Congress Collection (page 7)

Grand Peoples Study House, Pyongyang, North Korea
External view of the Grand Peoples Study House in Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The equivalent of the Library of Congress or the British Library

Argentina - Buenos Aires - The Plaza of Congress. Photo (16/40) from a fold-out set

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Palace of Congress. Photo (12/40) from a fold-out set

The Congress Hall (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Germanys national centre for contemporary non-European art, in the Tiergarten park, Berlin

Veterans Riot at Washington
The Bonus Amy besieging the Capitol: an all night wait by Californian veterans to impress upon Congress the urgency of their demands

Veterans Riot at Washington: on the Steps of Congress
A demonstration which nearly became a riot: bonus marchers mounting the steps of the Capitol to appeal to congressmen for bonus payments

America declares war
President Woodrow Wilson declares America at war with Germany, to a joint session of Congress in 1917

Mr Allan Hume
Portrait of Mr Allan Hume (1829-1912), founder of the Indian National Congress

The General Strike - an overturned motor-van
A motor-van overturned by Strike sympathisers in Blackfriars Road, London. Though largely peaceful, there were several violent incidents during the General Strike

The General Strike - strikers in Plymouth
Strikers at Plymouth arriving at St. Andrews Church for a special daily service during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - travelling by trailer
Londoners travelling by a steam-wagon and trailer combination past the Royal Exchange in the City of London during the General Strike

The General Strike - volunteers

The General Strike - Labour politicians
Labour leaders during the General Strike: (left to right), Arthur Henderson, Ramsay MacDonald (leader of the opposition) and Mr J. H. Thomas

The General Strike: Listening to speakers in Hyde Park
Labours May Day in London: Listening to the open-air speaker in Hyde Park during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - food convoys leaving docks
The last food convoy to leave the Royal Albert Docks before the termination of the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

The General Strike - a food convoy
Armoured convoy leaving Hyde Park at daybreak during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

Column of Congress
Leopold I lays the first stone of the Colonne du Congres (Congress column)

Liberal Congress
A session of the Liberal Congress at Brussels

Lenin at Congress
Lenin addresses a huge crowd at the first All-Russian Congress

International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Suffragettes. An international gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise at the Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance

Lord Odo Russell, (1829-1884)
Engraving of Lord Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Lord Ampthill, the distinguished diplomat who served as British Ambassador at Berlin, 1871-1884

Bismarck and Disraeli at the Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin, 1878
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck (left, seated) and Benjamin Disraeli (right, seated) in discussion in the Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin

Benjamin Disraeli and the Marquis of Salisbury in Berlin, 18
Engraving showing the British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) (centre with umbrella), and the Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) (beside Disraeli), in Berlin

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbur
Engraving of Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903), the English Conservative statesman, pictured in 1878, shortly after his return from the Berlin Congress

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942)
Photographic portrait of Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, the British explorer, who discovered the Murtagh Pass, opened up Tibet to the Western world and was founder of the World Congress of Faiths

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

Professor Myers Air Bicycle, 1891
Photograph of Professor Carl Myers Air Bicycle being demonstrated at Congress Springs, Saratoga, 1891. The balloon above the rider was filled with hydrogen gas

Hugo at Congress
Victor Hugo presides over a peace congress in the Salle Sainte-Cecile, Paris

Buffalo Bills West Show
A perfect illustration of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World

1920 / Lenin / Comintern
VLADIMIR LENIN Lenin in conversation with members of the 2nd congress of the Communist International (Comintern)

Rastatt Incident 5
in a wood near Rastatt (or Rastadt) the French plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Rastatt are murdered by Austrians to impede the negotiations

Rastatt Incident 4
The French plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Rastatt are murdered by Austrians to impede the negotiations

RUSSIA / 1907 / GORKY
Russian writer Maxim Gorky attends a meeting of revolutionaries held in London

Congress at Moscow
Lenin and colleagues at a congress in the Narodny Dom (House of the People)

Lenin at Comintern / 1920
VLADIMIR LENIN The Russian statesman at the 2nd congress of the Comintern, Petrograd, 1920

Land Congress
The first All-Russian Congress of Land is held at the House of the Unions, Moscow

Stephan Ossowiecki
STEPHAN OSSOWIECKI Polish engineer and clairvoyant, photographed with his wife at the 1923 International Congress for Psychical Research at Warsaw

Cavour at Paris
After the Crimea War, Cavour tells delegates to the Congress of Paris of Italys grievances

Wilhelm Wrchorzschy
Austrian Wilhelm Wrchorzschy, delegate, photographed at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927

1st Congress of Cossacks
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, at the 1st all Russian Congress of the Cossacks

Price and Winther
Harry Price with Danidh researcher Christian Winther at the International Congress of Psychical Research, Paris 1927

Delegates Paris 1927
Delegates at the 3rd International Congress of psychical research at Paris, Rudolf Lambert from Stuttgart and count Perovsky-Petrovo- Solovovo

Richet and Driesch
Charles Richet, President, at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927, with Hans Driesch and an unknown woman

Richet at Paris 1927
Charles Richet, President, at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927, with a group of delegates

3rd International Paris
Richet (centre) and colleagues at the third International Congress of Psychical Research, held at Paris

Stiebel / Cotton Congress
Stiebel-designed dress of British cotton styled for the International Cotton Congress in Manchester. Checked chambray by Burgess Ledward used for the skirt & stole

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