Convention Collection

Constitution of Usa / 1787
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Drawn up by 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Extract from the reconstructed Constitution of the state of Louisiana, with portraits of the distinguished members of the Convention & Assembly, AD 1868. Full-length portrait of Oscar J. Dunn, Lieut

Chartist Convention
Chartist convention at John Street, Fitzroy Square, London

The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig
" The Next Haig Convention" By the 23rd of October, Britain could almost taste victory and this picture by Arthur Ferrier, showing a cowed Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad
French Revolution (1789-1799). Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenadier Guard (left) and crippled (right). Colored engraving. 19th century

Government of Francisco Martinez de la Rosa
History of Spain. Government of Francisco Martinez de la Rosa (January 15, 1834 to June 7, 1835)

Jean Zeller, a visitor to the Plant Maintenance and Eng?
Jean Zeller, a visitor to the Plant Maintenance and Engineering Show in Philadelphia?s Convention Hall, studies a model of a proposed Moon base, circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

RMS Titanic, British Titanic Society, welcome desk sign
RMS TITANIC: British Titanic Society Welcome Desk sign used in the 1990s at Southampton conventions. Ex-Brian Ticehurst collection. Plus approximately 21 Titanic Commutator reference magazines

YWCA Convention in China, early 1900s

British soldiers being gassed at Ypres. WWI
How the gas devil comes - Thick green mist came rolling towards the parapet On the 22nd April 1915 at Ypres, the Germans used poisonous chlorine gas for the first time

Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant

LOUIS XVI ON TRIAL
Louis XVI - known as citoyen Louis Capet - appears before the Convention Nationale to hear the charges brought against him. He will be found guilty and condemned to die. Date: 25 December 1792

The International Advertising Convention, declaring the convention open H. R. H
The International Advertising Convention, declaring the convention open H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at Wembley, London. Date: 1924

German breaches of the Hague Convention - laughing gassing the British before an advance in close formation Date: 1915

The Kurhaus - Wiesbaden, Germany
circa 1910s

A sketch of ballroom dancing as part of an advert for the ballroom dancing conference at the Hotel Astor, New York, 1929 Date: 1929

Five dancers at the Dance Magazine convention of Dancing Masters of America on 23rd August 1927

Rider Haggards house, Boer Convention
Rider Haggards house in which the Boer Convention (Pretoria Convention) was signed in 1881, ending the First Boer War. 1881

Femmes du peuple, Women of the people, French National Convention era

Bourgeoise woman, 1794, French National Convention era

Bourgeois men, 1794, French National Convention era. Old man in the ancien style, and young man in the revolutionary style with white gilet a la Robespierre

Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre 1758-1794
Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre, French Revolutionary politician 1758-1794

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

Jean Lambert Tallien, deputy to the National Convention, 1769-1820. He accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt as a member of the scientific commission

Francois-Antoine Boissy d Anglas, President of the Convention, writer, lawyer, politician 1756-1828

America - Convention At Philadeliphia in 1787
Convention At Philadeliphia Drafts The US Constitution After The American War of Independence Date: 1787

Night view of the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Night time scene of the auditorium and Convention Hall, later known as the Boardwalk Hall, at Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1936

Boardwalk or Convention Hall, New Jersey
The auditorium and Convention Hall, later known as the Boardwalk Hall, at Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1947

The Coliseum Convention Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1910

Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Ocean View, Auditorium and Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1930

General Motors building, Detroit, Michigan, USA
General Motors building, Laboratory and Convention Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1940

LONGBEACH CENTER
Longbeach Convention Center, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

MARAT A LA TRIBUNE
Marat, in the Convention, styling himself the friend of the People, threatens to blow our his brains if his fellow revolutionaries do not support him. Date: 25 September 1792

MARIE THERESE EXCHANGED
Marie-Therese, daughter of Louis XVI, is exchanged for Convention members surrendered by Dumouriez : she leaves France and will later become duchesse dAngouleme. Date: December 1795

FERAUD ASSASSINATED
Jean Feraud (or Ferraud), member of the Convention and opponent of Robespierre, is assassinated at the entrance to the Convention, where his head is saluted. Date: 20 May 1795

TEMPERANCE MEETING 1846
A scene at the World Temperance Convention, held at the Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1846

Laughing Gas by Heath Robinson
Heath Robinson depicts the organised spread of laughing gas into the British trench. Of course, the question now is, are the British laughing because of the Germans, or just at them? Date: 1915

Franco-Italian Convention of 1902
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - a allegorical card showing the increased unity of purpose of the two nations

