasson, Normandy
Across the broad sweep of the Canadian advance from Juno Beach, the Maple Leaf is found in many villages as an acknowledgement of the terrible struggle they had against the fanatical SS

Local Memorial in Cairon to Canadian Liberators
The Souvenir Juno Committee consists of some 60 Communes that have pledged to Remember the Canadians who fell during the Liberation

President of a revolutionary committee, National Convention era, French Revolution

Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book, published for the Song Book Committee of the Students Representative Councils of Scotland

Alexandre Dumas, Comedie Francaise
Committee Room, Comedie Francaise - Alexandre Dumas reading a play

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at North Pickenham
Members and supporters of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War crouching in front of a lorry leaving a rocket base at North Pickenham, near Swaffham

Mining colliery - National Union Miners
Mineworkers Defence Committee pamphlet cover illustration: Black dragon : mineworkers defence committee edited by Ken Livingstone Date: 1985

Cruise liner
Workers Empire Exhibition pamphlet cover illustration: Come and see the empire by the all red route Workers Empire Exhibition Committee, 1938. Date: 1938

The Tune we Dance to - Pacifism - Society of Friends
" The Money Goes Round and Around... And it comes out here!" Pay your income tax and it ends up being fired from a gun. Pacifist postcard published by the Society of Friends (Quakers)

Lynching in San Francisco, California 1851
The hanging of two men tried by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco for highway robbery. 1851

LENIN AT PETROGRAD 1917
Lenin, just arrived from Finland, addresses the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party at Petrograd, calling for an armed uprising. Stalin is also present. Date: 23 October 1917

Piper PA-24-260B Commanche G-ATOY Myth Too (msn ). The aircraft flown by Sheila Scott (OBE) on her record-breaking solo round the world flight, taxiing in to a reception committee. Date: 1966

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