Crisis Collection (page 4)

London crowd in Downing Street
On Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd August 1914, a crowd gathers in Downing Street, official residence of the Prime Minister, to watch the comings

London crowd in Whitehall
On Bank Holiday Monday, a large crowd gathers in Londons Whitehall, eager to find out the latest developments in the international crisis on the day Germany invaded Belgium and France

Russian Old Believers
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, hears religious disputes between the Old Believers (raskolniki) and their opponents. She deals firmly with the crisis. Date: 1682

HMS Montrose at Canakkale - troops in transit
HMS Montrose at Canakkale (Chanak), Turkey - troops in transit - 30th September 1922. The Chanak Crisis, also called Chanak Affair in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops

Railway crisis, go by air Phone Avro Sandwich board man
Railway crisis, go by air. Phone Avro. Sandwich board man

Paris. Rue Quinquempoix, 1720. Scene of panic outside a financial institution during the speculative crisis, 1719-1720. Engraving by Antoine Humblot. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

Spain (1930). Newspaper La Nacion (29th January
" Spain (1930). Newspaper " La Nacion" (29th January 1930). Cover with the news of the formation of the government presided by general D᭡ so Bereguer. SPAIN. Madrid

Joseph Caillaux
JOSEPH CAILLAUX French statesman. As premier in 1911, he reached a peaceful settlement of the crisis over Morocco with Germany. Date: 1863 - 1944

Suez unrest 1951
British soldiers in action during a period of unrest in Egypt over control of the Suez Canal. The issue would remain a problem over the course of the decade, coming to a head in 1956. Date: 1951

Sherwood Eddy, author and lecturer, will discuss America and the world crisis 8th year of Des Moines Public Forum. Poster announcing a public forum to be held at North High, Des Moines, Iowa

Public forum - Eric Grimwade, journalist and commentator, will discuss focal points of the world crisis. Poster for a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Date 1940

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The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 100 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 27/10 1923. Date: 1921-1923

1 Golfmark
The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 1 Golfmark edited at Hamburg 3/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 1 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 20/10 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 200 000 000 000 Mark edited by Bayerische Centralbank. Date: 1921-1923

20000 Mark Note
The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Back of a Banknote on 20 000 Mark edited at Berlin 20/2 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 5 000 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 1/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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Abdication crisis: front cover of the Saturday Review
Front cover of the Saturday Review from December 1936, referring to the abdication of King Edward VIII. Edward chose to give up the throne to marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 10 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 22/8 1923. Date: 1921-1923

500000 Mark note
The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 500 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic Front of a Banknote on 10 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 2 000 000 Mark editedin Berlin 9/8 1923. Date: 1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 20 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 18/9 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of banknote on 20 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 1/10 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 1 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 9/8 1923. Date: 1921-1923

Abdcation crisis: sloganed car
Sloganed car in support of King Edward VIII during the Abdication crisis of December 1936. The kings desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson split the government

Lord Kitchener in France during shell crisis, WW1
Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) and others leaving a conference in France during the shell shortage crisis, First World War. Date: circa 1915

The White Ship tragedy
William Adelin dies following the sinking of the White Ship in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. As the only legitimate son of Henry I and heir to the throne of England

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The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923

William Penn / Pyle 1882
WILLIAM PENN English religious reformer and colonialist, dismissed by his father Date: 1644 - 1718

The political crisis in Egypt
Portraits of Abbas Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, and Lord Cromer (Sir Evelyn Baring) the British political agent and Consul-General in Egypt

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Daily Mirror
Front cover from the Daily Mirror, 11th December 1936 depicting the new king, George VI arriving at his home at 145, Piccadilly, London

Abdication front cover headlines
Front cover headlines from the Daily Mirror announcing that King Edward VIII had chosen to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson in December 1936

News of the Abdication
Newspaper bills proclaiming the abdication crisis of the Prince of Wales

Lights Out in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1951
Photograph showing the Dim Out of Piccadilly Circus, London, in January 1951. This dim out of the advertising lights was due to a national coal-crisis

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

Russians in Bulgaria
Russian agents seek to inter- -vene in the political crisis when Alexander abdicates : but another German prince, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, will be chosen to succeed him

Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Photograph of (James) Ramsey MacDonald, the Scottish Labour Statesman, pictured making a radio broadcast on 7th October 1931

British Financial Crisis
France agrees to help with Britain financial crisis, but on her own terms. Britain was forced to abandon the Gold Standard in 1931

The American Civil War. The outrage on the Trent
Lord Lyons communicating Earl Russells despatch to Mr.Secretary Seward. An international diplomatic crisis erupted for President Lincoln when two Confederate officials sailing towards England were

Jean-Baptiste Marchand
JEAN BAPTISTE MARCHAND French soldier and explorer in Africa, involved in the Fashoda incident causing diplomatic crisis: served in China and in World War One

French Money Crisis
A scarcity of small change sets off a financial panic in France : would-be gold buyers on the steps of the Paris bourse

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

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