Goddess of Reason - 2
The Convention ordains that the cathedral of Notre Dame be transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where the Goddess of Reason is represented by a young Parisienne

Sir Percy Cox
Portrait of Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1864 - 1937), British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. 1922

Procession of fancy dress costumes at the Epilogue Ball
The culminating point of the great advertising convention, the Epilogue Ball, marking the close of the first International Advertising Convention held in Britain

The Epilogue Ball - costumes of famous magazines
Examples of costumes seen at the Epilogue Ball, held at the close of the International Advertising Convention at Olympia in July 1924

Edmond Dubois
EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS DE CRANCE French revolutionary statesman, president of the Convention in 1793, later minister for war. Date: 1747 - 1814

SAINT-JUST, Louis-Antoine-L鯮(1767-1794). Military
SAINT-JUST, Louis-Antoine-L鯮 (1767-1794). Military and political leader during the French Revolution. Engraving

Launching Draughts by Heath Robinson
Another genius German tactic, depicted by Heath Robinson. Here, the Germans are blowing with the intention of starting an awful chill in the British trenches

French Revolution (1794). Assignats, banknote of the French Republic. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum

German gas masks
A British impression of the type of respiratory equipment used by German soldiers during gas attacks upon Allied troops

Whiff of Grapeshot
LE 13 VENDEMIAIRE, L AN IV He orders the guns to fire on the royalist rebels in the streets of Paris, thereby saving the National Convention and the republic

President Emile Francois Loubet and King Victor Emmanuel III
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) (one of the shortest monarchs in history - only 5ft 0" tall)

Ladies Bathing Place and Beach, Portstewart - an elevated view of the beach with changing boxes and the promenade and buildings behind. There is a large crowd on the beach at a convention

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). Politician of the French
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Lacobin Club. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). Radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin. Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Militar (Amer
George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey. Engraving. Colored

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). Portrait. Colored engraving
Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Otto I (1815-1867). King of Greece (1832-62), second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Engraving

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Giuseppe Cerutti
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO GIACHIMO CERUTTI Italian-born statesman in France, author of la feuille villageoise, deputy to the National Convention. Date: 1738 - 1792

France / Rev / Convention
A member of the French National Assembly known as the Convention. Date: circa 1793

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Election parade, Rochester, New York State, USA
Election parade in Rochester, New York State, USA, probably around the time of the New York State election, September 1910. circa 1910

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA
Auditorium in Houston, Texas, USA, where the Democratic National Convention took place in 1928. Date: 1928

Suffrage meeting, Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA
Suffrage meeting at the Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA, 19 May 1910. Date: 1910

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

People at a rock and roll convention, in 1950s style costume. 1985

German Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson
X - Reducing the British Army by anti-fatting a tributary of the Marne

Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson, WW1
VII - Tatchoing the British to their Entanglement

Onion-whittling by Heath Robinson
More underhand ideas from the Germans to defeat their British foe imagined by William Heath Robinson cartoon. The Germans utilise biological weapons; row of onions

The Reconnoitring Mortar by Heath Robinson
This Heath Robinson cartoon show a new German innovation; soldiers with binoculars being launched into the sky

The Tatcho Bomb by Heath Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, the Germans fill large balls with Tatcho, a popular hair growth product, and hit the British lines with catapults. Chaos ensues, in the British forces. Date: 1915

Repelling a Flu Assault by Heath Robinson
Here, in this cartoon by Heath Robinson, we have the British countering the German biological weaponry, an army of flu germs. Date: 1915

Fall of Robespierre
Robespierre is condemned by the Convention : he will be guillotined immediately. Date: 28 July 1794

Long Beach Center
Long Beach Convention Center, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Charles Sinclair
CHARLES SINCLAIR Scottish sympathiser with the French Revolution, delegate to the British Convention. Date: circa 1794

Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas
Group photograph of Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas with Douglas Thor, Boeing Bomarc

A hint to the Democratic convention

The convention spring at Saratoga

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L. L. D. Late commander in chief
His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America & president of the Convention of 1787

16 to 1... the speech that won the nomination... at the N
16 to 1.... the speech that won the nomination... at the National Democtratic Convention at Chicago, 1896. Print shows the Cross of Gold speech by William J. Bryan; portraits of William J

Jean Louis Carra, ne e Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, depute du Dept. de Saone et Loire, e la Convention nationale de 1792. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry s. Date 1894

Convention entre la Republique Francaise et les Etats, unis d Amerique. 1800

Compromise with the South - Dedicated to the Chicago Convention. Picture showing Confederate and Yankee shaking hands over grave

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