December Collection (page 14)

Cartoon, Felix Morris as Scottish professor in On Change
Cartoon, Mr Felix Morris as Seneca Pickering Peck, the Scottish professor, in a Strand Theatre production entitled On Change. 1885

December, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Lady Alexandra Haig and Lady Lettice Ashley-Cooper
Christmas carol party at Londonderry House organised by Miss Olga Lynn in aid of the Devon Nook Home for Unmarried Mothers, December 1938

Len Shackleton, English footballer
Leonard Francis (Len) Shackleton (1922-2000), footballer with Newcastle United and Sunderland, also the England national team, seen here in December 1946. 1946

Telegram congratulations, new baby. 1949

Exhibition of prize cattle, Portman Square, London
Exhibition of prize cattle by the Smithfield Cattle Club at the Horse Bazaar, King Street, Portman Square, London, December 1841. Date: 1841

The Savoy cover. Final issue
Illustration of woman in oriental style dress & fur jacket used for cover of The Savoy magazine No 8, December 1896. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1896

Russian men in US Army coats, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Group photo of eleven Russian men (described as Bolsheviks) in US Army long coats, at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on 27 December 1918

Map, Tom Manns Dock Scheme, London. 1892

Dockleaf, highest price paid for a bulldog. 1892

Meeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, London
Meeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, East London. 1892

Cartoon, Boxing Kangaroo, What is the profession coming to?
Cartoon, Boxing Kangaroo, What is the Profession coming to? 1892

Bizets opera Carmen before Queen Victoria at Windsor
Bizets opera Carmen performed before Queen Victoria in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. 1892

Advertising in the sky - What it might come to, showing the sky above Trafalgar Square, London. 1892

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, peach-coloured rose, dated Florence, 19 December 1883. Date: 1883

Soldiers at Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Soldiers in a riverside scene at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Soldiers and procession, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Soldiers standing to attention and on horseback in procession at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Spectators at the Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Spectators on a grandstand at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Crowds of people at the Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Crowds of people at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

King Emperors Camp, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The King Emperors Camp at the time of the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Assam Camp, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The Assam Camp at the time of the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Pavilion, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The pavilion, for the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911, with King George V and Queen Mary surrounded by crowds of people. Date: 1911

Sorting the Christmas Mail on Christmas Eve
Sorting the Christmas Mail Christmas Eve at the London General Post Office. 1892

Three women in fancy dress, including Ann Todd (left), English actress, December 1931. 1931

Prince of Wales lights lamp, Talbot House Toc H, Belgium
The Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) lighting the Lamp of Maintenance at Talbot House Toc H, Poperinge, Flanders, Belgium, 15 December 1922. 1922

Ticket, Banks Cricket Club Dinner, Bell Hotel, Leicester. 1892

Costume for the Eclipse Ball, Begum Aga Khan
A costume for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham

Four costumes for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham

Front page of the Military Mail, 4 December 1903
Front page of the Military Mail and Volunteer Review for 4 December 1903, showing advertisements, with a photo of guards in Whitehall, London, in the middle

America - Charles Lee Captured By The British
Major General Charles Lee is Captured By The British At Basking Ridge, New Jersey 12 December 1776

America - Washington crosses The Delaware River
George Washington And The Continental Army Crosses The Delaware River During The American War Of Independence Date: 1776

America - Surrender of Fort William and Mary
Surrender of Fort William and Mary, 14th December 1774. Patriot raid of British fort for military supplies after British export ban on arms and gunpowder to America. American Revolution. Date: 1774

Handwritten note from R G Ingersoll to R R Conklin, possibly part of a letter, dated 9 December 1890. Robert G Ingersoll (1833-1899) was an American lawyer, politician and freethinker

James Braid driving off the ninth tee
Scottish golfer James Braid at the 9th tee during a charity England v Scotland match in aid of Queen Marys Christmas Fund. 1914

Insurrection in Haiti
The bridge of the Corvette, on 22nd December, in observation off the Cape. Sailors are grouped about the bridge, talking and resting, as the ship sails around Cap-Haitien. Date: 1865

Advert, BSA Motor Cycle, December 1929, Tom O Loughlin, Stricklandgate, Kendal. 1929

Holly and robin on a Christmas postcard with gold border. Date: circa 1890s

Cat in a can on a cutout calendar (July to December). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

SMS Oldenburg at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin
The building of the SMS Oldenburg, a German armoured warship, at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin (then in Germany, now Szczecin in Poland), by Carl Hochhaus. She was launched in December 1884. 1880s

Maxwell House coffee advertisement. Good to the last drop. 1920s couple drinking coffee on a cruise liner. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal December 1924. Artist anon. Date: 1924

Elderly ladt seated
Grandmother sitting in wing chair knitting. Illustration from Delineator magazine December 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

Shopping for perfume
1920s Christmas. Stylish mother and daughters looking at perfume in shop window. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal December 1925. Artist anon. Date: 1925

Couples
Couple kiss beneath the mistletoe. Illustration from Delineator magazine December 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

Tobogganing
Happy children and dog with toboggan in snow. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal December 1926. Artist anon. Date: 1926

The Cornish Riviera in winter
Page from The Tatler, 14th December 1927, featuring advert for the Cornish Riviera - does it rival the continent for winter? Travel by Great Western Railway. Date: 1927

Calendar, December 1915, WW1
Calendar, December 1915 -- Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia (later Alexander I of Yugoslavia), First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1915-1916

Calendar, December 1914, WW1
Calendar, December 1914 -- Enlisting, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Silhouetted building
Book cover design: Report of the Union Delegation to the U.S.S.R. : November & December, 1946, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 1947 Date: 1947

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