Council Collection (page 5)

Columbus outlines project to The Council at Salamanca
Christopher Columbus outlines project to the Council at Salamanca Spain in January 1492, holding up a map as he explains his intended route across the Atlantic. Date: 1492

Columbus outlines journey to the Scientific Commission
Christopher Columbus outlines journey plans to the Scientific Commission at Salamanca. Columbus explains his project of discovery, pointing at a globe. Date: 1492

Embankment making the tracks 1906
Labourers laying steel tracks for the new electric tram-way at Thames Embankment, London, construction started by the London County Council at the end of August 1909

Embankment torn to pieces for the trams 1906
London County Council beginning the construction of the electric tram-way along the Thames Embankment from Westminster Bridge, starting at the end of August 1909

Mayor signing documents, Brittany, Northern France
Mayor signing legal documents, Brittany, Northern France. His traditional costume includes pleated breeches and heavy wooden clogs. 1922

Army Council meeting around table in War Office - Caption reads - Mr Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, in Council with Chief of Imperial General Staff. Date: 1939

Army council sitting around table
Men - army council sitting around table - caption reads - The last meeting of the Army Council after 60 years of service. Date: 1964

Army Council sitting around table in War Office - grand fireplace in background. Date: 1962

The Parish Council Bill debated in the House of Lords
The Parish Council Bill in the House of Lords - Archbishop of Canterbury speaking on the second reading

Privy Council seated around Henry V
Members of the Privy Council also know as Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council, were exclusively men, a body of advisers to the sovereign, her showing seated around the king of England at the time

Gateway to Council House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. circa 1900

Lewis and Clark Memorial, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, commemorating the expedition of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark (1804-1806)

City Hall, Aveiro, Central Portugal. Date: circa 1900s

Princess Margarets Choice of Colours for Coronation Year
Page from The Illustrated London News picturing Princess Margaret, who, as patron of the British Colour Council had sponsored five special colours for the Coronation Year of 1953

Alderman J C Buckwell, Mayor of Brighton (1902-3). circa 1902

Mr W. A. Robinson, Air Council Secretary
Mr. W. A. Robinson, C.B, . Air Council Secretary in 1918 for the newly-formed Royal Air Force. Previously Assistant Secretary of H.M

Lord Weir, Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force
William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir GCB PC (1877-1959), Scottish industrialist and politician, who served as Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force and President of the Air Council in 1918

Brochure for Seeing London by Tram
Round and about London by tram - North of the Thames. A London County Council guidebook, with an illustration of a tram travelling along the Embankment past Cleopatras Needle.. Date: circa 1930s

STALIN AT HIS DESK
JOSEF STALIN A typical propaganda shot of the eminent Russian statesman, Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars, seated at his desk. Date: 1879-1953

NRC tailless research glider from the National Research Council in Canada (sometimes referred to as Pterodactyl VIII, referring to its lineage from Prof. Hills pre-war Pterodactyls)

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller DE 4629 of Pembrokeshire County Council, at Manorbier Castle. Date: 1959

GAF Nomad 22B VH-CRI (msn 53) (GAF - Government Aircraft Factories) of the NSCA (National Safety Council of Australia). First flown on 6 June 1977 and operated in Australia as VH-CRI

Four lines in South London are being fitted with trams by the London County Council, here you can see workmen working during the night to fit the electric lines. Date: 1902

The 18th century Council Room of Trinity House, Hull, Yorkshire, England, where the ancient custom of strewing rushes on the floor is still done for the Elder Brethren. Date: 18th century

New council houses - Cwmbach near Aberdare, Wales
New council houses built at the lower end of Cwmbach for Welsh miners and their families, near Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

A fine general view of Penparcau, a suburb of Aberystwyth, showing the council estate, caravan site and bowling green. Date: 1960s

The building that housed The Institute of Blood Transfusion (established by the USSR Labor and Defense Council in 1926) - the former mansion of the merchant Igumnov in the Yakimanka District

Sioux Council Date: 1847

Nurse in veil and coat, possible nurse in felt hat and coat
Formal studio portrait of two nurses. One nurse stands, wearing dark veil and General Nursing Council badge on her lapel. A district nurse in coat and hat sits on a bench holding gloves

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

Sir Arthur Helps, Vanity Fair, Ape
SIR ARTHUR HELPS (1813-1875) English writer and dean of the Privy Council (1860 to 1875) Caption: Council Date: 1874

Washing L. C. C. tramcars 1900
In the evening trams go back to the yard at ten oclock and are still coming in at eleven, the stableman promptly takes the horses and cleaning can begin

BUILDING COUNCIL FLATS
The construction of a block of flats on the Woodchurch Estate, at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s

Edward VI and his council 1551
Edward VI and his council, from a woodcut on the Title to the Act of Parliament Date: 1551

APPRENTICE BRICKLAYERS
London County Council schoolboy apprentices learning bricklaying. Date: 1930s

XERXES WAR COUNCIL
Xerxes council at the time of the war with Greece. Date: 5th century BC

NORE MUTINY / CRUIKSHANK
The Delegates in Council or Beggars on Horseback Caricature of the mutineers at the Nore Date: 1797

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE
Office of the Privy Council, Whitehall, designed by Sir Charles Barry Date: 1846

PARLIAMENT / NETHERLANDS
Council of State in the Netherlands Date: circa 1650

EVENTS / CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA Sir George Simpson establishes a council to administer the province Date: 1835

Henrietta ( Nettie ) Adler JP (1868-1950) - Jewish Liberal Party politicia
Henrietta ( Nettie ) Adler JP (18681950) - Jewish Liberal Party politician. One of the first women to be elected and to be able to take her seat on the London County Council. Date: 1922

A man walks his dog along an embankment in Blaenavon, Wales
A man walks his his dog along a waterside embankment above a council estate in Blaenavon, South Wales. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Smoking chimneys, early morning in Blaenavon, South Wales
Early morning and the coal fires smoke from chimneys in Blaenavon, South Wales. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Souvenir First Day issue card for the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France - 22nd January 1977. Designed by French architect Henry Bernard and inaugurated in 1977

China, Hong Kong, Local Actors representing a Council of War
Hong Kong, China - Local Actors representing a Chinese General holding a Council of War. Date: circa 1908

Entrance - Council of Europe at Strasbourg, France
A senior member of the staff standing outside the front entrance of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg, France - January 1956. Date: 1956

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth
The iconic LFB (London Fire Brigade) Headquarters building - Lambeth, London. Date: circa 1930s

Town House and Kopje, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Town House (City Hall) and Kopje, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Date: circa 1933

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