Departure Collection (page 6)

Massey Shaw fireboat, Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw being stowed with an anchor chain whilst alongside its moorings at the Blackfriars river fire station, its base station

Departing by balloon

People and animals with a balloon
Fanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)

Genl. Lafayettes departure from Mount Vernon 1784. George Washington shaking hands with General Lafayette as Lafayettes carriage waits; Washingtons family stands with him on the portico at Mount

The royal mails departure from the general post office, London. Date 183-(?)

Departure of Columbus... Date c1869

The departure of the pilgrim fathers, for America, A. D. 1620
The departure of the pilgrim fathers, for America, A.D. 1620

The departure for the war

Departure from the old homestead. Date 1862

Ford V 8 saloon advertisement 1935
Advertisement for Ford Motor Company Limited, showing a smart, black new V-8 Saloon de Luxe arriving at a port, prompting all onlookers to wave in admiration. Date: 1935

War Correspondents fly to France, 1939
British and American war correspondents prepare to fly to France in the early weeks of World War II. All wear officers uniform but without the usual distinguishing marks of rank

Departure of the army works corp from London Bridge for Crim
Departure of the Army Works Corp from London Bridge for the Crimea. About 450 men, consisting of mechanics and labourers, embarked on two Watermens steamers which conveyed them to the steamship Hansa

Wedding of Princess Margaret - the Going Away
At the end of the wedding breakfast the Queen, other members of the Royal family and other guests assemble in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace to give the bride (Princess Margaret)

Final preparations for the Scott expedition
Taking twenty Siberian ponies on board the Terra Nova before the ship carrying Captain Scott and his team departed from New Zealand

Lady Broughton at Croydon flying to Africa
Lady Delves Broughton leaving England in an Imperial Airway aeroplane bound for the Belgian Congo, on an expedition to obtain correct detail for the surroundings of a new group showing the Eastern

Royal Wedding 1896 - departing from Buckingham Palace
Princess Maud of Wales, youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Prince Carl (Charles) of Denmark (later King Haakon VII) depart from Buckingham Palace in a horse drawn carriage following their

Lord Curzons Departure from Bombay
Lord Curzon described India as the dream of my childhood, the fulfilled ambition of my manhood. Here he is shown leaving from Bombay on 18th November 1905. Date: 4th November 1911

Swedish Emigrants
Emigrants on a railwaystation on their way to Gothenburg forwarding to USA. Date: 1890

Departure of King Alexander of Serbia at Kotor
Departure of King Alexander I of Serbia at Kotor, Montenegro. He was to be assassinated in 1903. Date: circa 1900

American troops in New York, departing for France, WW1
American troops marching through New York before departing for France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

First Australian and New Zealand troops at sea, WW1
The first Australian and New Zealand troops at sea, on their way to Europe, during the First World War. Photo taken at 7am. Date: 1 November 1914

Royal Family wave off Queen Mother at Waterloo
Prince Charles and Princess Anne, together with their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth

General Eduard von BErmolli, Odessa, 1918 General Eduard von B�Ermolli, Odessa, 1918
General Eduard von B� Ermolli (1856 - 1941) (central figure), Austrian general during World War One, reviewing troops on departure from Odessa in Ukraine, in June 1918

Noton luggage advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Noton fine, luxury luggage, showing an elegant group at a train station. Date: 1953

Buckingham Palace / 1841
A view of the front of Buckingham Palace, with a large crowd watching the departure of the Royal coach. Date: August 11th 1841

Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and her husband

RAF cadet kissing sergeant
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two kissing his favourite sergeant on departure

Troops leaving for the Front
Emotional scene at Victoria train station in London, showing soldiers bidding farewell to their loved ones before departing for the Front in France

Kenilworth Cigarettes ad, World War I
Advertisement for Kenilworth Cigarettes with an illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a soldier saying goodbye to his wife or sweetheart before he departs for the Front by train

Gladstone and the Midlothian Campaign - Departure, West Cald
A scene showing four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone being waved off by a huge crowd of people at West Calder on his tour of Midlothian during a US-style campaign which saw the elderly

Officers and Men of the Scott expedition on board Terra Nova
Officers and men of the Second British Antarctic Expedition on board the Terra Nova. The view was taken before the vessel left Lyttelton in December 1910

Families helped to emigrate by the Salvation Army
A group of families on the platform of a large railway station, about to emigrate to Canada with the assistance of the Salvation Army. An Army band accompanies their departure

Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, Leicestershire
Ticket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)

Greece, Crete - Chania - Departure of Italian Policemen
From 1898-1907, Crete was under the control of The Great Forces with Chania controlled by the Italians. This card shows the departure in 1907 of the Italian Policemen

Start of pennyfarthing ride, Lands End
The start of an NSPCC Centenary pennyfarthing ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland, with two intrepid cyclists and the local mayor

Royal Tour to Canada and USA - May / June 1939
Royal Tour by the British Royal Family to Canada and USA during May and June 1939. King George VI bids farewell to his cabinet Ministers at Waterloo Station, London

Loading up a camel - Algeria. There is a set of scales (and administration desk) in the background to make sure the weight of the goods is correctly recorded prior to departure

Duke of Connaught and Scots Guards
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), on a station platform watching members of the Scots Guards depart for Egypt

Departure of Russian troops from the Dardanelles - Gallipoli

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Victoria Station, Pimlico, London - Interior view with train departure boards and telegraph office

The Departure of a herd of goats from Salvan, Switzerland
The Departure of a herd of goats from the village of Salvan, Switzerland

Departure of the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise from L
Engraving depicting Princess Louise with her husband, the Marquis of Lorne (Duke of Argyle) seen departing from Liverpool for Canada where the Marquis was to serve as Governor General

The departure from Melbourne of the Australian expedition for the Great War

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

Candadian regimental Colours placed on the Wolfe Monument in
The Colours of several Canadian battalions and one artillery battery are seen placed on the monument to General James Wolfe in Westminster Abbey

Volunteers at Tuileries
Departure of the volunteers who have been occupying the palais des Tuileries since the abdication of Louis-Philippe

Dancing on the deck of the ship Randolph, 1850
Engraving showing British emigrants dancing on the main deck of the ship Randolph during a banquet held prior to its departure for New Zealand, 1850

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