Demand Collection

Suffragette Cat In Hat and Flag. A cat wears a large picture hat and a flag in WSPU colours, purple, white and green, fastened as a shawl with VFW badge

National coal strike - demands of miners 1912
National coal strike, to secure a minimum wage that lasted from February to early April 1912. This table shows how the wages differ per day in Great Britain and Ireland during 1910, of boys, youths

Female munitions workers. By Fortunio Matania
As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased

Ambulance
A 12-15 horsepower FIAT motor ambulance equipped with two stretchers, and greatly in demand by the Red Cross during World War I

WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward Now
Women of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners. Workers were concerned of being displaced to a lower-paying job or of losing

OXFORD WATER DIVINER
Jack Timms dowsing with an assistant at Sendford-on- Thames. He has found over 1000 hidden water supplies since he first exercised his gift & he is much in demand Date: 1937

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope

Prince of Wales with the Grendiers Guards, 1914
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, on a route march with the Grenadier Guards in 1914

Sir Anthony Eden on his way to lunch with the Queen - Eden has shortly prior to this issued his ultimatum to Israel and Egypt to withdraw their forces after Israel had invaded Egypt

L'Offre Et La Demande
This illustration, titled Supply and Demand shows a large gentleman having dinner at a fine restaurant, with a lady opposite, a red coated waiter is standing between

Yorkshire miners demand pay rise
Yorkshire miners outside the headquarters of the National Union of Mineworkers demand a pay rise Date: 1974

Comic postcard, Supply and demand - the price of poultry Date: 20th century

The Bystander - keeps pace with the times
What we may soon see if the present shortage of paper grows even more insistent. Date: 1917

Great Demonstration in the Albert Hall 1908
Some ten thousand women gathered at the Embankment, then proceeded to march, in neat rows of either 4 or 6, to the Royal Albert Hall, London

Columbus demanding Hospitality at La Rabida Monastery
Christopher Columbus demanding Hospitality at the door of La Rabida Monastery. Columbus stands at the door to the monastery with his son, demanding hospitality from the three monks at the entrance

Bristol B. E. 10 Olympus Mk. 101
Bristol B.E.10 Olympus Mk.101 (Ministry of Supply designation Bol.1/2C). A more powerful version of the Olympus with a larger turbine, delivering11

INDIAN TEXTILE WORKER
Women in India are much in demand in the weaving industry, where they are considered more skilled than men. Strict rules forbid them from working at night. Date: 1937

CITIZENS IN TUILERIES
An crowd of 6000 angry citizens force their way into the Tuileries Palace, confront the king and demand that he withdraw his veto on the proposed reforms Date: 20 June 1792

Sacheverell Cards
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon denouncing the Whig government

Teddy Roosevelt offering his hand for a handshake
" Dee-lighted" (to meet you). Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) - President of the United States of America between 1901

Old meat works, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Curious plant in an old meat works, for converting old mutton into spring lamb to meet the seasons demands, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Caricature of Queen Victoria as a shepherdess with lambs and an animated pot of mint sauce. In the matter of lambs, Her Majesty sings, we mean to do without them

Coal strike of 1912
National coal strike of 1912. Workers went on strike from February to early April, to secure a minimum wage. 1912

The first Illustrated London News
Front cover of the very first copy of the Illustrated London News, published May 14th, 1842. Founded by Herbert Ingram, who anticipated demand for a newspaper containing illustrations

St Valentines Day bank note from the Bank of Loveland
St Valentines Day bank note (postcard) from the Bank of Loveland, promising to pay ten kisses on demand. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, French coal supply, WW1
Cartoon, French coal supply. A coal merchant and an old woman discuss the crisis. The board outside his shop shows the high price of coal, when its actually available. Date: 1917

History of France. Decazeville strike. Military patrols crossing the Duke of Decazes square occupied by the strikers in the coal mines and steel mills. Engraving in 1886 by Comba. Colored engraving

London Demo / 1906
A WSPU demonstration in London. The placards state We demand the vote this session. Mrs Frances Rowe is pictured in the centre. Date: 1906

Germans demand surrender of Reims, 1914
How the surrender of Reims was demanded. Immediately before the bombardment of Reims, German parlementaires came into the town under a flag of truce to demand its immediate surrender

Suffragette Votes for Women Ceramic Cats
A pair of dark grey ceramic cats with the textured fur coats and ribbons around their necks. Their mouths are open as they demand, Votes for Women. Probably of English origin but with no marks

Suffragette Votes for Women W. S. P. U Stall
Suffragette Votes for Women W.S.P.U Stall. Members of the Kensington branch of the Womens Social and Political Union on a stall at the Dress Exhibition held at Earls Court, London

Suffragette, We Demand our Rights. Chubby little girl proudly waves a banner in the colours of the WSPU, purple, white and green which reads, As women and Mothers, we demand our rights

Specialised aircraft by G. H. Davis
Specialised aircraft: the increasing demands of modern war during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Women at Versailles 3
The market-women of Paris march to Versailles to demand bread from the king. (And no, Marie Antoinette will NOT say let them eat cake... Date: 5 October 1789

Labourer aghast at the cost of his young sons education Youngster: " Father, Teacher says I ve gotten ter bring a penny wi me to school termorrer ter buy a slate pencil wi

Chalk dust 2nd week by popular demand Chalk dust 2nd week by
Chalk dust 2nd week by popular demand. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Chalk Dust at the Emery, Walnut and Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, showing a red dot. Date between 1937 and 1941

Hansel and Gretel Adapted from the opera for children... b
Hansel and Gretel Adapted from the opera for children.... by Humperdinck : Limited return engagement by popular demand. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Hansel

Abdication Demanded 2
Angered by Louis attempt to quit the country, the people of Paris at a meeting on the Champ de Mars demand that he abdicate. Lafayette quells the riot with a fusillade. Date: 17 July 1791

Union Demonstration
At the Salle Pilodo, France, a huge gathering of workers demand the right to form unions like they have in England

Womens Right-to-Serve march
A woman dressed as Belgium during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War

The Allies - Right-to-Serve march
A woman representing the Allies during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

Wrights Coal Tar soap
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap showing a British soldier (or Tommy ), writing a thank-you letter to his sweetheart

Struggle for tickets at a railway station
An illustration of a fight breaking out at a railway ticket office on the first day of Epsom races. Demand for transportation was always high and inevitably resulted in scuffles at the ticket office

Scottish girls making shells
Female munitions workers in Scotland depicted in an illustration by A. C. Michael. As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I

Uprising at Venice
Submitting to popular demand, the Austrians release liberal leaders Daniele Manin and Niccolo Tommaseo from prison

Caius Marius & Cimbri
Not realising that the Romans have already defeated their allies, the Teutones, the Germanic tribe the Cimbri, demand land from Caius Marius and for the Teutones too

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