Crowd Collection (page 61)

Bank closes its doors in Brooklyn, USA
Following the Wall Street crash of 1929, the Brooklyn branch of the Bank of the United States closes its doors. A crowd of people have gathered outside, no doubt wanting their money back

St Paul preaching at Athens, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17

London match workers protesting against tax
When London match workers protest against a proposed tax on matches, police break up the demonstration with unnecessary violence

Street fight in the Haymarket, London
A street fight in the Haymarket, in Central London

Homes in County Kerry set alight after evictions
Homes of evicted tenants are set alight at Glenleigh, County Kerry, Ireland

Puddletown / Dorset / 1910
Puddletown, Dorset (the model for Weatherbury in Thomas Hardys novel, Far From the Madding Crowd)

Paris Street Magician
A Parisian street magician entertains the crowd, performing a trick with a member of the audience, or his assistant, and a large baton

Herodotus / Muse / Leutemann
HERODOTUS Greek historian reading his works to the Greek people

William Ii / Tower
William II rebuilds the Tower of London

1819 / Peterloo / Hunt
Radical Henry Orator Hunt, begins his speech to the crowd gathered at St Peters Fields Manchester. He is interrupted by the fatal yeomanry charge, arrested and imprisoned

Moray Assassinated / Allen
James Stewart, the earl of Moray and regent of Scotland, assassinated in the main street of Linlithgow by James Hamilton

St Nicolas in Holland 2
Saint Nicolas arrives by canal in a Dutch village, accompanied by Black Peter who will chastise naughty children while Nicolas rewards the well-behaved ones

Bernadette, March Vision
Bernadette, accompanied by a sizeable crowd, asks the apparition who she is, and obtains the reply, I am the Immaculate Conception !

Thomas Edison / Ilz / Train
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor in 1929 at Dearborn, Michigan with Henry Ford, Mr Black (engineer), Mrs Edison and President Hoover

Disraeli / Berlin / 1878
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield In Berlin, 1878

Disraeli / Glasgow Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Delivering his installation address as Lord Rector of Glasgow University in 1873

Women in Streets 1931
A crowd of women in cloche hats clamour to get into the Sales at a central London shop

Events / Germany 1935
Saar demonstration outside the Reichstag. The valuable mines of the Saar Basin were under French control after WW1. The Saar population decided in 1935 to return to Germany

Opening of Rentenbank
Opening of the Rentenbank in Oranien Street, Berlin. The crowd wait for the issue of the new currency, the Rentenmark, aimed at stemming hyper inflation

Versailles Protest
Mass meeting at the Iron Hindenburg in Berlin protesting against the crippling terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Kapp Putsch / March 1920
A conspiracy against the Weimar Republic by right-wing Germans

Keats / Grave / Memorial
JOHN KEATS Unveiling the memorial tablet to the English poet at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome

Savonarola / Anon Woodcut
GIROLAMO MARIA FRANCESCO SAVONAROLA Italian reformer, preaching to a large congregation

Chicago Strikers / 1886
Strikers in Chicago riot at the McCormick Reaper Works; police, aided by Allan Pinkertonss men (US Secret Service head) fire into the crowd

Civil War / Madrid Crowd
Crowds evacuated from burning and devastated buildings in Madrid during the early stages of the civil war

Strike in Valencia / 1931
A crowd of people try to overturn a tram during a general strike and rioting in Valencia

LA Fronde / Mole Menaced
La Fronde - Mathieu Mole menaced by the Paris crowd

Syntax in Coffee Brawl
Dr Syntax present at a coffee house quarrel at Bath

Garibaldi / Crystal Palace
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Italian patriot at the Crystal Palace during his visit to London

Bank Failures Germany
Bank Failures

Olympics / 1932 / Discus
Discus won by Anderson (USA) 49.48m

Olympics / 1924 / Football
Football: Italy defeats Spain 1 - 0

Olympics / 1896 Marathon
The Marathon winner arrives in the stadium

Olympics / 1896 Loues
Spyridon Loues winning the race from Marathon

Food Shortage Germany
The police provide protection for the state butter merchant during a food shortage

Captured Aviatik, Paris
A captured Aviatik is put on display at Paris Invalides

Captured Taube in Paris
A captured Taube is put on display at Paris Invalides

Soldiers Embarking 1810
Soldiers embarking for the Napoleonic Wars: The Girl I Left Behind Me

Crowd of Ww1 Workers
A large crowd of World War One women munitions workers gather in Manchester; several wave Union Jack flags

Jousts at Westminster Abbey

Johnson V Jeffries 1910
A crushing right-hander from Jack Johnson sends Jim Jeffries to the canvas and knocks him out

Lenin Speaks, 1920
VLADIMIR LENIN addressing a Moscow crowd

Independence Declared
A great throng amasses to hear the reading of the declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

Wilson in Paris
Woodrow Wilson, American President, drives through the streets of Paris - he is acclaimed by Americans in the crowd along the Champs Elysees

Grand National Results
A group gathered round a wireless to hear the results of the Grand National

Zola / Pelerin 1923
EMILE ZOLA Satirical comment on his novel, Lourdes (1894) - the Devil teaches him to be sceptical about miracles

F-E Vidocq / Stops Music
FRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer stops the music at a lively gathering

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