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. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10

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

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. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)

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. Doris Humphrey (top left) of the Denishawn dancers in New York

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. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Bourgeoise woman, 1794, French National Convention era. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

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. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

President of a revolutionary committee, National Convention era, French Revolution. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

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. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la

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. Originally envisioned as a health resort

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

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

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. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915

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

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)

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